Info on Saint Francis riding academy on 8th Ave in the Richmond District as to when it was built, who owned it and if it was a some what copy of the Vieana Stables in Austria. Also there was a stable on Stanyan street that burnt down along with a few horses and wagons that I remember going through the nieghberhoods calling out for old junk, rags,news papers, ect. Lets here it all. Dan

-- Dan Hastings (danrooster@mlode.com), February 20, 2004