The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-22

tcrlain it,
q" The horse breeding business. Mr.
Croker Said /, has received terri
bic set back Of late and has been en-
trcly oycr-donc. ionr interest is
not worth anything like what it was
when ypu Joined issue with me, and |
AN not able To make yp, an n!!cr com
ncn,nratc in value with your interest
in Belle Meade. Mr. Croker coin
cidcd with me in my sicw of the stu
alton, and again pressed. ne to make
him IN offer. dislike to name 80
low Il figure, waa my reply, but.
really, could not afford to pay you
more than 80 900 for your half in
tcrcst
"'I'hat iricc, said Mr. Croker, SIS
perfectly satisfactory gave him
my check, and the interest Of Mr..
Croker in Belle Meade was ut an end.
The partnership cost Mr. Croker near
ly $50 600, but he accepted the loss
without batting an eye or expressing
Il single word Of regret
That is why was glad to hear of
Mr.. Croker success in New York.
That is why | like the man. His
plucky way Of accepting his loss made
a strong impression upon me, and |
sincerely hope he will live to attain
his ambition and win an English
Derby with scion Of the great Dob
bins and the equally great Yorkyillc
Belle.
Breakfast was over and the start for
the stables made. Our first visit was
made to the stallion paddocks, and
our Grst introduction in the equine
line was to Iroquois, the horse that
had achieved the very triumph which
Mr.. Croker hoped one day to accom-
plish. Yes, Iroquois is the only
Amcrican-breo horse that ever sue
cceded in beating the British ct the;:
own game by carrying off the blue rib
bon Of the English turf-the Derby.
Sixteen years have passed since Iro-
quois flashed by the winning post
amid the acclaims Of hundreds of
thousands Of enthusiastic turfmen
who knew no country nor race distinc-
tion: but ungrudgingly welcomed the
horse that had come across the ocean
to beat the best of his year. Iroquois
has retained his youth better than
most stations, and is as sleek and
velvcty as are all his companions at
Belle Meade Luke Black burn is
another Of Gen. Jackson's pets, and
well he deserves his Omaster's affec-
tion, for he has been as successful as
sire as lie was invincible as a race
horse. Then we saw fremont, the
black whirlwind; Clarendon and Dan
dy Dinmont, both promising sires.
Tithonus and Madison, recent impor-
tations, purchased during Gen. Jack
sons trip through England, we're then
shown to us, Both horses are as new
to stud honors as they are TO this
country, but as each has the blood Of
St. Simon in his veins, great expccta-
tious are INDUCED that they will be
worthy successors to Iroquois and
| Luke Blackburn.
From the paddocks Of the sircs we
were taken to the nurseries of the
weanlings. In one great square sta
BILE were 81 bred on the purple colts
and in another and duplicate stable
were Al aristocratic fillies. Millions
Of people in this country are not as
well housed and cared for as are those
baby race horses Of high degree, and
the sanitary arrangements might we'll
be copied in our best houses. Then
we visited the matrons, the great Clip
sy, the stately Duchess, dam Of the
great Clifford, and a hundred other
mares Of noble ancestry.
We sauntered through the deep
park, where so elk and over 400 fallow
deer ere es much at home in their 500
acres of forest as they were in their
native hnuats.
AS stirrup-cup We visited the COW
stables where 200 pure-bred Jerseys
and 200 graded cows are MIXED twice
a day. These stables and the adjoin-
ing dairy and creamery are Of the
most up.to-datc model. Gen. Jack
sons two daughters have entire charge
of this department and so we'll do they
manage it that after paying up all the
household expenses their Joint pin
money exceeds the salary of United
States Senator.
Belle Meade, though hidden away in
the hills of Tennessee, has for many
year been the most famous thorough
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