. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. June ] f&tye Qxzsftex ants gpcvtstnaxx, 391 by —The Doe, won the second,a two-mile race with 126 lbs. up, and in the fourth race, six furlongs, won with 131 lbs. in the saddle. On the 17th of Jan- uary, 1878, at Albary, N. S. W., she won the fourth race, one and three quarter miles, with 127 lbs. up, and the fourth event, one and one-quarter milea, with 125 lbs. On February 7th, at Beechworth, Victoria, she won a mile and three-quarter race with 151 lbs. up, the second and third horses carrying 102 lbs. apiece. The chestnut gelding Wanderer
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. June ] f&tye Qxzsftex ants gpcvtstnaxx, 391 by —The Doe, won the second,a two-mile race with 126 lbs. up, and in the fourth race, six furlongs, won with 131 lbs. in the saddle. On the 17th of Jan- uary, 1878, at Albary, N. S. W., she won the fourth race, one and three quarter miles, with 127 lbs. up, and the fourth event, one and one-quarter milea, with 125 lbs. On February 7th, at Beechworth, Victoria, she won a mile and three-quarter race with 151 lbs. up, the second and third horses carrying 102 lbs. apiece. The chestnut gelding Wanderer also did some wonderful running, on July 4, 1878, at Townsville, Queensland, winning at one and one-quarter miles and two miles, carrying 120 lbs. and 130 lbs. and the next day captured a two and a quarter mile race with 133 lbs. up. At Chartres Towers, July 17, 1878, he won at two miles and at one and one-half miles, carrying 128 lbs. and 126 lbs. The next day he won a three mile race and a two-mile race, carrying 126 and 137 lbs. respectfully. At Melbourne, one day in 1882, Tom Corrigan, the famous steeplechase and hurdle rider, rode the winner of the maiden hurdle race, two miles, the winner of the maiden steeplechase, two miles, also the Giand Na- tional Hurdle Race winner (distance of the race three miles), and in the Grand National Steeplechase, three miles, his mount, carrying 184 lbs., was beaten a neck. Corrigan had received odds of 500 to 1 against his chances of riding the four winners that afternoon. The largest private stock farm in America and prob- ably in the world is Rancho del Paso, near Sacramento, Cal., «hich comprises 44,800 acres of land. On this farm there are more than 400 thoroughbred mares, about thirty stallions used, besides about 500 trotting bred animals. On this farm is the record-breaker, Salvator, Firenzi, Miss Woodford and Lizzie Lucas, ex-queens of the turf, the New Zealand bred stallions Sir Modred, July and Artillery, Kyrle Daly (raised i
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