350 The American Tboroiigbbred 



those early days of the settlement of that coun- 

 try, and almost at the birth of California they 

 began breeding and racing out there. The 

 strains of blood were drawn from Kentucky, 

 Tennessee, Virginia, and even from Old England. 



As a result of this, there had grown up in 

 California a number of breeding establishments, 

 and in 1876 were founded two of the most 

 famous ones we have had in America. E. J. 

 Baldwin, the mining operator, otherwise known 

 as " Lucky " Baldwin, began the systematic breed- 

 ing of thoroughbreds at his now famous Santa 

 Anita ranch near Los Angeles, California. In 

 the same year United States Senator Leland 

 Stanford established Palo Alto. Both gentlemen 

 went to Kentucky and Tennessee for the foun- 

 dation of their studs. Baldwin bought Grin- 

 stead and Rutherford. Senator Stanford secured 

 Wildidle, a son of that mare Idlewild whose name 

 has been mentioned in this story as being the 

 most brilliant daughter of Lexington. 



Racing in the East at that time were True 

 Blue, Katie Pease, and other horses of some 

 renown over a distance of ground. The Cali- 

 fornians have always been most excellent sports- 

 men. They had in their own country a horse 



