. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. TWENTY-POUR PAGBS. j&r*. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPT. 19, 1891. JUNIO, 2:22, TO BE SOLD. ?he Departure of This Handsome Son of Elec- tioneer, Also Clovia, Son of Sultan, With a Pine String of Youngsters- There is, perhaps, no horseman in this State better kDown i&a 8. N. Stranbe, proprietor of the Poplar Grove Farm, of iesno. The wisdom displayed by this gentleman in the â lection of choice horses and broodmares to stock his beanti- ll farm stamped him at once as a man who thoroughly nderstood all that was required to build for it a name and â¢potatio
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. TWENTY-POUR PAGBS. j&r*. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPT. 19, 1891. JUNIO, 2:22, TO BE SOLD. ?he Departure of This Handsome Son of Elec- tioneer, Also Clovia, Son of Sultan, With a Pine String of Youngsters- There is, perhaps, no horseman in this State better kDown i&a 8. N. Stranbe, proprietor of the Poplar Grove Farm, of iesno. The wisdom displayed by this gentleman in the â lection of choice horses and broodmares to stock his beanti- ll farm stamped him at once as a man who thoroughly nderstood all that was required to build for it a name and â¢potation. When he purchased Junio, 2:22, at a very high gcre, the Electioneers had not achieved the celebrity that iacfls them in the very first rank to-day. Believing in the leories and practices of far-famed Palo Alto, and under- andiDg the value of the famous Moor blood, to cross with ie Electioneer, he purchased Clovis, by Sultan, and has iltsand fillies in which these two strains are most happily imbined. The demand for the services of the two premier allions was so great last year that their books were filled ;fore the first two weeks of the season had transpired. As e class of mare3 ontside of those on his own farm are Dot ,ich as might be considered standard-bred, Mr. Stranbe lally came to the conclusion that ag he had a large number young ones who ought to be brought forward this year, id not caring to inbreed, he resolvedâmuch to the sorrow ! the horsemen of California and more particularly to the rmprs of the great San Joaqnin Valleyâto dispose of both inio and Clovis, knowing that wherever they were placed i breeding farms in the East a class of mares would be ated with them that would beget trotters, and fast ones, o, and thus enhance the value of those remaining here. ist Wednesday he shipped the two stallions and twelve hers, consisting of mareB, colts and fillies, to Messrs. Wood- ;rd A Shanklin, Lexington, who will sell them at auction the highest bidder about th
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