Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-18
is HE A JAY-EYE-sEE9
Los ANGELES HEARsE HORSE
CREATES A SENSATION.
He Can Both rrot and Pace Like an Old
Campaign Horse-Lee Mayberry's For
tunate Purchase.

81 wouldn't take $25, 900 for the horse
If | owned him now" said r. L. Garrett,
of the firm of Garrett & Sampson, to a
HERALD reporter yesterday. The con-
versation which led to the above remark
had been about gelding that is, or
rather will be, known to fame as San
Pedro. Yet the same Mr.. Garrett sold
the gelding less than year ago for $175.
The purchaser was Mr.. Pabluvius, of
San Pedro, and one of the conditions of
the sale was that the San Pedro man
should never sell the horse, except with
the consent of Mr.. Garrett.
The little black gelding is we'll known
in this city. For several months he
pulled the heaIse for the firm with
which Mr.. Garrett was connected. When
change was made in the under
taking firm, San Pedro was relegated to
Mr.. Garrett's ranch at Wilmington,
as it was thought that Mr.. Sampson,
the new member OF the firm, would con-
slider the black gelding trifie under
sized for the occupation of conveying
the dead of Los Angeles to their last
resting place. 1t was at this time that
Mr.. Garrett decided to sell.
| One bright morning Lee Mayb Of
fered Mr.. Pabluvius 1876 for the geld
ing. The latter gentleman secured the
consent of Mr.. Garrett and the change
of ownership was made. The deal was
made about three months since. In the
meantime the value of San Pedro has
increased in most wonderful manner
| In fact the price is running up by the
thousands every week. This month the
| gelding is worth $4,000 more than he
was in April.
The reader will doubtless be anxious
to learn something about this great un-
known of the equine world.
In the first place San Pedro is shape
ly little gelding by Del Sur. Walter
Maben has been handling the
ex-hearse horse for the past three
months, and the way San Pedro
took to the work in the sulky was some
thing marvellous. The speed he showed
both at the pace and trot astonished the
boys at Edgemont park. He reeled of
quarters at such rapid gait that Lee
Mayberry concluded that there must be
something wrong with his chronometer.
Other gentlemen with chronometers we re
invited to be present, but San Pedro
showed up better at each succeeding
trial. Several days since it was decided
to try San Pedro couple of miles. The
trials were made over the three-quarter
mile track at Rosemeade. This track is
several seconds slow for the mile. For
instance, the best trial Stamboul ever
made over the track was 2:181a, yet
week afterwards he beat Arab in 2:15
over the Agricultural park track. At
all events, San Pedro negotiated the mile
at the trotting gait in 2:20A. The little
fellow never made skip. He repeated
half an hour later in 2 20 and a fraction.
I 1t will therefore be seen that the little
Del Sur gelding is slayer. These are
extraordinary good trials for green
horse at this time of the year,
with only a few months handling. On
fast track, San Pedro could undoubt-
and what he will do before the New
! Year is matter of conjecture. This is
not all. A week ago yesterday Maben
tried San Pedro at the pace. The little
black fellow reeled off a half without a
skip in :05, which is 2 10 gait for the
mile. This speedy ex-hearse horse
promises to be the sensational green
| horse of the year at either the pace or
trot. He is destined to be a-combina-
ton of both the trotter Guy and the
PAGER 3. B., and there is no telling
where San Pedro will wind up if he con-
tinues to improve.
San Pedro was bred by Mr.. Garrett.
His sire, Del Sur, is well known in
Southern California, being by the Moor,
the grand sire OF Stamboul, Pill. Del
Sur is now owned in the east. The black
stallion did not have much of an oppor-
tunity in the stud in Southern Califor-
MIA, yet he promises to rank as sire of
speed. Don Tomas 2 20 is by Del Sur.
AS stated at the beginning of this
article San Pedro was bred by Mr.. Gar
rett. He is seven years old and was
quite pet of the family and was known
in and around Wilmington for his docil-
ity. Mr.. Garrett told the writer yester-
day that when he had San Pedro at
Wilmington that he came to the back
door to be fed with bread. Mr.. Garrett
owns the dam of San Pedro. She is
supposed to be of Morgan stock and was
brought across the continent in the
early days. She was a game and hardy
mare and was doubtless of good breed
ing, although she has no pedigree to
boast of, as have the dams of Maud s,