. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. descendants of the Pa'.o Alto horses and broodmares be found, and it is with pleasure the owners point to them and declare that Senator Stanford bred the sire, the grandsire, the dam or the grandam of these promising speed producers. How different would the records of the trotting turf have been if Palo Alto had never existed, but, like the enter- prises of J. Malcolm Forbes, A. J. Alexander, Robert Bonner and C. J. Hamlin, it has passed out of ex- istence. The hours devoted to the all-absorbing topic of breeding and the thought expended in striv- ing to get th
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. descendants of the Pa'.o Alto horses and broodmares be found, and it is with pleasure the owners point to them and declare that Senator Stanford bred the sire, the grandsire, the dam or the grandam of these promising speed producers. How different would the records of the trotting turf have been if Palo Alto had never existed, but, like the enter- prises of J. Malcolm Forbes, A. J. Alexander, Robert Bonner and C. J. Hamlin, it has passed out of ex- istence. The hours devoted to the all-absorbing topic of breeding and the thought expended in striv- ing to get the best results in the light harness horse industry and the best and most humane methods of training and developing trotters have not been lost to mankind. Strange to say, there are few descend- ants of Electioneer out of Palo Alto bred mares standing for public service in California, for the auction ring in New York City has been the distri- buting point from whence these horses have been scattered to every part of the globe, except Cali- fornia, and owners of broodmares are to be con- gratulated that Moormont, one of the best bred ones foaled at Palo Alto, was never sent East, but was kept on the Pacific Slope, and is now at Chico. He was sired by Azmoor 2:20% (sire of Betonica 2:09%. Azmoon 2:13%, Bob 2:15, Bonnibel 2:17%, Rowena 2:19%, Aggregate 2:19%. Azmont 2:22%, A. A. A. 2:25%, Mary Osborn 2:28%, Amalgam 2:29% and the dams of Rowellan 2:09%, Arzilla 2:12% and Littlt Louise 2:17, Azmooni 2:20%, Joe Axworthy 2:24% and Noraine 2:27), out of Rosemont( dam of Montrose, 3, 2:18. Sweet Rose, 1, 2:25%, Mazat- lan 2:26, one sire of four and two speed producing dams), by Piedmont 2:17%, sire of twenty-five in 2:30 list, and the dams of Fanny Wilcox 2:10% and Alta Vela 2:11%); second dam Beautiful Bells 2:29%, the queen of broodmares, dam of eleven in the list, including Adbell 2:23, the champion year- ling, Belleflower 2:12%, Belsire 2:1S, Bell Boy 2:19%, Bow Bells 2:19%, Hinda Ro
Size: 1623px × 1539px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjecthorses, bookyear1882
