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Title: Breeder and sportsman
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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Zjah, by Virgil; b c, 2, by LewWeir—Ada Reese ; b c. 2, by Kiley—Modesty, by WarDance; ch f, 2, by Lew Weir—Geneva. A rot plunger that threatens, when fully developed, tomake Riley Graonan cut a sorry figure in the world of specu-lation, has been discovered operating at Bay Dittrict track.His name is Jimmy Rvan (Daffy Jim his intimates callhim), his age is sweet sixteen, he is an exercise boy, and hisweight is about ninety pounds. Jimmy started io about twoweeks ago with $5 for bis capital, ran it up to over $4,000,met with teverses, but still retains over $1,700 of the moneyof his friends, the pencileis. When Yankee Doodle won theother day he had $200 on the colt at odds of 9 to 1, and heplanked up $500 to win $200 on The Roman last Tuesday.Thursday he had $200 down on Toano against $100 of thebookmakers money. The youth makes his bets with no flour-ish of trumpets, in fact it was only by accident that hietity was discovered. 334 ©Ije g5re*fc£r mxir §p«t*m«fc (May 23,1896
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EL TORO OF YBRBA BUENA, 24,434, Bead by Dexter of Verba BueDa, 11,9*14 out of Plame of Verba Buena 2,525. Toe great first prize winner in all classes wherever exhibited. Owned by Henry Pierce of San Francisco. A Great Herd of Jersey Cattle. Fancier? and progressive dairymen are not sufficiently in-ormed of the merits of some of the herds of Jersey cattle onthis coast. This is notably trae of the Yerba Buena Jerseyslocated on the ranch of that name near San Jose, and belong-ing to Mr. Henry Pierce, of San Francisco. Mr. Pierce isveil-known to all of our readers as being interested in someof ihe greatest and best-bred trotting horses in America, in-cluding such famous mares Bye Bye (sister to Lockheart,2.-08J, Bon Bon, Pansy, Madonna, Nellie Benton. Venus,and Lady Fracture, and colts and fillies by, and mares in foalto Diabolo, 2:09J, Direct, 2:05$, Stamboul, 2:07A, Directum,2:05*, Goy Wilkes, 2:151, Director, 2:17, and Sidney, 2:19$.Trotting horses has been with Mr. Pierce, however, bu

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