Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29

mountains looked on Marathon and Mar
athon upon the sea. The city, reached
does not show the hustle or life of an
eastern city. There isn't the numbers to
make the life, and yet as you rise up upon
the hills and see how the city has pene-
trated among their undulations you can
not but be impressed with its size. 1t is
built almost entirely of wood, which is
prettily thrown together and gives to the
city light airy look, which partakes of
elegance. The distinguishing feature is
the bay window. Nowhere in the world
does the bay window flourish as at San
Francisco and in California. And as the
bay window is a very pretty thing. as
well as a very pleasant thing, its use
alone has made of California architecture
a success.
SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. 2G.
see it is quite little time since
wrote last kept busy at San Francisco
mostly in looking oyer newspaper files
for information on the horses that have
been taken to California. The results of
these researches will appear in the Horse
Department of the REGISTER. On the
18th, left San Francisco for Oakland
and Sacramento. At the last city spent
five days in looking up the history of the
celebrated California stallion, st. Clair.
At San Francisco | met Mr.. Fisk of
Grand Isle Co., young man well known
at the capital in Vermont and among po-
litical circles. He was on tour through
|, California with his wife. | spent one
day with Mr.. Fisk in visiting Gov. STAN
his famous horses. The ranch is quite a
good sized one of 10000 acres more or
J less, for California is a State where the
J rich are very rich and the poor very poor
We saw, first, Electioneer, the noted
trotting sire with more 2 80 performers
: to his credit now than any living horse,
: Lambert standing second but we believe
, if all of Lambert's colts had been deyel-
oped, as Electioneer's are, he would have
had 300, instead of 35 in the ? 80 list, and
: been considerably ahead. Electioneer,
t we believe, has 80. We saw Electioneer
t to great advantage, as he was in harness,
A and after seeing him more they allowed
r him to stand for some time that we might
I look him over. He is a horse of about
i. ID, not over that, but heavy built and
probably might weigh over 100 lbs. He
f moves with great power, especially be-
= hind, and shows himself to be a trotting
z ct
n In seeing the stock made very few
: brief notes, which will give.
k On Electioneer: A little knee sprung
S great shoulder and breast, short neck and
shows Clay shape; good feet. scant tail
n heavy behind and very powerful hind
= limb.
!; Piedmont, 2:174, Il years old. colder
h sorrel; very strong built, large horse
d limbs rather light and ankles pulled
=. In general appearance resembles some
Ben Franklin, though not so fine.
1t Full brother to Sunol years old. bay
II by Electioneer; dam by Gen. Benton; %
It dam by Lexington good shoulder ant
a breast and short back; short neck gooC
IT head, but not especially a handsome
II horse. Well up on limbs. high behind.
Sunol, long neck, long legs and gooc
1t body A COLI of high finish.
%, Palo Alto, seven years old; bay, l3-2
1t best looking stallion. A well-made horse
5. with good breast.
e We, with other visitors present, were
, shown number of other colts, but eacl
o of them very briefly, as there are so many
r. to show, and so many to see them.
70 Sunol, we believe, has now the tastes
lie 2-year-old record.
n also visited the beach at San Fran
10 cisco. A continent had been crossed
e Not the Atlantic, which beats along New
o Englands ice-bound coast, but the Pa
D cific, flowing against CALIFORNIA; fiowerl
te land, | saw. The waves died along thu
ID shore, the white sails flOated upon TN
s ocean. A few long, fleecy clouds bent t.
the sea. The Golden Gate through it
E. narrow way pointed to the harbor; acros
t, it ran the bold bluff. There was just tina
Of bit of quiet and beauty, the entrance t.
:. the llarDOT. All TIE rest MAS uniCSt' as
D. very heavy wind blew from the north
r, west. In coming and going we passe'
d, near and through the so-called San Fran
Il cisco park, which is little more than
Or vast sand hill.
ut Oakland Is a beautiful city of homes
Ig | think it claims $4,000 people. 1t was
10 beautiful sunny afternoon that | drov
er about it, Children were at play at al
h sides; everybody out. Very different
o. was from winter at the North or East
| saw here quite fine Blue Bull stallion
ne bay, - hands, blocky built, neck wei
re cut up, and, though having Hambleto
n. MAN dam, much resembled an old-tim
he Morgan.
" Sacramento is a fiat city, and not on
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