. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 270 *gh6 gmtler awH M>povtsmnvu Sept. 12 RICHARDS' ELECTOR, 2170. The Only Son of Electioneer in California That Has Four in the List and "Whose Progeny Are, "Without Exception, Game Trotters. Before describing this perfectly-built son of Electioneer, perhaps it would not be amiss to speak of the place where this horse has been hidden from public view and where he has never had an opportunity of being mated to such mares as have come into prominence, either as being standard- bred or mares with records. L. A. Richards, of Grayson, Stanislaus county
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 270 *gh6 gmtler awH M>povtsmnvu Sept. 12 RICHARDS' ELECTOR, 2170. The Only Son of Electioneer in California That Has Four in the List and "Whose Progeny Are, "Without Exception, Game Trotters. Before describing this perfectly-built son of Electioneer, perhaps it would not be amiss to speak of the place where this horse has been hidden from public view and where he has never had an opportunity of being mated to such mares as have come into prominence, either as being standard- bred or mares with records. L. A. Richards, of Grayson, Stanislaus county, has de- voted many years of his life to his large farming interests, and scarcely a year passes but his 5,000-acie ranch yields enormous crops of wheat and barley. He is what is so es- sential in this great and glorious State—a farmer with a mechanical turn of mind-and therein lies the secret of his success. The farmer who hopo3 to compete with his neighbors in seeding and harvesting his crops at the lowest price must be a mechanic. The many improvements made in farm and harvesting machinery call forth all the mechanical skill of the tiller of the soil, and he must be a carpenter, a blacksmith, machinist and plumber, besides that ever came across the Rocky Mountains—Electioneer 125, sire of seventy-eight in the 2:30 list and at least twenty- sis more youngsters that will be within the ch irmed circle before another twelve months roll on. To have such a sire is considered honor enough in this era of fast trotters* but his dam has also claims to being related to some of the most phenomenal mares that ever flished across the equine horizon and attracted the attention of all horsemen to their brilliancy. She is called Gilberta, and is one of the ma- trons at Palo Alto. She is by Fred Low, 656 (sire of Clay( •2:25k, and Adalia 2:27), by Old St. Clair, sire of the dams of Manzanita, 2:16; Bonita, 2:18i, and Fred Crocker, 2:25^. Gilberta is also the grandam of Lot S oeum, 2:17
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