1885 Catalogue of Trotting and Thoroughbred Stock, the Property of Leland Stanford, at Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California.
Hardcover
1885 · San Francisco
San Francisco: Le Count Bros. Stationers and Printers, 1885 Book. Fine. Hardcover. [HORSE-BREEDING]. Octavo. 9 x 5¾ inches. 223pp. Publisher's green cloth, edges of text block stained red. Tiny gouge to upper edge of front cover, else 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 (truncated)