. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. [St. Louis Republican.] In the central portion of Kentucky there is a fair group of counties lying together like a pictureâelegant farms that spread out their broad pastures like so many private parks; acre upon acre of waving grain; and everywhere the long, rich blue grass that nature has so bountifully provided for his region, undulating like the waves of the sea. It is the famous Blue Grass countryâfamous the world over wherever fine horseflesh is known and appreciated. Perhaps this old and aristocratic little city of Lexington is ti be considered the very s
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. [St. Louis Republican.] In the central portion of Kentucky there is a fair group of counties lying together like a pictureâelegant farms that spread out their broad pastures like so many private parks; acre upon acre of waving grain; and everywhere the long, rich blue grass that nature has so bountifully provided for his region, undulating like the waves of the sea. It is the famous Blue Grass countryâfamous the world over wherever fine horseflesh is known and appreciated. Perhaps this old and aristocratic little city of Lexington is ti be considered the very soul and centre of this garden-spot. All roads seem to lead to it, and from it they branch off into infinite distance. They are called turnpikes here, and are broad and smooth, and white with limestone dnst, for the whole fertile region rests upon a limestone substratnm. Here and there, in between these turnpikes, are the stock- farms whose names have become familiar through the length and breadth of the land. They can be descried afar offâthe dwellings and fences gleaming white in the midst of their surroundingsâand not a stray scrap of debris about to mar the beautiful neatness and order. It is not at all infrequent to find the dwelling-house small and unpretentious, while the stables are roomy and handsome, quite overpowering the residence, for here the horse is king. It is to this section that the Bonners and Yanderbilts, the Lorillards and Bel- inonts come when they want a fine young trotter or a prom- ising thoroughbred. Many of the Eastern millionaires who have a fancy for horseflesh keep a resident buyer here, who constantly makes the ronnds of these celebrated breeding places, and atteDds all the great horse sales, with a watchful eye for anything like a prize turning up in his line. In this city and section not to be well up in the pedigrees and the general horse vocabulary is to be away behind the spirit of the times. The race course is naturally the great institu
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