Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-05-27
A Combination OF Trcttios Blood


The first foal by Warren. the brother
to Sunol that is owned in Maine, has for
its dam II daughter of the champion
stallion Nelson, : 10 3 1. This is com
bining blood lines that have demonstra-
ted their merits on the track, and is
about as speedy n combination as has
yet been put together in the pedigree of
IA trotting- bred colt. There is a differ
ence of opinion among breeders and
horsemen as to whether or not the
brothers of Sunol will sire speed at the
trot. BY many the California filiy that
reduced the two-year old record to IS
and that for three. year-olds to 10 ,
is regarded as freak in breed
ing, it being their contention that
only such all impressive horse as
Electioneer could have got speed from
the dam of Sunol. Une thing is certain.
the elder brothers of Sunol, so far as
heard from, have not manifested any
disposition TO trot fast. There are three
OF them, Woolsey, Wellington, and
Sunolo, foaled respectively in 1882. ISL
and 1855. so there is no excuse for them
ON the score Of age. Since Sunol came
out az a two-year-old in lSSS and aston
ished he world with her speed it is fair
to assume that her brothers have been
handled with view to making them
trot fast. Warren, the youngest of the
Electioneer. Waxana family. is now a
four-ve4r old, and in these pro
gresstve times a trotting bred colt
should by that age show the
quality of his speed, especially
when he comes of an early-t rotting
family like the Electioneers, and is
brother to tillv that smashed the two
and three year-old records beyond re
pair. Possibly there are still in exis-
tenee some people who hold TO the an
cient theory thar the brother or sister of.
a noted turf performer is more likely to
breed speed than is the race horse him
self, and if such be the case these per-
sons have an excellent opportunity, by
patronizing the three brothers OF Sunol
that are now in the stud and that have
never gone fast enough to make
themselves heard of in that ca
pacity, to test their theory to the
full. II these people are right
then it is folly to breed to horses like
Axtell. Nelson, STEAMBOAT and Palo Alto.
quartet that stand at the head of all
trotting stations so far as speed is CON
cerned. Ard yet Axtell's book is filled
at $1,000 without any drumming, Nelson
has all he can do at $50. and Palo Alto
and Stamboul (private stallions) have
the best mares that money can buy for
them. 1t was the record of Axtell that
sold him for sos 600, for without a
mark of $50 or better he would not have
brought more than one-fftieth Of that
sum on his breeding, 1t is just as well
that some of the mystical ideas re-
garding breeding that have befogged be.
ginners at the game for so many years
should be brushed away. This brother
0r-sister to-a-great- performer nonsense
has held the boards for many day.
That there is some merit in it cannot be
denied. but the argument has been
strained in favor of horses that cannot
exhibit any Of the quality they are ex-
pected by those who breed mares to
them at high fees to impart. 10 be IA
brother to Sunol or Margaret : or Palo
Alto or any other great trotter is good
| thing SO far as it goes, but If brothers to
great trotters cannot trot they are not
much better, for speed producing pur
poses than any other horse