Senator Stanford's Horses
In employing men to work at Palo Alto the late senator gave them the most strict orders. ïhey were told, says the San Francisco Examiner, never to strike, kick or whip a horse, and his instructions to his men were: "Always do a thing a little better than aru-body else and you will succeed. When j-ou liandle a horse treat him a little better than anyone else. When you breed a horse breed him to a little better stock each time." It was in this way that Stanford revolutionized the horse breeding of the country. He never allowed one of his men to ill-use a horse, and they knew it. There are never noise or blows around the Palo Alto stables and the horses are never frightened. To show his feelings towards his horses, the late Henry Vrooman once told of an occurrence when he was dining with Senator Stanford. Just after the dinner one of the drivers insisted that he must see the senato. He was ushered in, with blood over his face, which was badly eut. "John knocked me down," explained the man, referring to one of the trainers. "Wliat did you do?" as);ed the senator. "Xothing," replied the man. 'But you must have done something; I want the truth," persisted the senator. "I kicked a horse and John knocked me down," said the man. "Those were John's instriictions, and I think he did just rig-ht," said the senator.
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