. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. DISGUISE By Domino, dam Bonnie Gal, Thoroughbred Stallion, at the Wickiup Rancho, Property of J. H. Rosseter of every horse and colt and other creature on the great rancho. At present, apart from its complement of human workers, the inhabitants of Wickiup are the three stallions, Friar Rock, Disguise and Araby, thirty broodmares, seventeen weanlings and seven year- lings. By and bye. when the broodmares have their foals at foot it will be a still braver family. And, later on—when the legislators of this great State realize, as the Federal Government already has
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. DISGUISE By Domino, dam Bonnie Gal, Thoroughbred Stallion, at the Wickiup Rancho, Property of J. H. Rosseter of every horse and colt and other creature on the great rancho. At present, apart from its complement of human workers, the inhabitants of Wickiup are the three stallions, Friar Rock, Disguise and Araby, thirty broodmares, seventeen weanlings and seven year- lings. By and bye. when the broodmares have their foals at foot it will be a still braver family. And, later on—when the legislators of this great State realize, as the Federal Government already has realized and proclaimed, that the breeding of thor- oughbreds has to be encouraged rather than re- strained—we may expect to see in Wickiup one of the greatest race-horse nurseries of America. A FAMOUS OLD-TIME STALLION. Superintendent George H. Strate with a Qu Paddocks from a well 3C0 feet deep and pumped up into two great tanks on the northern hillside. There_ are no oil lamps on the Wickiup Rancho There is electricity everywhere—for pumping, for lighting, and even, on occasion, for heating, when there is need for haste and no occasion to start the cosy log fires that are the custom in that section of the country. All over the place now run well graded roads. In front of the various buildings are turfed lawns and shrubberies; most of the main roads are al- ready gravelled and marked off with stone borders while everyday sees fresh improvements carried out' _ An army of workers is kept busily at the various jobs of construction, levelling, improvement and so forth which Superintendent Strate is carrying out tor Mr Rosseter. and which, during the past year and a half, have transformed Wickiup into a very paradise among ranches. Under him as foreman of the permanent staff, Ed Davis look aftermen and horses in a manner that matches the spirit of the place, and is reflected in the smartness of everything and the kindliness artette of Weanlings in one of the Nursery at Wick
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