The record-union., 1897-09-10

very creditable affair. and called forth
1 laudatory phrases from all quarters.
/ The parade was led by Fred G. Knau-
er's team of spanking brown roadsters,
and the turnout elected expressions of
admiration all along the line.
/ There We're nine double teams in line,
/ every one of which won deserving COM
ment from the crowd. Conspicuous in
the line was r. e. Kent's team Of white
rcadsters, which were driven by the
I Trustee in person.
| There were thirty single roadsters in
/ the parade, and among them were
many horses which have won local re-
nown as sturdy and fleet goers. There
were high-steppers, bedecked with their
owners coIors, and there We're staid and
/ demure horses which showed great
strength and bottom, and which would
no doubt have made good showing in
| a close brush Many of the single
steppers showed traces of blue blood in
every movement and in every curve of
their anatomes, and beauty was the rule
and not the exception.
Then in line We're led forty two and
three -year-olds, and the colts came in
for a fair share Of commendatory
phrases. Youngsters were shown from
every stable of Importance in the State
and many of them show promise of
great speed and endurance.
The string of stations, eight in num-
ber, showed some of the best horses in
the State, and the judges viii have diff
| ficulty in choosing when 1t comes to
awarding prizes. Each horse in line was
! a picture all deserve We'll
Then followed a string of seventy
stock animals, mostly brood mares and
their foals, and all received critical ex-
animation as they pasesd the grand
stand Seventeen mules and jacks We're
also in the procession, as We're also a
small herd of black Shetland ponies,
whose sleek and shining coats and
round little bodies We're in strong COM
parison with their larger brethren.
Following the horses came the several
herds of blooded cattle, and that all in
line were beauties. goes without say
ing.
First came John Sparks herd of
twenty-six Herefords. They are from
the Alamo Stock Farm, at Reno, New,
and We're beauties from first to last.
| Next in line came the herd of Dur
hams seventeen entered by A. Heilbron
& Bro. OF this city. They are all thor
| oughbreds, and ranged in size from
the father of the herd down to the lat
est arrival. The exhibit is deserving of
| favorable comment.
| Then came the Brighton herd OF
Short Horns, entered by P. H. Murphy
| of this county. The herd consisted of
seventeen head, and the general opin-
| ion prevailed that there was no finer
! exhibit of blooded stock in line.
| Frank H. Burke's Menlo Park herd of
| Holsteins came in for unstinted praise,
and While but nine head were in line,
/ they We're all beauties.
The Yerba Buena herd of Jerseys, six
| teen head, entered by Henry Pierce of
Santa Rosa, attracted considerable at
tention, and were in strong contrast to
the Herefords. Durhams and Short
Horn herds which had preceded them.
The herd Of Jerseys entered by Peter
]. Shields presented a very pretty ap-
pearance. They are of pure Jersey
strain, many of them being importa-
tions
| The small herd entered by Thomas
| Ward of Oakland closed the parade, and
when it had passed, the opinion seemed
universal that. the parade had been
creditable throughout.