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Title: Breeder and sportsman
Identifier: breedersportsma661915sanf (find matches)
Year: 1882 (1880s)
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Subjects: Horses
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : (s. n. )
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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THE LADIES' PHAETON CLASS his daughter Helen. Others came, but Union Jack was performing in challenging style and when the judges finally awarded the blue ribbon to the "ship's stem pennant," not only those in the boxes but In the grandstand as well evidenced their approval by the bestowal of one of the "best hands" that graced any award of the entire show. That one competition brought at least one man back into the fold of horsemen, the reinsman re- ferred to above. As the event progressed he became more and more interested, more restless, too—he had something on his mind. As the horses were driven from the arena he found relief in words, as he exclaimed with ringing emphasis: "I must have a horse. I've been hurtling through space as fast as ninety miles an hour in a motor car, and enjoying it, but all along I have been missing something and now I know what it is. I'm not knocking my car but there is one essential thing it lacks, and that is 1-i-f-e. Union Jack's work made my blood tingle; the one place I wanted to be was up behind him with Miss Farrell, or a-hold of those reins. I'd like to drive him around this ring just once. The motor car is all'l right and it adds zip and snap to life, but after all it is only the horse that gives the real old 'home and fireside' pleasure, comfort and consolation. Watch me grab one!" Not a day of the show passed that did not find the "comeback" at the ringside and in the barns among the horses, and when closing day came he purchased one of the prize winners and has taken a daily spin through the park to old ocean ever since. This one partic- ular instance was especially noticeable, and no doubt there were any number of similar ones, as the show grew in favor from day to day and numbered among its constant devotees many, many people who in recent years have pinned their faith to the motor propelled vehicle. The horse show is one of the greatest means of populariz- ing the horse, and when he again "comes into his own" he will owe much to friends like the Farrells, whose garage has merely supple- mented, not supplanted, their stable. But to get back to Miss Farrell's prizewinners, it is interesting to note that they have come rightly by their quality through inheritance. "Pedigree" in show horses counts for less, perhaps, than it does in campaigners on the trotting or running turf, but "blood will tell" in every class. Union Jack is a standard bred trotter, while Old Glory comes of a line that has long been famous in the show ring and on the track. He was bred at Brook Nook Ranche and traces through his sire, Jubilee de Jarnette 2:29%, direct to Lady de Jarnette 2:28, who was one of the most famous show mares of the seventies and eighties. It is a matter of regret that C. X. Larrabee, Old Glory's breeder and a true horse lover, could not have been on earth and present to join the applause earned by Miss Farrell and her favorites. MISS FARRELL AND UNION JACK OLD GLORT ON THE RIGHT
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