St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-12
Senator Stanford Gives His
Ideas About Properly
Breeding Trotters.
George w. Sherwood Con-
tinues to Dispose Of His
Trotting Stock.
Capt. Marrett Convinced OF
the Merits Of His Nut
ood-Mambrino.
C. S. Radcliffe Purchases An
other Mambrino Bay
Brood Mare.

Hon. Leland Stanford, the pro-
prietor of the we'll known Po-
10 Alto stables, in California, owner
of Electioneer, and one Of the largest
breeders of the trotters in the world,
has Just returned from Europe. The
editor of the Turf, Field and Farm, met
him after he landed in New York, and
conversed with him about the great feat
of Sunol, the two-year old filly by Elec-
tioneer, who trotted in 2:1S. During
the conversation, Mr.. Sanford gave the
following particulars as to his breed
ing:
II had but two Lexington mares, and
these were bred to my trotting stations
with the most gratifying of results.
Annette, who is out of daughter of
Gray Eagle. produced to Electioneer the
BAY stallion AnSel, who has record of
800, and who has level head in har-
ness. Waxy, who ran in a number of
races after crossing the plains, ard
who produced the good race mare Alpha,
bred to General Benton. dropped Wax
ana, and she bred to Electioneer, pro-
duced Sunol AS | got fast performer
in the first generation from Annette
and a record breaker i'll the second gen
Grafton from WaXy, my eXperimnts with
Lexington mares cannot be claSSed as
failures. The Planet strain is almost
as good as the Lexington. Dame Win
ME, you know, has two in the list. Polo
Alto, 2:2OA, and Gertrude Russell,
2:2231%. We regarded Polo Alto, when
four years old, as faster than ManZan-
tia. He trotted some very hard
cnlinf
and we had to let up on him.
He will be trained next season, and /
shall he disappointed if we do not get
a record. of 2:l2 on him. By the way,
Palo Alto would be a good horse to mate
with Maud S. If the record of Maud s
is beaten, except by herself, it will be
by horse higher bred than she is. A
colt out of her by Palo Alto or Ansel
would be stronger bred than she Is, and
it should have higher fight of speed.
| wish Mr.. Bonner would come to
California. l should like to en-
terrain him and show him how
we develop colts. | could learn
from him about the feet, and he could
study my methods. The miniature
track, you remember, was ridiculed
Just as my Thoroughbred foundation
theory was ridiculed. but | have lived
to see the ScoiferS change their tones.
Breeders in all sections OF the country
have copied my miniature track, where
the colt learns to trot without lnJuring
himself, and the tfetter out of the
highly-bred dam is on top. Were | to
commence over again, | should select
from twenty to thirty thoroughbred
mares and thus lay the foundations Of the
stud. | should, as a matter of course.
study temperament and physical lines.
Ii you get the head right and secure a
proper conformation, you run less risk
in getting trotters from thoroughbred
mares than you do from the low bred
mares, which are made up oil unknown
quantities. You know what you are
doing when you use pure blood. The
mechanical construction of some
thoroughbreds is just as we'll adapted
to trotTing as any other gait. Control
the action through the head
and potent trotting stallion
and the experiment ceases to be doubt
full. have met with success III mat
ing thoroughbred mares with trotting
stations, because have mechanical
eye and have paid great attention to
ontline as we'll as brain. The blood
that has sustained speed at the running
gait will sustain it at the trotting gait.
1t has taken generations to make the
arterial system OF the runner what it is,
and arterial capacity is essential to the
trotter when the speed rate is high and
struggle protracted."