St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-22
PdIO hIt0's Triumph.

The wintry winds of the north do not prevail
upon the Pacific slope in the month of December.
When here in the east mantle Of snow covers
The ground, in the sunny cline Of California the
sulky wheels revolve and the sports of the turf
flourish; and so in the waning days of ent
years we have ceased to be surprised when the
wires have flashed from the Occident the startling
performances Of phenomenal young trotters. But
this season a cloud has hung over the house of
Stanford, and the wires have been mute, for when
the spirit of the bright and promising young life,
just budding into manhood, took its flight and
deprived Palo Alto of its heir. the things of this
world had little interest for the bereaved father,
and engagements were cancelled and the honors
of the turf ripe to be garnered, were passed
listlessly by. But time and tide wait for no
man; and while activity prevailed at Palo Alto
other breeders contending for the cham
Partnerships, so that when Elvra, the Princess of
Glenview, trotted in :1SH at Cleveland, on the
Goth Of last September, she lowered, by quarter
OF a second, the best time on record for a four
year-old, and broke the monopoly which the Palo
Alto seemed to have on colt records it having
TO its credit at the beginning of the year the
2:36H of Kinda Rose, the 2:21 of Wildfower, the
2;191a of Kinda Lose, the 2:1SZ of Bonita, the
best time for the ages of one, two, three and
ing days it is not safe to count upon
time, and Elvira is now forced into
second position by the performance last Sat
urday of Gov. stanford's gray fly Sallie Benton,
who in San Francisco trotted a mic in the un-
precedented time, for a four year old of
2:l7%, clipping OF three-quarters OF a second
at the first attempt. The fractional time of this
supreme effort was: First quarter, 35A sec
ond, 35 y third, 33A fourth, 34I d. The trial
was to rale and for prize, and becomes a rec
ord. Sallie Benton was foaled March %, 1880,
ana was therefore eight months and sixteen DAYS
past four when she accomplished the feat. Ell
yira was foaled May %, 1880, and lacked two
days of being four months past four AS a
three year old Sallie Benton won two colt races.
and walked over" for a third. She retired in
1883 with three year old record OF gao.
made in a five heat race at Sacramento on Sent
-, winning the contest in 2:3lH, 80 and
2 3014, Lucilla taking the first heat in :9sIS
and making dead heat OF the third in 2:99X
with Center. She is by Gen. Benton, out of
Sontag Mohawk, by Mohawk Chief; second dam
Sontag Nellie, by Toronto Sontag. Gen. Benton
was a very fast horse, showed trials in better
than 2:20 and was purchased by Gov. Stanford
for very long price. He is now sixteen years
old. and has TO his credit Bonnie, four-year-old
record of 2:25; Helen, three-year-old record of
2:30h George H., 2:26A, and Gypsy Queen.
2 32 u, the latter two being sired before he went
TO California He is by Jim Scott, dam Lady
benton by gray tlAiHoietOnldu ksOn OF BlSnOp' 6
Hambletonian, out of mare by Bishops Hamble-
tonian); second dam by Pstridge's Butcher
by Butcher, son of Duroc, third dam by Bush
Messenger. Jim Scott, his sire, was by Rich's
Hambletonian, ont of mare by Stubtail, son OF
Hungerford's Blucher, second dam by Greenbush
HambletoDian, son of Mambrino. Mohawk Chief
sire Of the dam of Salie Benton, is one OF the
stations at Palo Alto. He is by Rysdyk's Ham,
bleionian, ont Of Lady Perrine, by Toronto, Sec
ond dam by Forman's Gray Messenger. Toronto
Rontag. sire of her second dam, was by Toronto