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the author. He believed that the way to develop the 

 highest rate of speed was to work horses fast for short 

 distances, and out of that idea a new system of train- 

 ing has evolved which has given the world the 

 majority of fast records for young horses. None of 

 the old trainers would entertain the idea — old trainers 

 are not in the habit of listening to anything that seems 

 averse to their practices — but in the yearling record of 

 Norlaine, the two-year-old and three-year-old records 

 of Sunol, the four-year-old record of Manzanita, the 

 record of Palo Alto, and many other brilliant achieve- 

 ments we see the triumph of an idea. 



As a man Governor Stanford is admired, or rather I 

 should say loved, the most by those who know him 

 best — who have been brought near to him in every- 

 day life. With his employes he is just and consider- 

 ate. Many a well-meaning man is in the wrong while 

 he is trying to do right, and in such a case "the 

 Governor" has the rare faculty of showing him the 

 error of his ways effectively, but without hurting even 

 the most sensitive feelings. A man's faults or mistakes 

 he will not parade in the hearing of others; and while 

 appreciative of good men will not tolerate worthless 

 ones. The great charities of Governor and Mrs. Stan- 

 ford are known from California to Maine. The grand 

 "Leland Stanford Junior University," to build and 

 endow which the greater portion of his many millions 

 will go, is a gift to the people that can never be for- 

 gotten, and one that will carry down to future genera- 

 tions the memory of those who bestowed it. The sums 

 given monthly "for sweet charity's sake" by Mrs. 

 Stanford run high up into the thousands, besides 



