ANGARIA BREEDING FARM 



and deciduous fruits. Five hundred acres of oranges, with over a million young 

 orange trees in an adjoining nursery; besides there were large groves of lemon 

 trees, English walnut, of which there were some three thousand; soft-shell 

 almond, peach, pear, apricot, prune, fig and Japanese persimmon trees, with 

 large plantations of olives, camphor, pepper, coffee and tea plants. The vine- 

 yards and winery produced annually about 30,000 gallons of brandy, and 

 100,000 gallons of wine. From other portions of the ranch there were 

 harvested yearly 2500 tons of alfalfa and 28,000 sacks of grain, the harvesting 

 of the various products lasting throughout the entire year. 



The quantity of livestock on the ranch was very great. Grazing on the foot- 

 hills were usually about 20,000 head of sheep; 2000 dairy cows, including Jersey, 

 Devon, Holstein, Shorthorn and Durham breeds, both home bred and imported. 



In the breeding of thoroughbred running horses Mr. Baldwin stood at the 

 head on the Pacific coast. The first purchase made by him was in 1874, when 

 $28,000.00 was paid for two Kentucky-bred stallions. Not only was the founder 

 of this ranch a pioneer in this business, but the first one to compete for honors on 

 the Eastern turf, where each year he maintained from 25 to 30 head of horses, 

 whose average winnings were not far from $100,000.00 annually. He took 

 great pride in his stud. In the breeding and racing of Thoroughbreds and 

 along these lines he has been termed the most successful man in America in 

 proportion to the size of his Stable. 



The fame, the Santa Anita Ranch enjoys, is largely due to his efforts and 

 his unparalleled success as a breeder and developer of Thoroughbreds. 



No more fitting tribute has ever been paid this ranch and its founder than 

 that which is expressed in the words of Herbert H. Bancroft, the historian: 



"It is a spot whose attractions, both natural and artificial, it would be dif- 

 ficult to exaggerate, and we know not whether most to admire its vast extent, the mag- 

 nitude and diversity of its interests, the beauty of its situation, the skill with which 

 its various operations have been planned, or the well-nigh perfect generalship with 

 which they have been executed." 



