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Show Governor Nfauforil Uuylujc Horses. New York, 2. The San eayit last Saturday morning Governor Stanford I of California, stepped into Charles Blnckman's breeding establishment at Stony fold, and after looking the horses well over he picked out thirteen, thir-teen, asked the prices, and then concisely con-cisely said: I will take the lot. The thirteen oame to $41,200, th highest ingle price, $12,500, was paid tor "Electioneer," an eight-year-old bay stallion, by " Risdyck HamUe-tonian," HamUe-tonian," dam "Green Mountain Maid," the dam of "Prosper." Mr. Blackman made Governor Stanford a present of three yearling fillies. The Block is bought for the governor s 1 1,800-acre breedini farm at Pa o Alta, California. |