. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. tD **iD CONDUCTED 5°^ General Graxt at tbe Races.—The approach from the railway cars to the Grand Stand of the California Jockey Club is a covered walk, and the structure is in har mony with the other buildings. On both sides, the skill of the landscape artist has been brought to bear, and a more pleasing picture of the kind troublesome to conceive. Lawns, grass never greener, pastures, shubbery a mass of bloom. Keats wrote "a thing of beauty is a joy forever," and the California Jockey Club has made every effort to please artistic tastes as well as t
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. tD **iD CONDUCTED 5°^ General Graxt at tbe Races.—The approach from the railway cars to the Grand Stand of the California Jockey Club is a covered walk, and the structure is in har mony with the other buildings. On both sides, the skill of the landscape artist has been brought to bear, and a more pleasing picture of the kind troublesome to conceive. Lawns, grass never greener, pastures, shubbery a mass of bloom. Keats wrote "a thing of beauty is a joy forever," and the California Jockey Club has made every effort to please artistic tastes as well as to make the racing satiefactory. Anyone who has a fancy for the bright side ; life cannot fail to find pleasure in visiting these grounds, and whether dnring the excitement of the racing, or on a quiet Sunday afternoon a great deal to admire. On the northern side of the approach the structure, which forms the frontispiece of this number, attracts a great deal of attention, and there is a mystery connected with it that en- hances the interest. People stop and query, and when the legend on the panel below the balustrade is read, "St. Julian, 2:12$, October 25,1879," those who have a knowledge of the "truly American horse," the fastest of all trotters, it is rec- ognized that the stand was placed in its present situation to commemorate the winning of the "world's championship," nearly twenty years ago. That would seem hardly appropri- ate for a jockey club, a purely racing association, to do and a further explanation is required to account for placing the old stand in such a prominent position. When St. Julian trotted that memorable mile General Grant was an occupant of tbe stand. Returning from his tour around the world, the Golden Gate Association, under the auspices of which St. Julian was given the opportunity to break the record of Rarus, sent an invitation for the General and his party to attend. In order to round out the sport for the
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