Daily Republican., 1889-11-13

us ri lie declined 10 give the hailre,
sapo. sap.,.,ed that the price 10 be paid u the
,i.,Sst ~ est. ever paid ior . horse IN the
lsipd states. ,u. -.
gs ~ stables catalogue for last year is
:hs % ,ollowlag sentence: 'sunoi VIII DO
as Nv .sns,,lon Of 1883. The prediction
verified, As o two-year-old, ~ her
sn,h spprarance, suDol trotted . mile
. Sis and made the two-year-old record.
- ,,ce of lour heats August 20, OF the
nj wear. against Lillian Wilkes, ,bunol
~, r,h The iirst in > 2iI, but was beaten In
~ ,eYt three. little later she defeated
,,Il,ap IN Wilkes in 2.2l, 2.2itf and 2.20.
y. '., ssnle,nber II she did q mile IN 2. l6H
" .sa oa October q mile IN 2.i3A. Then,
~ ar,ober II. Ax;ell, the great stallion,
r,ti,d mile In . ~ and won the three
,,U.od record. Governor Stanford's
.mIallou dil not rest On Saturday hc
snt suuol lor tho record again. The Sun
4 Sunday tells how grsndiy sunoi
uumph,d
,..lSe the my. Sunol got the word at
M 6st attempt, and left tho wire hehind
& h,utIful style. Her speed from the
,,,, start was fast, but II was only by
fotinr at the runner that one was able
d nollce how fast the ally was really
,nwllIng. When Marvin, who held the
,,p,L nodded to the starter, the running
uale wls nearly furiong behind. The
eu,r,er post was reached In thIrty-two
,reopd,. and without noticeable decrease
4 ,uel the Journey up the backstretch
xu besuu. When the half-mile station
wa reached the timers watches showed
Ne distance 10 have been made In Loo,
snd then It BECAME . certainty that, BARR
hr braak, the Eastern colts record
would 30 badly broken.
aThe lilly, never faltering, and going
true ., the wind, made the turn and
started for the six iurlong mark. which
vs reached, 10 the watches showed, In
lsiH, Then pandemonium troke loose
d lie gallant young trotter dashed down
lbe ,,rsight. Marvin felt that he was
sbpul 10 drive under the string . world
le.ier, but learipg that HE charge might
lti down al the last moment, looked
srOund aud nodded to Hikok to bring up
ID. runner. AT this the crowd yelled al
iAs more, and went fairly wild In their
tsnOnstrstiOns to help the oily keep her
courage up 10 the highest point. The
tO!,sr dashed on and soon dlspelled all
doubu IS to her gAmcness. She came
ihe hurricane 50 fast, indeed, that the
ihoroug runner could not hold the
pace At the fifteenth pole Marvin
lsched ior his whip, polsed II in the air
o'er the head OF the lilly, when, with an
Extra burst Of speed. ,ne flashed past the
Judges winner against time In 2.1OX,
Transferring the crown OF three-ysAr-oid
supremacy from King Axtell TO her own
queenly head.
"At. Bonner told Sun reporter all
shout bis great purchase last night
~ don't want to say just how much l
pad for sunol, said he, but will say
ihh ! paid more for the horse than
ever paid ior any horse, and paid $40,
@ to Mr. VAnderbllt Tor Maud g., t35,
e0Ot Nr. FAweett Tor Dexter, SIS, 900 TO
Nj. Simmons Tor Pooahontas and tSG, 900
10 Nj COpkng Tor Rarus. Perhaps you
may Judge from this what ! paid for the
horse, but this Ia As definite as care TO
put the natter
Mr, Bonner reheArsed the history OF
honol, n already stated, and added:
ihM mAkes Sunol the third fastest
n1ISe IN the world, Maud o. having trot-
"a ~ 2OoH and Jay.Eyo-See ia 2. 10.
but think ofH Maud s. made her re-
J.,I Jss re seeS sac was eleven years old and
az ~ hys-See when ho Was slx years old.
ins laoy o. three years old makes tho
ss.ssfd sssI record oi2 lOIS. IL tis q wonderful
fsiiolmsnee' No horse has trotted as
nMn lhis 10 i've years. No horse ever
noVei Is fist as this 10 California before.
ioisenen did not beiievo Il possible that |
Ioubg . mare could trot 90 fast.
But abe hn done It and the world ought |
70 kprond Of her. Gov. Stanford is |
Justly srtilled 10 be called the greatest
htedd Of horses We have. l sent him |
nieloNipg telegram to-day:
VI congratulate you most heartily on |
tuloi wonderful performance. Con-
tdsfins her age, 1t 10 the greatest per-
iinlluCe ever made by q trotting horse.
hho accidents happen she ought to be
ide 10 the uear future to beat Maud 8. o
i'Ord-a | believe Maud 8. herself to
ihsipabc Of beating It. There is n great
s''On ,e''On to be learned from the fact that
Maud s., Jay -Eye-See, and sunol, the
lfee greatest trotters the world has yet
yodneed, have thoroughbred grand
,eln., aud We are Indebted TO you and the
MN Robert Alexander for teaching US
hat lessou.'
~ bought sunol, continued Mr.. Bon
iH' some time before she made her
ln'elous record. had kept track
q ile mare, knew what she was aud
clii clni .he was doing. Count Yalensin, a |
ysailioiniA breeder Of horses, though Au
.4An ~ born, a gentleman, and q personal
nsua OF mine, wrote me two months
aG =. igat Sunol had not q pimple on her,
.sa .lat, privately, she had trotted q |
sahter Of mile 10 az seconds, which
aai%Vo gall. l also knew that Sunol
aai publicly irotted half mile In l.04X.
dvNiy decided to buy her, and on 0c-
,Ouef u wrote Governor Stanford, ,lmak-
* y alin an offer for 6unol. 1t was the
ssasst prce, as / have said, that / have
."l offered or paid for o horse. Twas
.aY from town for some time last week
Alo a. Returned to-day.
,,,. ,ouhl letter awaiting me, which |
ff,i atuiueyt from dOVefnOf stan
snsS' ualen November IA week before |
ssao' ~. broke the record--saying that he |
y hIlsTffy ls 10 part with the mare. but that |
NJ i, S,a ~ decided to accept my offer. 1 sent |
o,saoI ye TItgraln referred 10 before had
.usa tp.,, US letter, or before, In fact, / |
" osl." mat Its letter awaited me at my
h.. b hall not have Sunol brought
M, 'i,s winter. | would not think Of
lO,.. l. - very dangerous to bring
n M. uvIe ,5 from the California climate
lor,s' .qle OF year. sLall leave the
N,,v,sN fAlo Alto with her trainer, Chas.
Of ro during the winter and q portion
tI,v I ~ season, to give her an opportu-
10 ~ y, lowering her record. 1 expect TO
sDS sb'u Vus and see the mare this winter.
10 ths aS,. ssvpi probably go soon. MY views az
a. cIs. e ul,eSeioping powers OF sunol | stated
Goys,nay Us could In my telegram 10
loysr agi W stanford. l believe sumo can
tear naSl snn SO record, barring ali acct
Apd n IGa ~ giving her a fair Opportunity.
iosst hnn h"rn'y believe that Maud 5. can
hn,sa Her own record, With ao vornor