The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-03-24

grounds thaG are palAi1AS @He tS ~
Gated about mile from the railway
station. Running in front OF the
house is wide driveway, or boute'
ward. which crosses the entire ranch
from south to north, over six miles III
length and which has at Intervals
other similar driveways blsecting 1t
and running trausyersely. These
dri7eways are shaded on either side
bT Balm OF Gilead trees and Callfor-
MIA poplars. Scattered about ale
wooded parks, where wild animals
abound. In the busy seasons over
500 men are employed and IN all the
year around over 200 make their home
on the ranch. TO house these men
and their families hundreds Of cot
! tages have keen erected with more
pretentious residences for the super
intsnden:s and foremen..
Taking bird's-eye view at the cen
! ter of the ranch, all the homes, the
immense barns, lofty paddocks. scat
tered here and there, make q scene
that is picturesque and full OF life.
The mag!a:s sEdftions may be
- Eattle Of the
choicest bresds supply the finest
cream and butter. much of it being
consumed in Butte. while he has
about Is, 900 acres devq&ed to agricul-
ture and 500 acres in 3lits, Mr.. DAILY
does not allow his products to in any
way interfere with the markets of the
farmers in the Bitter Root Valley.
Much OF it is shipped to Butte and re-
tailed in the big Rennessey store, now
the property of the Amalgamated
combine. The balance finds its way
to other mining centers controlled by
Mr.. DAILY, affording better vegetables,
milk, cream, butter,' meat, ETC., than
the general market affords. Only
cream is shipped to Butte from the
dairy, no milk at all. The CT, ~ re-
tails ct fifty cents quart. The ranch
is SO strictly up to date that every
building from the mansion and cot
tages down to the smallest barn is
lighted with electricity and water
from Skaikaho Greek has been piped
to every one. Mr.. Daily for his head
men employs only specialists.
The way the name Of the Bitter
Root ranch has become famous
throughout the sporting world, both in
America and abroad, is because of it's
famous horses, which i,cEu and bred
on this ranch have borne away the
honors on every racetrack OF note.
This is Marcus Days one hobby
horses and racing. HiARpen and
covered circular tracks, hfast trair-
ing Enclosures, are the admiration OF
every racing man. Mr.. DAILY went
into the business Systematically; he
first visited the most celebrated stock |
farms and stables III this country;
from each he purchased the choicest |
get, the fastest strains of racing blood;
then he sent to England, France,
Persia and Arabia, where no horse
was too high priced for him to secure
for this Bitter Root ranch in the wilds
Of Montana; this blending Of the
blood Of centuries Of the most illus.
trious lineage has brought forth
equine wonders whose achie7ements'
have amazed the racing world. No
matter where these princes and prin-
cesses have been reared they can find
no fault with their quarters here.
Over 700 acres sown with blue
grass are devoted to the stud pad
docks and to the brood mares and
their colts. Nearly 1900 acres have
been set aside for thesabsroughbreds
and for this purpose j bas been cut
up into hundreds Of high.fenced pad
locks. Near by is the residence Of
Sam Lucas, the genial Kentuckian,
;he famous expert breeder in charge
If the thoroughbreds; grouped around
ire massive barns, cottages, orchards
md gardens. Everywhere are shade
rees and driveways, running water,
making q 7eritable equine paradise.
4 HORSE PALACE.
In the centre Of this thoroughbred
department. is the pride of Daly's
leart, the famous "Tammany Castle"
ocated on plateau which rises gen
ly fully 100 feet above the surround
ng lands. Mr.. Lucas designed the
sstle and will show the favored ones
'ver it with a good deal Of pride. 1t {
s one-story brick building, fire. s
roof in every detail. In it ere only s
il stalls anil an Office. These stalls ,
re eighteen feet square and have a {
rick ceiling twelve inches in thick 6
ess. Each stall is not only plaster |
d, but wsinscotel and finished IN