Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-29

when On Jply so. 1855, Mad s., ii
Cleveland. set the psc, 81 oe 4. II vss
generally though: .h,s her record vcu'd rot
be beaten in this es.eraion Of t1otiers- 1;
vs., . wonderful record surely; but since
the inverter Of the ii.e-shspsd track, the
remarkable speed il has developed gave
promise Of rev record, which vas full
ailed as Stockton Tuesday last.
The besusifu! mare Sunol. Who made the
new record Of os IA. Vas foalsd in 1855
snd il BY Elecsicneef the sire OF over 60
in the let. Electoueef 10 the most
remarkable sire Of tue present day,
and divides the honor of being the
greatest s,u Of HAmblesonian 10 With
George Wilkes. His dam vss the
gres. mara Green Mountain Maid, and the
dam Of The Oily vns Waxanns, by GEE
Benton, second dam thoroughbred. A. Z
ysarlins Sunol vs.. = weedy ally ,and though
q natural tro,ter, did not give the promise
of b eins the veriabls wonder that she hsl
turned out to be. 1t vas in her 2-yesr-old
form that she began to be looked upon a
the coming world bester.
She was FRS, found in ? year-old stahs
q. Les Angeles, Aug 10, where che me-
vesolia, by S;smboul. and beats bel
in :xo straight heats in % l2 and 2 e5
Tselve days later she We, at Petal
una, ard there in 2year-od sake
she met and defeated Margaret 6
ard Fcrturs in straight heats in 2 20 l.:
and 2 26 "a. At the Bay District course
At San Francisco on Oct. Is she started tt
beat 22I fer = special purse and she Won
trostirg the mile easy in 2.20 2. The
performance wss such an easy one for hel
that the management sgsin hung up pufs'
30 have her be.. that figure, being the fas.
est marx Of the age in the world. it having
been 2.2l by Wildf,ger, made in 1881
Oct. q found the wonderful mare st tn;
pos. ia g,od order and che IN; the 2 yea
old mstk 3. the phenomenal figure of 2 Is
the mark that stood SIS the scms of spee'
in the 3-yeg -olds up TO last year, whel
ii was beaten by Sunol and Axieil
After the season of lsss ii was said tina
the fllly had gone wrong, and the wiseacr
said II told sou 10; forcing youngste
is bad policy" The Paio Alto folks dit
rot deny the runner excep. by the siguifl
can't remark, Wait till next year" Th'
season. Of 1859 was the greatest that tn
trotting world has ever seen, ard with th
general increase in tne trotting interes
the public were shown the most wonderful
york that ever srsced the records OF tn
track. Sunol started eight times in III
year, ard NJ the last time foun
the re cord Of q IL IA by Axiell as the bes
record for tiotting three yesr-o.d in tn
World The herculea an task Of beating sue
a record wsud have deferred men of les
grit than Senator Stanford and bis grea
lieutenant, Charles Mervip, but a. the tract
where she got her 2yesr-old record III
little mare was found res6y to take the hon
ors Of the young brigade aud The tastes
mile in 1889. She went her mile in 2 10 l-2
al put the record where it is harder tul
to beat than i. the mark that has stood a
he worlds record since 1885.
The mare is row owned by Robert Bon
ner, bat, according TO The contract g.. tn
time OF sale, is controlled by Le!ar d Stan
ford, TIL man that lr5d her. Shs wa
bought By her ptesent owner 70, pfivs.
price, but MIR. Bonner says tbs. it was tn
biggest money he ever paid fer horse, an
he has owned all the world heaters. Fl
gave SAC, 900 for Maud s., so iti,safe to ss
hat Sunol cost him az leas. $4,000. Tn
thoroughbred blood in Sunol was as nea
the fountain head as in The case of Sd,
horse in the country. ItVa' controlled b,
the trcttirg instinct that came t. the sir
through the veins Of his great sire. Thu
the silly wss given q great smount # speed
and was Thoroughly stayed up by tn
breeding of her dam