The sun., 1893-06-22

building Of that railroad. The .Goycrnment
loan was not more than oneI.nird OF rvere smo
elsewhere These. like the physical ditiiculi, !,
ties. we're. however. overcome by stanioru anu
= In October. 1901. the. Leland Stanford. ,Jrs
Th eresSres fssSWf% SSSed iS ~ H
| ell TO the young men and women OF SaiIoIIn In nj
pem2ra to their T,s 9ngy tgus son ndessrbed f2ed
S"@9fS BY Mr Stafford F 'PIsYh Wish MY my school more
pcca!y directed to theinycstigaton and teach, hdls
| Ing OF how to control tho forces of nnture-hoW
| to mako tho elements the servants of menii-
from the kindergarten pupils to tho post graf
yates who may have desire ior deeper 'h'eS''
The university affords the same adyanta @ ges
to women as to men, It being Mr. Stanioru
theory that it was even more important that
women should no educated than men, as they
s9a tho intm ntnro 'eH eSSn
lie. 1t has been said that the death ot tneir n,
pGn SS G + and S Mrs snd
filled with mementoes, OF the child; a. r,,.o,
He was President, during the greater nrrt Of
and for % time Of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
His fortune yes sstimated at between .Sorsi Soo
999S and IN Where h
wife also has some relatives living;
breeaer sasa"p Of S1@a trons Sorses Rs
Alto Farm furnishing some OF the sbs,eiieTSt
light harness horses In The world, i, IhnrS Il
to advance the trottng horse interests OF thls
country as any other two breeders combined;
was great believer in the sustaining power
OF thoroughbred blood to make atrotter i've
4 number OF years ago, when his farm I'm
ntor came to stony Ford. this state. to nur;;
Sf"sS Ills stud s@''0n 70 Sodnr horse By rvs
dyk's Hnmblotonian, out o. Green Noun.
ra'" not held r'H IN as ~ high regard y Mr. Charles
Backman. the owner Of the establishment. as
face ras
Electionser and in the far West i"nnned mos
died in 1890. but in that period ho sired
no fewer than 11"trottors and one racer: with
these was the peerless marc Sunol. BOSS. for
a time the champion, trottGr Of tho world; and
etS eGS 1Hs who raSe Senator stanford for
her. Palo Alto with record Of 2;oS now
dead. d.was the chsmrion stallion Of ms gay . snd
the dams OF both tho champions were thor.
ouGhbred. or contained so much Of the warm
have substantial groundwork. Sunol and Palo
Eiectioneer out Of thoroughbred dams.
, From year to year e2nsiEnmcnts lt from l @ the
home farm were SHIPPED t. the New YORK mar mar
uous prices. considering tho fact that many OF
them sold merely because they were by Eec-
tioneer or were out Of the dams of those with |
fast records. Senator stanford inyarlably
found time while here to visit the Amcrican In |
stitute building. whore his horses were sold. |
and to exchange opinions with such experts as !
Robert Bonner. David Bonner and J. Z. Sib,oy. |
all Of whom are great believers in the pet the
ory Of the California statesman.
When Electioncer died the Senator placed |
Palo Alto Mt the head OF the farm which bore
his name. and when that great son followed |
his greater sire the young horse Advertiser
said during his last visit to New York that he
regretted selling Arion. colt BY Electioneer
out of NIanette. by Nutwood; that took two;
year old record of 2:lOt, and three -yenr,old |
record Of 2:lOls. to j. Malcolm Forbes OF Bos:
ton for Sl250 900. the highest price eyer paid |
Tor trotter aswth Electioneer and Palo Alto
dead he would like to have retained the young
and other flyers first cav the light Of
day there. but tho Senator's heart was with
the trOtter first. last and all the time. lie eX-
and knew the value OF his de-
iuctions He was the first man to raft the
X inder rgarten system OF trainln ng young trotters
and amazed the public with the rrecocious
we're broken as yeerinGs to drive. He was
among the first to show the actual position OF
The feet and legs OF the trotter and thorough
bred when at top speed. spending a fortune to
perfect a Photographic plant which took
constant succession OF pictures. and demon
STRAIT ed that the prevailing theory followed by
artists in painting portraits OF horses in mo-
lion was all wrong.
The establishment at Palo Alto is the most
extensive OF its kind in the world, and there
ire at present many hundred head OF trotters
md thoroughbreds there.