The herald., 1896-08-12
THE HORSE

A. B. Spreckels imp. Australian mare
Atoosa has colt foal by Water Cress.
The sire of Atoosa was Dunlop, Mel
bourne cup winner.
Waldo j. has been shipped home to
Ventura county. His owner, James
Mack, being only able to get one race
for his horse on the northern circuit.
Willard H. Stimson, the horseman of
Los Angeles, is winning with his black
stallion, Del Norte. He deserves great
credit for the manner in which he has
brought this horse to the front this
year.
The two fastest three-year-o PAGERS
of the season are Thorndike, 2:l212, and
Dan c., 2:11A The former is seventeen
hands high and the latter under 1our-
teen.
Kappa. the mare that won at Anacon-
da, Mont, in 2:1SA, few days ago, was
last May hauling hay on farm. She
is Z years old and very fast.
Nothing that has occurred since the
season opened has created so much dis
cussion as the action of the queens
county officials in refusing the entries
of w. C. DAILY, says the New York
Morning Advertiser There is a vast
amount of satisfaction in the knowledge
that the stewards have at last taken a
step toward the suppression or the
practice of running horses for work or
for the purpose of securing longer odds
at some future time.
Lucky Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch
in Los Angeles county is assessed as fol-
lows: Personal property, $l0o,ooo. Inere
were 1920 stock cattle, valued at $l2200;
200 COWS, S4650; 120 head Of horses, $500;
stations, $4,000; 40 mules. $4,000; 20
thoroughbred horses, $4,000; 32 thor
oughbred colts, $4800; Is wagons, $3.50;
harness. $500; furniture. s45OO; still,
| $500: 5000 gallons brandy. $4,000; 225OO
gallons wine, $4,000; merchandise, $5ooo'
machinery and farming implements,
| $4500; library. $1,000.
The California State fair will be held
| at Sacramento September lst TO l9tn,
and during that time number OF stake
events will be run off. The most i'm
portant of these is the Nursery stakes,
| a sweepstakes for two-year- -olds, foals
| of 1894. The State Agricultural society
| to add $1,000. The winner to receive $500
and stakes, second horse, $3.50; third horse,
| $50; penalties and allowances; six FUR
longs. The stake promises to be one
| of the richest two-year-old events OF
| the wear in the Golden state. There were
| ia original entries. After this year the
| stake will be known as the California
| Futurity. 1t was inaugurated with the
| intention of promoting the breeding in
| terests of the state, and it is sure to
result in great benefit to that interest.
Nearly every two-year-old now in train
ing in the state is entered in this stake
San Bernardino can be proud of her
| horses from the accounts of their feats
at Butte Mont. while running in the Mon
tana Racing circuit, and though only
three have been started, they have come
out first or second in each event. Lady
Alice, belonged to G. A. Jones of Los An
geles, raised by Purdy and Maxwell of
this city, was started twice and won
first money in one event, time 2:221s,
and second money in the other. Gazelle,
raised by Ben Davis, in San Bernardino
now owned by Winship & Keating of
Los Angeles. took second money in the
16 class, trot. McIntosh's mare, Elisa
| of Redlands won second money in a