Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-12-03
i RICH MANS HORSES
d HAGEN AND HIS GREAT CAL
IFORNIA BREEDING FARM.
4 Fam of ssventy-tw0 Square Miles.

seen u AAC sNaU4cs put Up el tuCllOu.
One Of the animals brought s22 900,
smother sold for $40, 900, and altogeth-
e. the lot realized for its owner Slls,-
T5g. On the whole II was the greatest
sals Il the kind that has ever occurred
u. tae United States. Mr.. j. B. Hag-
slu is the man who cold these horses
A Few DAYS ago the great Reslizs-
don lace was run at Sheepshead Bay
Itwas . grand struggle for the SAC, 900
PIKE, and that magnificent horse called
Salvator, crossed the line first. Mr.
B Hasgin was his owner.
1T very likely that this man, who
tas & mountain or copper. g ranch
niles and miles IN area In California,
9 breeding farm with three hundred
urcoG msrss, aud : stud or the dnest
stations 20 be found in any one mans
stable anywhere IN the world, could
walk up Broadway IN New York.
through tie throng on any pleasant
afternoon and pass unrecogni1ed by
nest OF the people who would see
hin. There is nothing in his manner
u dress that is osteutauous, and, while
be might be taken for = prosperous
banker, there Is nothing about him
wuich would lead one 10 think that he
is nan Of wealth thst runs far up in
u The millions, and man who has SO
many irons 10 the fire that bis interests
extend over almost al the world
A story IL told that Mr.. Hsggin is of
Irisa raEeut1zs, and was born in Ken
lucky. Thers Is another story that he
was born IN Turkey. However this
may be, he e now al American. One
u the Jhinss that those who say be
was born n Turkey tell as q proof is
ths name given 70 his son. ''Ben Ali -
Mr. Hazxin lived, when g young
man, "a Kentucky, studied law there,
aud. shout the uue there was q great
rush -ur the Pacific coast, went Weet
70 make h!s fortune. He stopped on
the wav a. -. Louis, and with q cousin
eesau ths practice OF law and the sale
u rea- estate. They did not meet with
a. Lze success there that they desired,
aud with $500 that was given 70 his
cousin they went on TO San Francisco
While thew were busy with their law
practice they learned great deal about
mining stocks, snd made investments.
Fortune was good TO them, and they
made = pot Of money. Everything
that NI-. Haggiu touched seemed to
turn into money, and IN time he ac-
guired gold mine at Desdwood, q sill
yer mine az Bodie, In California, aud
other mines IN other places He also
became interested in the Wells, Fargo
Express Company and the bank which
that company runs. The copper mine
st AnaCouda, Montana, Is one Of the
most valuabls Of his possessions. II
takes s. 900 men 10 run 1t.
But + probably Air. Haggin's pos
sessions IN California that are OF most
popular interest, His farm the Rancho
De- Paso, covers an area OF seventy.
two square miles, and IL. borders
nearly touch the boundaries Of the city
pt Sacramento. Down In Kern county,
IN southern California, he owns 400 900
acres OF most magnificent lsnd. 1t Is
irritsted BY a canal so feet wide. The
Rancho Del Paso is where he has hi.
horses, the drst sale Of which last year
and the second sale two weeks ago have
attracted so much attention.
One Of the most splendid spectacle.
that horses may furnish for men TO look
upon Is that which the visitor to the
Hsggil ranch may see when, on the
rglaL being given for the horses tc
come home for the evening feed, the
forty or fSry or sixty colts at the
tprthsEt snd of 3 field s mile or more
long come tearing along ct ths very
top of their speed each one struggling
80 get there first
This truly 10 race. Every horse
urged BY the influences that were boru
within him, inherited from . long line
or dams and sires whose business Il
wa 70 pass beuesth The wire first upon
TIE track, stretches over the ground
svery muscle playing, every football
suolZ and elastic, every Instinct OF the
tue bred race horse forcing him to get
the lead and keep it. In thi, tree-for,
al spirited contest there 10 no jockey
urging the horse with whip and spur
70 Do his best; the animal Is running
a. swiftly as he car simply because be
l. bis nature 70 do so, because he likes
It, because he wants 20 do II. II i:
this kind OF OF outdoor vigorous life.
ills freedom rom warm and in-yen-
ulated stables, this plenty Of unrestrtc-
ed exercise, Mr.. Eastou says, that gives
the Rancho Del Psso yesrIngs their
great muscular development, their even
size, and their promise Of & magnificent
future
The horses which have come fron
CaGrornina have been noted for thetr
great size, and their constitutional sub
stance, particularly for their ability to
beat almost all Corners az all distances
very often under heavy weights. These
are essential qualities, which are par
ucu!arly tested in the long journey
which the yearlings have 20 undergo
before they are put on sale here IN
New York. Rscing men think that
the climate in which the horses pass
their first year helps largely. The
colts on Mr.. Haggin's ranch, no matter
Thsn they are born, have the sdvant-
Ags OF warm sunshine and equsole
temperature from the very hour almost
taat they zee the light. They are not
subjected 20 the many vexatous set
eacks which those bred in less favored
earts Of the world have 70 contend
with. a close observer corldn't have
ns'ected any sign TO lead TO the belief
mat the sphinx-liks man, so quiet and
apparently unconcerned, wssMr- Hag-
kln who was present at the sale OF his
norses. That and his ability TO con-
csntrats al his energies upon one
unS az a time have been great fac
sor' OF his success. His horse farm,
Dig and valuable as II Is, constitutes
only small feature compared with
JUS other business. Besides the
mines, TO which he gives probably
more thought than to the horses, Mr..
dhgg raises vast Quantities of hops