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

him an offer be would be glad to en-
tertain it.
'The breeding business, Mr.
Croker said l, has received terri
BILE setback of late and has been en-
tirely ovcr-done. Your interest is
not worth anything like what it was
when you joined issue with me, and |
am not able to make you an offer COM
mensurate in value with your interest
in Belle Meade. Mr.. Croker coin
cided with me in my view Of the stu
alton, and again pressed. me to make
him an offer. 4 dislike to name SO
low figure, was my reply, but,
really, I could not afford to pay you
more than sS5, 900 for your half in
terest. ,"
"'That price, said Mr.. Croker, ''is
perfectly satisfactory [ gave him
my check, and the interest Of Mr..
Croker in Belle Meade was at an end.
The partnership cost Mr.. Croker near
ly 500, 900, but he accepted the loss
without batting an eye or expressing
a single word Of regret.
'That is why [ was glad to hear OF
| Mr.. Croker's 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 All English
Derby with scion of the great Dob
bins and the equally great Yorkville
Belle
Breakfast was over and the start for
the stables made. Our first visit was
made to the stallion's paddocks, and
our first 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
American-bred horse that ever sue
ceeded in beating the British at their
own game by carrying of 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-
ton: 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
velvety as are all his companions at
Belle Meade. Luke Blackburn is
| another Of Gen. Jackson's pets, and
well he deserves his omaster's affec,
ton, for he has been as successful as
sire as ne was invincible as 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, were 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 expecta-
tions are INDUCED that they will be
worthy successors to Iro4uois and
Luke Blackburn.
From the paddocks Of the sires 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 II aristo,ratic fllies. Millions
of people in this country are not as
we'll 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.
| X
We sauntered through the deep
park, where so elk and over 400 fallow
deer are as much at home in their 500
acres of forest as they were in their
native haunts.
AS a stirrup-cup we visited the cow
stables where 200 purebred Jerseys
and 200 graded COWS are milked twice
"a day. These stables and the adjoin-
ing dairy and creamery are of the
most up-to-date model. Gen. Jack
SON 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 a United