Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-04-20
TURF TOPICS.
MARVIN THINKS sUNOL WILL LOWER
HER RECORD THIS YEAR.
Ell Rio Rey Said to be in First Clas.
Condition" Beautiful Bells"
as Bonanza.

Condition" Beautiful Bells"
as a Bonanza.
Charles Marvin spent three hours with
Robert Bonner on Tuesday of last week,
before starting back for California. says the
Turf, Field and Farm. The owner of Sunol
has no anxiety about his great FLY so long
as he is controlled by Senator Stanford, and
is trained and driven by Marvin. Sunol
will be brought East in May, and it she
with Axtell or any other four year old.
Marvin examined Maud S. with the great
est care, and he expressed establishment at
finding the Queen with such good legs
after doing what she has done. Great as
is his confidence in Sunol, he is in doubt as
to what the result would be should Maud
s. be put in shape and started on the same
track and day in the month of August
against the time effort of the daughter of
| Electioneer.
The improvement which Mr.. Bonner has
made in few weeks time in Reyerie.
| purchased at the Rose sale for $40, 900, also
astonished Marvin. The flly now stands
firmly on her feet, plainly showing what
practical knowledge of balancing will do.
| Ansel was logged up and down the stable
| floor, and his action was so elastic that
Marvin ventured the opinion that he would
stand training again. He added that the
stallion had speed enough to trot In 215,
if he could be kept at work The change
which has taken place in the horse under
scientific shoeing is marvellous. Mr. Mar
win remarked to US that the knowledge
which he had derived from Mr.. Bonner
would prove of the greatest value to him
in educating trOtters at Palo Alto. He sees
how he can avoid in shoeing many Of the
mistakes of the past. He left for the Pa
cific coast strong in the faith that he would
be able to keep Sunol so perfectly balanced
that she would lower this season her record
of 2:104.
Ell RIO REY is NOT RoARER.
An absurd report was telegraphed from
Nashville recently to the effect that Ell Rio
Rey had come off the track after warm.
ing up blowing like wounded whale;
that he was suffering from another attack
of lung fever, and that he had developed
into permanent roarer "a more ground
city" says the correspondent of the New
York Spirit. There is not word of truth
in it. l have seen the horse nearly every
day since his arrival here, and he is all
right in every particular. He is carrying
good deal of flesh, and has done no strong
work since he has been here He does
make little noise while working, but that
is due to the fact that he is fat, and not be-
cause the horse is otherwise out of fix. He
eats all they give him, and is as playful as
kitten. The day on which it was stated
he came off roaring the horse remained in
the stable munching oats and hay and
never put foot on the track. EI Rio Rey
is in vigorous health-never better-looks
all right, and, as Major Estell positively
says, is all right.
Don Jose galloped strong with Winchell
up. Wincbell is good rider and sits on
horse something after the fashion of Snap
per Garrison. Don Jose makes the same
noise while working as Ell Rio Rey does,
and yet no one has accused him of being a
roarer.
Joe Courtney came off the track quite
lame the other dayand has not taken much
work since. He is doing we'll and will
come round all right in few days.
"Noretto and Average worked very fast
Saturday. They are still little high in
flesh"
BEAUTIFUL BELLS" AS A PRODUCER.
What veritable gold mine Beautiful
Bells has proved to be. She has recently
dropped filly to Electioneer, at Palo Alto,
which makes her eleventh foal and her
sixth filly. Ia 1880 she had Kinda Rose,
who held for long time the yearling and
three. year-old championships, with rec
ords, respectively, of 1854 and 2:191. In
1881 she produced the filly Alta Belle. In
1882, st. Bel four-year- old record 2:241. In
1883, the bay filly Rosemont In 1884, the
bay col Caimes, two-year-old record 1881,
three year-old record 2:304. In 1885, the
fam GUS and unfortunate Bell Boy, three
year-old record 2:l94. In 1886, Palo Alto
the bay colt Bow Bells. In 1888, the brown
colt Electric Bell, and in 1889 the brown
fllv Bellehower. With the exception of
Rosemont, who is by Piedmont they are
all by Eectioneer. She bred her first foal
in 1880, and has produced one every year
since. They have all been sold except
three, Kinda Rose, Rosemont and Belle
flower, and out of the eleven four are in
the 2:25 list
BIDDING AGAINST HIMSELF
A party of gentlemen at an uptown hotel
in New York were reviewing the recent
Palo Alto sale with some very fine extra
dry" as an accompaniment, when one of
| the party told the following: my friend
Y. was very much in love with FLY by a
son of Electioneer, yet not fashionably
bred on the dams side though; but he
liked her individually, and asked me If ne
| was not there when she was put up to go
as high as $1,000 for her on his behalf
| When the FLY came under the hammer I
bid $500, and she went very slowly till |
bid 5000, and at that point Mr.. kellogg had
actually got to the third and last time
| when he got bid RICH, behind me of
| 1925. and from that on till the $500 pole
was passed, my opponent behind kept the
bidding very lively. When it got to my
limit, 81 600, turned round to see who it
was that had been chasing me up so lively,
and found to my establishment it was X.
himself. He had not noticed me nor | him,
and the result was that while we had made
| it very pleasant for the auctioneer. X had
probably paid little high for his lilly"
THOROUGHBRED IN THE TRoTTER.
percy" the Boston correspondent of the
New York Spirit, writing about the stallion
| Sir Walter, Jr., says: THE developed an
| cestry advocate has very satisfactory SUBJ
| ject to dissect or analyze in this fellow, and
| the running blood in trotter enthusiast
| can take off his hat and give p-booray,
| for 2:1s4 comes, as figure it, next in order
| to the Auteeo 2:i64. Both stations follow
close on the heels of Pslo Alto (2:12i), and
| he was out of thoroughbred dam. OF
course, Ansel (2:20) is closer allied TO the
| running fountain through his dam, but in
the range of records, if / am not mis-
| taken, Sir Walter and Anteeo are second
| and third among stations as to nearness to
| thoroughbred strains"
TRACK AND PADDOCK.
The opening spring meeting of the State
| Agricultural Society in this city promises
to be grand one.
Russia t2:2sl), sister to Maud S. (2:os3).
has been sent by the WOODBURY. Farm TO
Axtell.
| Almonts mile at the San Francisco races
last week in 1:4li was splendid perform
| ance.
At the close of the racing meeting in this
city L. ]. Rose will start East with dozen
of his racers TO meet the cracks beyond the
Mississippi during the summer. He has
some good ones.
AS none of the horses of the Golden
Gate stable had engagements at the spring
meeting of the Blood Horse Association
the stable has come to Sacramento.
The double-gaited turf performer Jewett
(trottipg record, 300; pacing, 2:11) has
been placed in the hands of Jim Pettit)
and will be campaigned by him this sea.