166 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



HORSES AND CATTLE. 



THE EXHIBITION OF HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, ETC., 



AT THE PARK. 



MORE AND BETTER HORSES AND FINER CATTLE THAN EVER BEFORE EXHIB- 

 ITED AT A CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR. 



The State Agricultural Society has reason to congratulate itself 

 and the public on the display of horses and cattle at the Park this 

 season, for never before has there been so fine a one in all respects. 

 Those who thought that the President of the United States would be 

 the principal attraction this week in Sacramento were agreeably sur- 

 prised, for they have found here an exhibition that in itself was well 

 worth traveling hundreds of miles to witness. Every stable at the 

 Park was filled, and it was barely possible to accommodate all 

 comers. 



THE HORSES. 



The number of horses attending the Fair this year was larger than 

 on any previous year, and in the aggregate they were a much more 

 valuable collection. The best productions of the Pacific Coast were 

 here, and it is well known that no better are shown anywhere. The 

 racing record of the week will prove that few States in the Union 

 show anything like such improvement in the breeding of horses. 



The most extensive and the most valuable collection of horses at 

 the Park is that owned by ex-Governor Leland Stanford. He has 

 sent about thirty head of trotters, runners, and horses on exhibition 

 from his Palo Alto stock farm, where he has about three hundred 

 and forty blooded horses. Of the farm and the horses it is useless to 

 speak, as they have been written up repeatedly and at length in the 

 various sporting papers. The farm and the collection of horses are 

 not surpassed in the world. The horses now at the Park are under 

 the immediate supervision of Horace R. Covey, superintendent of 

 the Palo Alto stock farm, who is ably assisted by his son Frank and 

 a number of drivers, stablemen, and general helpers. The horses 

 from Governor Stanford's stables this year are as follows : 



Elaine, a fine brown mare, six years old, by Messenger Duroc ; dam 

 Green Mountain Maid, by Henry Clay. Previous to this week her 

 best record was 2:24, but on Tuesday she reduced it to 2:21$. 



Clay, a black gelding, six years old, by Fred. Low, dam Maid of 

 Clay, by Henry Clay. Clay is a very promising horse, and made his 

 first record this week, 2:28. 



Captain Smith is a bay gelding, four years old. He was sired by 

 Locomotive, dam Maid of Clay. He made a record last year of 2.22, 

 and was entered for the special purse yesterday afternoon. 



Fred. Crocker, a bay gelding, two years old, is one of the most 



