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Show CALIFORNIA HORSES. - The horsemen .of Utah are beginning to take an interest in superior horses, j Especially is this the case with trotting horses. We believe there are but two standard bred Btallions in Utah, Inca. the property of Mr. R. N. Baskin, ana a horse, whose name we do. not now recall, belonging to Mr. Charles Gilmore. There are one or two weanling standard bred stallions, and in two or three years they will he of benefit to the Territory. Mr. Gilmore'8 horse came from Ken tucky, while ' Inca came from California. Kentucky has been the great breeding ground for both trotters and runners, and to say that a horse came from Kentucky is to shed, a halo of glory around him. The other great breeding ground for trotters has been New York State, and Orange county trotters are famous the world over, and it is from New York State that Kentucky got her trotters originally. Trotting horses are now bred hi every State in the Union, but 6till it is to Kentucky and New York that intending purchasers turn their eyes. We desire to direct the eyes of our Utah horsemen who contemplate purchasing trotting stallions or mares of standard breed, westward and not eastward. east-ward. ' Mr. John H. Wallace, whose authority on trotting horses is acknowl edged by all, says that California has more stallions with low records than either Kentucky or New York. In the matter of standard stallions with low records rec-ords California stands at the head. This fact is not generally known ; nor is the other fact generally known that the requirements re-quirements of the trotting interest to-day demand that a stallion shall not only be standard in his breeding and find his pedigree ped-igree in the best blood lines, but that he shall have demonstrated the strength of his trotting inheritance by making a low record for himself. The trotting horses of California have the mo3t royal of blood lines, and they have the added excel-I excel-I lence of records. The . exceK lence of California horses. is owing chiefly to the efforts of Governor Stanford, Mr. J. B. Haggin, Mr. Baldwin,' Bald-win,' the Santa Rosa Stock Breeders' Association, As-sociation, and to others. . We have not a list of the California horses before us at present, but among the stallions there may be mentioned Electioneer, who belongs be-longs to Governor Stanford; Piedmont, the same ownership, who is said to be the best son of the great Almont; Director, by Dictator; Sultan; Anteeo, by Electioneer, Elec-tioneer, who on Friday last made a record re-cord of 2.16 in a race with Adair. There are other great horses there besides these, and we recommend our horsemen to study the California catalogues, and to fully investigate the blood and performances perform-ances of her horses before going East to purchase. The supply there is abundant,, and the prices fair. During the winter" months breeders are usually looking out for a place where they can obtain superior stock for stud purposes, and California merits a close examination from Utah horsemen. ' |