The sun., 1892-01-03
SENATOR STANFORD'S PLANS,
pALO 4LT0 FARM TO PAss TO r,is
UNIVERSITY ON HIS DEATH.

The Rrecdine Industry TO be Continued 4.
the Lines that Produced the Record Hold.
ers--Ths Keystone or Senator stnniord,s
Success-A Thoroughbred FIiiy In Train.
lag at the Trottine 6ait-Arion, rn,o
Alto and Beil bird at tho Worlds ralr.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.-"I have so planned
that. long nfter i shssl have crumbcd into
dust and am become, Perhaps. n faint ren,ul.
sccnce among men. E,e breeding establish.
The speaker was P.,.ator Leland Stanford,
the most successful S.nd extensive breeder in
the world OF the light harness horse. who had
been questioned az to the future OF Palo Alto.
"Palo Alto proper" lie continued. "com.
prises 5000 acres OF land. which. when prop.
erly irrigated. Is capable Of producing great
results. Eventually the land. together with
the entire breeding stud. will be handed ovor
TO tho trustees of the Leland Stanford. Jr..
University. to be carried on on tho lines al.
ready laid down by me. with such modilra.
tions. OF course. rs tho science Of breeding
shall from time t. time suggest. The Presi.
don't Of tho university and some OF the profess
sors arc already showing an extraordinary in.
tcrost In the breeding problem. Facilities ior
stud ying tho anatomy of the horse are rlrrgdy
ut hand in the skeletons Of Hec.iohoer and
Occident. two very wonderful animals in tleir
way in their day. aud other nrticulated sk"ic-
tons will he added to the collection from time
to time OF horses OF notc nt palo Alto AMI from
other points. The man vino causes two blades
OF grass 10 grow where one G,cw before Is no
more Of public bcncfactor 10 the great sys-
ten. of economy than he who breeds one horse
that for endurance. excellence OF temDer. lon
gcvi.y. and general use is equal to two cod
bOOupl. sponcy. and yipuOtic Olurs
Men have written and spoken OF the b'c"I-
in. stud Mt Pa!o Alto as one of the wotds
wonders. It deserves no such charartcrza-
tion. Tho principles on which il is founded
are are as simple as the qipha51et md no sta,o So.
orsc rTffs Until al tie Snd , s s tax" ths 81 sEr Ne
eancI S atfh That tin skad Mia WA wa
maker who deals with the mechanism ut !,
the Horse soon % discovered ] where hi.y his rrsa.ss st
powers we're. the uses he made OF his mEsclrs.
and the secret why one horse was capable i
studied and ponIered and cxperimen,ci as
tHs Mth ,s t,S fnt t, ~ Ssss"s
siSai eoaiormaiion. iii AMI viii ihlieS; p.wer. 's pr
Sevn M rno ma I TO-
ciate tho fact that plug blood did not produce
p spHet: hence as soon Jas, as was able to pal NY;
began 70 lay deep the ioundations Of my breed.
ing stud on an oriental Da sis. and am every
cold blood wherever it has crept in in tho FAR
But it must not be. presumed that am not
extremely critca in the selections Of thorough
e erea horse that aid os
havo a dam that also possessed great qualities.
our fatneGs Tor the hreeI +
that the sire was everything the dam scarcely
ANYTHING q value EXCEPT to bear and suekls
Of propost9n ana in % doing Pa Fa" '' o
occupies the high rank it does as breeding
sssos %as ss ssy sy sSs
head aSe not sHt the
head yet unless he has proper head hold
face was iii l ed with a Smile which re.
1T has been limited. senator. that your
Thoroughbred dam theory has been very badly
nj, sy afon fh" senatoI wSndsr sasrd
cannot see how tho trotting bred enthusiasts
iormances It S Wers t"et @ hat AriSn %n was
cold blood then could readily understand It;
his sIre as wei,. There is nothing i" his Hrerl
bloodcd horse: Arion's dam. Marnttte;; Is
something oi runner herself Sh" Is hi:h
for trottinG purposes. On thnt account she
l4s been nsrd y ' as M teaser for tro,,ers at raio
like II thoroughbred. speak, ing o. Arion I
have seen il stated that he had u bix Icg, That
Is mista ke He Is as sound AS the day ~
LiE log"
:, No that is n mstakc He was offered i"r
the sum oil 5000 by ono OF my men The -
~ an nj !
n,.Tcrt03 PaIo Alto one day. saw tho colt m..e.
to part with the colt any, way. and delnuyrcd at
not for sale. i shall Keep hin and eXrest lin.
follower his record next ye9r. Whio il i, a'l
t. IT, ntnraG i2 rt Iar in ndyance; should IT.
That Immediate nsisLtorho9d. lie i. q 'ar=c.
well within himself in all his speed trials and
IN his ilnishes impresses one with his reserve
tio.p he resembles his sire, l.lectiplter. l lave
M,sn 'w ss %hc nj T. aha1 tnnf @ 1
year.od stalllon's record. 2:l2. but Just n Va
.',, wsre ready to send him for Il he was ,eiIrl
record o! 3:2dia. has, proved disappyintm-ot.
,;, w wers y; n prepared PA T. eXpee, still gr"a,yr
again. The truth is. she Is n high. .strunr.
aerSSvs SsSSv na thing =. T., v"ry eaPrieaMs ad While
speeuys HAS ~ Dc cuTeIuIlS ItAnuluu IL Ndi>-
factory results are to br anticipated. II has
been presumed that hecausc Paio Alto w"a,s
the stallion crown that We are now going 10
l9t up on him and r.rga,n him to, the stud.
This is Il mistake. Jus. previous to leaving
Tor Washington had him carefully rxamiuc.
Ms right foot the result Of u CONTRACTED hc";
With proper shoeing and restoration Of pl
frog pressure am satisfied that lie will IN 'hs
intervenin. months fully recover. Next sMm.
aiter b,jet ,Sd 81 hs std hS
satisfied that only 2:Ni will stop hin, 4 he has
four well feet on which TO stand, Why. ! he
can trot u mile in, 2:OS!t with ONLY three wei
feet, what ought he not accomplish with hour
good ones"
What about Sunol9 What was the caus Of
her lameneSs last sumner
Il never could discover the cause ut irr
lam"nrsS She was carefully examined, aill
tho only thing thar presented itself TO the rye
was y bunch the size Of pea on the insld" ot
hcr right hind leg. On account OF her lame.
ness We had to work her very carefully; i,
cilort. winch is equal to about 2 :Ol or 30, 1t
has hcon said that Sunol is q delicate mare.
that she has frail constit ution. little vitality.
and hostpl other drawbacks. This Is all non.
sense. She ia II powerful animal when go!
come to examine her, wonderfully mUSrt",