. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 1889 ^lx£ Iprmler atuT Jqxorctsroiw. 91 B., is the aire of Alio and Flora G , both in the 30 class. He is as spry as a colt and as handsome as a picture. Mr. Sweeton has just bought P. McCartney's half interest in Flora G , 2:29,}, by Altoona, dam by Conway's Patchen, and she is moving along pretty briskly. Last Sunday he sent her three heats in 2:35, 31^ and 27; pretty good considering that she foaled late and has been short of work. Her black filly by Mul Vorhees is being raised by hand and is a natural born little trotter. Nest week I shall have something to
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 1889 ^lx£ Iprmler atuT Jqxorctsroiw. 91 B., is the aire of Alio and Flora G , both in the 30 class. He is as spry as a colt and as handsome as a picture. Mr. Sweeton has just bought P. McCartney's half interest in Flora G , 2:29,}, by Altoona, dam by Conway's Patchen, and she is moving along pretty briskly. Last Sunday he sent her three heats in 2:35, 31^ and 27; pretty good considering that she foaled late and has been short of work. Her black filly by Mul Vorhees is being raised by hand and is a natural born little trotter. Nest week I shall have something to say of the strings of Pat McCartnevfand James A. Harris, now in trainingjat this track. M. J. S. Salinas, July 31, 1889. At the Home of Victor. I paid a visit several days ago to the Indian Valley Breed- ing farm situated near Crescent Mills in Indian Valley, Plamas County. The valley contains about 25,000 acres of arable lmd, through which flows the Eist branch of the North Fork of the Feather river. The attitude is about 4,500 feet above the level of the sea, and the soil is richer than any I ever saw anywhere. There is an abundance of fine timothy hay, oats, and rich red clover, and orchards are plentiful, the fruit grown in the valley, being superior to any grown in the northern section of the State. The farm contains 23S acres, thoroughly watered and drained, and is owned by George A. Dougherty, belter known on the cirouit as Old Hayseed. It is on this place that the trotting monarch of the mountains reigns, he who captured Butte and Nevada, and gave to the Saoramentians an inti- mation that he would eventually add the Capital to his al- ready wide domain. I refer to the trotting wonder, Victor, 2:22£. On the farm proper there are no buildings, and Vic- tor has to occupy a stall on an adjoining ranch. There is on the farm a good half-mile track, and it is here that the stall- ion and the balance of the stable are exercised. Vic- tor was sired by Echo, 1st dam by "W
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