1886 Catalogue of Trotting and Thoroughbred Stock, the Property of Leland Stanford, at Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California.
first edition Hardcover
1886 · San Francisco
San Francisco: Breeder and Sportsman Publishing Co., Printers, 1886 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [HORSE-BREEDING]. Octavo. 9 x 5¾ inches. 252pp. Publisher's blind and gilt-stamped dark brown cloth, marbled ends. A fine and clean copy. An early annual catalogue for Stanford's stock farm. Bordering on physical and nervous exhaustion after completing the transcontinental railroad, Stanford's doctors advised he take a long rest, so he looked for something he could do without exhausting himself. He decided upon the breeding and training horses, which led (truncated)