. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. XIII. No s. No. 318 BUSH STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1888. A §dn of Aknonfe. We give this week a picture of a fast; well-made and welU bred son of one of the greatest trotting sires that ever livedâ AlmoDt. His Dame is Jester D., 5696. He was foaled in 1877, bred by Col. B. West, of Lexington, Kentucky, who sold him to Mr. J. B. Prather, of Maryville, Missouri. Mr. Prather brought the horse to California in the fall of 1887, and sold him to his present owner, Gilbert Tompkins, pro- prietor of the Souther Farm, San Leandro. The Souther Farm
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. XIII. No s. No. 318 BUSH STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1888. A §dn of Aknonfe. We give this week a picture of a fast; well-made and welU bred son of one of the greatest trotting sires that ever livedâ AlmoDt. His Dame is Jester D., 5696. He was foaled in 1877, bred by Col. B. West, of Lexington, Kentucky, who sold him to Mr. J. B. Prather, of Maryville, Missouri. Mr. Prather brought the horse to California in the fall of 1887, and sold him to his present owner, Gilbert Tompkins, pro- prietor of the Souther Farm, San Leandro. The Souther Farm lies a mile and a half from the pleasant little town of San Leandro, eight miles from Oakland, and lies partly in the Alameda Valley and partly on the low foot- hills that lie between Contra Costa and Alameda counties. It comprises over 300 acres, about one-fourth of which is in fruit. Parts of the foot-hills are covered with wild-oatsâthat â variety of California horse food that has probably done as the climate in bringing the trotting stock of this Si site to ita present general excellence. Any quantity of water is furnished from springe, and also from the mains of the Contra Costa Water Company, which go through the property. The farm is well provided with barns, paddocks and box stalls. A half-mile track will be built during the coming winter on a piece of level ground sheltered by orchards and locust trees on one side and on the other by foot-hills, from which tbere is a beautiful view of San Leandro, the surrounding oountry, the bay of San Francisco and the city itself in the distance. Here is the pedigree in full: Jester D , 5696, dark chestnut stallion; feather in face; near hind foot and ankle white; 16 hands high, weight about 1,200 pounds; by Almont, 33, dam HortenBe by Messenger Duroc, 106; grandam Nelly McDon- ald, thoroughbied daughter of Colossus, sou of imp. Sov- ereign. In tabular form: Almont, 33.â..,. Sire of 31 trotters and 2 pacers in 2:30 li
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