. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. His son, Charles Derby, is a remarkably fine-looking horse, more quality than his sire, and that coming legitimately through the breeding of his dam, Katy G, by Electioneer,— Fanny Malone by Niagara,and his third dam, the celebrated long distance trotting mare, Fanny Malone, not only thor- oughbred, but very highly bred, being by Herald, her dam by imp. Trustee, without flaws to the end of the list. While Derby has the fastest trotter of the family to his credit, Derby Princess, 2:031, Steinway leads in the pacing division, W. Wood, 2:07, and Agitato, 2:09. And
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. His son, Charles Derby, is a remarkably fine-looking horse, more quality than his sire, and that coming legitimately through the breeding of his dam, Katy G, by Electioneer,— Fanny Malone by Niagara,and his third dam, the celebrated long distance trotting mare, Fanny Malone, not only thor- oughbred, but very highly bred, being by Herald, her dam by imp. Trustee, without flaws to the end of the list. While Derby has the fastest trotter of the family to his credit, Derby Princess, 2:031, Steinway leads in the pacing division, W. Wood, 2:07, and Agitato, 2:09. And another one com- ing th»s year, as there will be many disappointed if Klata- wah fails to obtain the front place for three-year olds, or very close to the mark whether record or trial. While the horses of the Oakwood Park Stock Farm have brought it into high repute wherever fast harness horses are appreciated, the beauty of the location, the completeness of the improvements, everything in fact which money and edu- cated tastes could do to make it the finest stock farm in Cali- fornia. This is saying a good deal with Santa Anita, Palo Alto, San Mateo, Rancho del Paso to come into comparison, but I have not the least hesitation in giving it the first place, and fully confident that nearly all who are familiar with California breeding farms, grand a? they are, will coincide in the award. At the base of Mount Diablo the lands extend- ing far enough up the hills to secure a supply of water and a natural basin for a reservoir, a small dam all that is needed to form quite a lake, and the elevation sufficient to force the water to the top of the buildings. A sloping valley—if such a name is admissahle—wherein house, barns and most of the buildings are located. The cut of the carriage house and stables for the caraiage horses will give an idea of the char- acter of the buildines, and it is scfe to say that there is not a stock farm in the United States which has superior ad- jun
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