The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-04

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Bred in England. Y Bred in Ireland.
California has always had good horses,
but, like all the rest of America she
stuck to the male line Of Herod too long
for her good. Indeed, of the six Matcheni
horses given above, barebrin is the only
one that does not show over so per cent
of Hcrod blood. Darcbin, on the other
| hand, though bred from the male line
of Matchem, shows 81 3-4 per cent Of
Eclipse blood, as did also the famous Irish
stallion, Barcaldine, who died year or
two ago. So that we have been getting
on very slowly in the introduction OF
Eclipse blood into this state; but we are
doing well enough now.
| For years and years the crack gallopers
| Of the far West came from north Of the
San joaquin. 1t was not until 1875 that
the tide took turn to the opposite d.
rection. Il. j. Baldwin of Santa Anita
| was at the Saratoga races, and through
! the advice Of ]. e. Brewster, now dead,
he purchased the four-year-olds, Griins-
tead by Gilroy. son of Lexington, and
rutherford, son of Imp. Australian, son
Of the triple crown winner OF 1858 in
England. He bought these for racing
/ solely, and had no idea of becoming q
great breeder ut that time. In 1876 Grim
stead S forelegs gave way and Rutheford
! The latter horse is dead, but old Grim
stead, now "a years old, wholly impotcnt
since 1890, mopes around sunlit paddock
| at Santa Anita.
In 1877 Mr.. Baldwin began to realize
that these two stations might be made
available Tor breeding purposes. and
there could be no better breeding place
| than Santa Anita. He accordingly com
missoned Lewis r. Martin, who died
| about a year ago, to go to Kentucky and
buy him ten mares. At that time the get
| of the English horse Glenelg had done
/ littlp pr nnthinu and dos fa IN en- t <t.<
his progeny all had the most superb legs
and feet, Mr.. Martin got five Glenelg
mares for $4,000. He bought three by Vir-
| gil, since famous as the sire OF fremont
and Hindoo, and one each by bennington,
| Monarchist and War Dance.
| This was the nucleus of the Santa Anita
! stud farm, which has now SO horses OF
various ages in training at the private
track on the farm; "A yearling tillies run
ming in a rich pasture near the railway
| station; 8 stations in the barn at head
quarters; II yearlIng colts in paddock by
themselves; ID geldings and FLIES thrown
out of training, and 63 brood mares, a few
| OF which are the original matrons OF the
farm. In all the value of the thorough
| bred stock at Santa Anita cannot be TAR
| from $225, 600. Mr.. Baldwin has won the
American Derby at Chicago four times,
was twice second and once third. He
won the rich Drexel stakes worth $$3, 500
three times and was twice second. The
Sheridan stakes, another stake worth over
$4,000, he won twice, was once second
and twice third.
The great rancho Del Paso near Sacra-
meuto, owned by j. B. Haggin, has 20
stations and over $50 mares, being the
largest establishment of its kind in the
world. AS yet not one horse bred on that
farm has ever run first, second or third in
any Of the three events just mentioned.
Mr.. Baldwin's great premier stallion is
tho En-, par0r IF NnrfalE who aI off
first prize at the Horse Show in San
Francisco in January last. At three years
old the Emperor did what no other colt
ever did before, or since. He carried off
the Derby, the Sheridan and the Drexel
stakes at Chicago, all at one meeting. He
is lust sixteen hands high and looks the
monarch his name implies. Next 10
him come two sons of old Grimstead,
called Gano and Verano. The former is
81 years old and won the Eclipse stakes
at Baltimore in 1882. Verano is IL and
won the Hyde Park Stakes worth $500 in
1884 Both these horses are tried sires,
Gano being represented by Pescador and
Gadiola, while Verano is the sire of the
flying filly Venus, recently winner at
San Francisco.
The other stations on the farm are al.
Australian horse called Chesterfield, 20
st. Leger of 1862; Amigo,a chestnut, 8
years, by Prince Charlie, who won the
Two Thousand Guineas and got the great
Salvador and Rockford, three-year-old
by imported The Hook, out OF the FAM
Gus Miss Ford, who should have won the
American Derby in 1885, This colt is the
only stallion in America bred from the
male line of the famous cup horse Fisher
man. who won sixty-three races in 13
starts
Owing to the mild winters OF California,
our breeders can do great many things
HAr that N
essayed at the far East. One of these
things is early foaling. Under racing
law horse takes his age from January;
that u.s. colt foaled on any day in 1894
was year old on January LIST, 1885. Just
see then what an advantage it gives breed
here, whereas the foalings in New Jersey
and Virginia are never earlier than April
and then only few. You come to run
in two-year-old race in July and the
California colt has from three to four
months the age over the New Jersey colt,
and should be better able to carry his
weight in race where all bear equal bur.
dens. The following list shows what mares
had foaled up to February 9th in this
year. together with the breeding of their
sires and dams:
Miss Baldwin by Gano-Electric by
folk. Fooled January 10th and died Janu-
Miss Ford by Enquirer-Bribery by Bon
ME Scotland. Firis to Emperor of Nor
folk January 10th. Both since dead.
Belinda BY Belmont y Lady Spring.
Los Angeles by Imp. Glenelg-La Polka
| by Lexington, CHI. +. by Emperor OF Nor
| folk, January 18th.
Cuban Queen by Strathmore- Haiwasse,
CHI C. by Amigo, January. 18th.
Rosebud by Grimstead-Ciara D. by
| Glenelg, oh. 1. by Amigo, January 18th.
Santa Anita Belle by Grimsetad-Santa
Anita by Virgil, b. f. by Emperor OF Nor
| fylk, January 10Th.
Leola Lelaps, b. c. by imp. Clieveden
(bred in Australia> January 18th.
Jennie ID. by Glenelg- Begone by Lex
ington, b. c. Emperor of Norfolk, Janu-
Saint Cecilia by Grimstead-S Anne
by Virgil CHI c., January Both.
! Indianola by Grimstead-H ermosa by
| Lexington, oh. c. by Emperor OF Norfolk,
Famosa by Rutherford Marie Stuart
by Grimstead, :ch c., imp. Corweth, Feb
riary 7th.
Espiritu Santo by Gano; Jane b. by
! Glenelg, CHI, by Emperor of Norfolk, Feb
ruary 18th; died February 18th.
y Clara s. by Rutherford; Clara by Glen
elg, CHI. c., by Gano February 18th
| This is one great secret OF CALIFORNIA;
| success as horse breeding state. Her
| mild winters not only admit OF early foal-
| inrs. but also assist development during
| the winters that follow. In the Atlantic
! Oh ooct ne