Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-15
SUNOL'S MARVELLOUS FEAT.
SHE TROTS IN 2Io ~, BEATING AXTELL' s
RECORD l-2 SECONDS,
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RECORD ~ SECONDS,
From New York sun.
San Francisco, Nov. 9.-AXtell was
displaced as the greatest three-year-old
trotter to-day by Leland Slanford's finy
Sunol, who trotted mile on the Bay
District track in 2:l0I. and clipped one
and half seconds from the eX-king's
marvellous performance at Terre Ilaute,
Ind.
Sunol's performance was not the only
sensation of the day, for Senator Stan
ford was out for blood in respect to
turf honors, and he satiared his desires
to his hearts content. Last year AN
tell, as two-year-old, showed mile in
, :23, making the record for stations of
that age ; but to-day Regal Wilkes flash
ed under the wire in , :20f, beating Ak
tells record p seconds. Nor was this
all, for Faustino, Mr.. Stanford's cham
pion yearling, trotted around the mile
in , :35, breaking the best previous rec.
ord, held by Won Wilkes, by three full
seconds.
Another great showing was that made
by PalO Alto, one of the Senator's favo-
rite threc-year-ods that was sent to
beat Axtell's time. Owing to mishap
he was unsuccessful, but he trotted in
2:l2!, only half second behind Axtell.
This performance was wonderful, and
was robbed of its briliancy solely by
Sunol's unprecedented feat.
The first event on the programme of the
day was the trial of the three-year-old
filly Sunol to beat the record, 2:l2, held
by AXtel. Orrin Hikok drove run
ming horse alongside the tilly. Sunol
was given the word at the first attempt,
and left the wire behind in beautiful
style. Her speed from the very start
was exceedingly fast, but it was only
by looking at the runner that one was
able to tell how fast the filly was really
travelling. When Marvin, who held the
reins, nodded to the starter, the run.
ming mate was nearly a furlong behind
The quarter post was reached in 3:
seconds, and without noticeable de-
crease in speed the journey up the back
stretch was begun. When the half-milt
station was reached the timers watches
showed the distance to have been made
in :05, and then it became a certainty
that, barring a break, the Eastern colts
record would be badly broken. The
filly, never faltering, and going true as
tho wipI mazda tha turn and starta1 fal
the six-furlong mark, which was reach
ed as the watches showed in :371
Then Pandemonium broke loose as the
gallant young trotter dashed down the
to drive under the string world beaten
but, fearing that his charge might lei
down at the last moment, looked around
and nodded to Hikok to bring up the
runner. At this the crowd yelled al
the more, and went fairly wild in thei
demonstrations to help the filly keel
her courage up to the highest point
The trotter dashed on, and soon dis
PEELED all doubts as to her gameness
She came like hurricane, so fast, in
deed, that the thoroughbred runner
could not hold the pace. At the fifteenth
pole Marvin reached for his whip, poiseC
it in the air over the head of the filly
when, with an extra burst of speed
she flashed past the Judges, winner
against time in 2;l04, transferring tn,
crown of three-year-old supremacy from
King Axtell to her own queenly head.