Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-28

IL WdS olu OTlubteau, now IN nlH JWeu
ty-second year and totally impotent
Mr.. Baldwin's orders are never to allow
him to be neglected, however, for he re-
alizes his obligations in the past twelve
years to the once mighty son of Gilroy.
In the adjoining stall stands Ruther-
ford, not impotent but such failure
that Mr.. Baldwin will never breed any
thing to him again. He got one great
horse, Lucky B., and beyond him moth
ing OF value, for racing purposes.
Over in a paddock adjoining the
stables stands bay horse with three
white feet and star. That's him, for
hat the travelling, como uering ter
ror" of 1888. The Emperor is certainly
a very handsome horse in his stud form.
Mr.. Woods does not believe in pamper-
ing stallions, so he keeps him just so
you can feel his ribs, and the colts
that have come from him so far are very
shapely.
What old black horse is that putting
his head over the tense and exchanging
congratulations with Verano in the ad-
joining lot. He has kind of cut of
Touchstone about him. What horse is
that, Mr.. Woods, he looks like the
Hook?
That's who he is" replies Mr..
Woods. 1.-THE greatest bargain the boss
ever got in his life. He is nearer re-
lated to Touchstone than any horse on
earth that is not inbred to him and
he's got only nine living foals out of
eleven mares, besides another one that
died in foaling. Seven of the nine are
fllies, just think OF that. What's the
funniest thing to me, is that seven out
of the nine are chestnuts, one is bay
and the other black. But he is the
surest foal-getter on top of the earth,
just as tell you. This year we gave
him thirteen mares, and he made a
single shot of eight of them. l would
be willing to bet he has eleven foals
next year."
Verano, very fast 3-year. old at any
thing under liz pounds, has thickened
out into very beautiful horse. His
mile and quarter in 2 08 was the fast
est 3-year-old race run at that distance
in 1885. In the next lot to him is a bay
horse with narrow blaze. 1t was
Gano himself, handsomer than on 'the
day he overcame the Nervii" at Balti-
more, and had protest lodged against
him for being 3.year-old instead OF 2.
OF course, the charge was groundless.
"How does this fellow suit you ?" asks
Mr.. Woods.
He's stranger to me--what do you
call him?"
"That's Amigo, by Prince Charlie
Mission Belle by Grimstead. He was a
very unlucky horse, and was always
meeting with some sort of accident. He
will be great horse for our mares by
Rutherford, won't her"
"Yes; and what's the matter with
breeding your Hook fillies to him five
years from now? Two crosses of Grim
stead, two of Touchstone and three of
Glencoe, with half-dozen intermediate
outcrosses, are q pretty good thing to
have in horse"
anu Sec sns aif the open court stalls
"Hullo, here's Volante." said |, as
the groom led out a neat looking dark
bay colt, with white nigh heel.
"Wrong there" says Mr.. Woods, "that
fellow is by Cheviot, out of Alab0, by
Grimstead. Do you like him?"
every much; he is too much like
Volante not to gallop WE'LL"
"Well, how's this fellow? he's diff
ferent shape altogether" says Mr..
Woods.
81 never have seen anything from the
Traducer family that suited me BETTER"
SAID I, and 1 spoke truly. This colt is a
blood bay, with blaze face and three
white heels. He has the driving power
of quarter horse, and look for him to
gallop very fast. He is by Cheviot, out
of Santa Anita, by Virgil, and che is the
dam OF Virgil.
The next fellow was a great rangy
bay colt. with the nigh heel white, got
by the Emperor OF Norfolk out of Clara
d. / certainly hope that SO large colt
will not be raced at two years old. He
has size and power, and, if reserved till
three years old, should repeat his sire's
triumphs at Chicago.
"Here is a scrub" said Mr.. Woods,
"he's nothing but a runt, but he's an
awfully sensible youngster." The colt
to which he refers is undersized, but
wonderfully strong and compact figure.
He is by Verano-Belinda.
"Heres old Lummux," said Mr..
Woods, as Harry led out brown colt
without white. ''He is by Cheviot-
Geneva, by Grinstead."
This colt has ugly ears, and a sour
looking head, but don't like him any
the less for that. His body is immense,
ana DlS running gear very AOaNy. VI
course, have never yet seen Cheviot
that was, to nay eye, good for over a
mile. But this fellow is surely race
horse up to six furlongs, at two years
old, and perhaps mile at three.
We next went over to the yearling
paddock, across the road from the sta
bles, and here were five pretty fllies,
the first of which was bay by Cheviot-
Atlanta, by Grinstead very neatly
turned mare. The next was a chestnut
by the same sire from Viente, own SIS
ter to Volante. This filly will be sec
ond Geraldine; now mark that. She
has quarters like old Lurline, the dam
of Darebin, and if she is not fast one,
then looks go for nothing.
AS Mr.. Woods sent you, some time
ago, list of foals for the year, there is
no use of repeating them at this time.
The mares and foals all look we'll. The
poor fellow was all broken up over the
death of Mollie's Last, "It seems to be
fatality about everything connected
with dear old Molly. Fallen Leaf died,
and then Keyes sold her flly by Ruth
erford. And now, Molly's Last dies in
foaling to the Hook, the biggest colt
ever dropped on Dhis ranch.
HIDALGo.