Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-21

Ine foregoing CaDlee go 10 snow tlat
there is nearly twice as much money in
a good 2-year. old as in good 3.year-old
and even beyond this the tables 90 to
show that out of Al sweepstakes worth
over $4,000 and less than $4,000, there
were 2S won by 2-year-olds. The re-
turns for 1892 will not be complete till
January, 1898, but they will show that
the value of these juvenile events has
increased abont S per cent. in the past
year. The reason for disposing of
thoroughbred colts at auction is that the
breeder gets the advantage OF competi-
ton in every instance; and the reason
for selling as yearlings, is that the sweep
stakes close at that age, thus throwing
the expense of training and development
upon the purchaser rather than the
seller. In other words, it obliges the
gambler to advertise the breeders stock.
Col. Harry Thornton of San Francisco
sold IL head last year at an average of
$404 80, the best price yet realized within
the state, but MIR. Haggin has more
than doubled those figures on half a
dozen occasions, after mixing in with
his valuable Sir Modred and Darebin
colts a precious lot OF weeds got by such
outcasts as Warwick, Miner and John
Happy.
Mr.. Baldwin has announced that he
will not race next year, but will sell his
yearlings at auction in Chicago or
New York, but the writer does not take
much stock in the story. In the ten
years that he has raced at the east there
have been but two years that his bal
ance was on the wrong side OF the ledg-
er; and on two occasions his winnings
in purses and stakes were in excess of
$4,000. So that the writer does not
believe the host of Santa Anita will re-
linqnish the sport 80 easily; and what.
ever else may be said against Mr.. Bald
win, his horses were always tout for the
money" when he was present in pereon.
Two small breeders in this neighbor.
hood (any person is called small breed
er with less than twenty mares) have
started with fair chance for profit. One
of these is Mr.. w. j. Thompson, agent
OF the Santa Fe railway at Glendora
He has very handsome old horse in
the person of Conveth, who took the
first premium here at the late district
fair. Conveth is Is years old, and bred
on royal lines, being by Favonius, win.
ner OF the Derby of 1873, out of Cachu-
cha by Voltigeur. Derby and st. Leger
OF 1850, from Ayacanora dam of Came
liza, that ran the dead heat for the Oaks
with the French mare Enguerranda) by
Irish Birdcatcher, from Pocahontas dam
Of Stockwell, Rataplan and King Toml
by Glencoe. This gentleman has five
thoroughbred mares of various ages.
two OF them being by John w. Norton,
a worthy son OF Bonnie Scotland.
The other one to which we refer is
Mrs. Susan B. Wolfskill of Santa
Monica. This lady's love for
thoroughbred horses comes to
her as legitimate inheritance, as her
father, James Moore of Woodland, Yolo
county, brought the first thoroughbred
mare that ever crossed the plains This
was in 1852, and the old gray mare was
called Ada Byron when she left the east.
But iuet at that time San Francisco was
having craze over Lola Montez, and
Col. Jack Gambill leased the racing
qualities of the mare and named her
after the fairy OF the footlights She
won the first race OF three mile heats
ever run on this coast, and the race took
place on Sunday. The famous old