New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-18
PALO ALTOS GREAT MILE.
BREAKS The STALLION RECORD.
DRIVEN OVER THE STOCKTON TRACK IN 2;os's-
THE FoUR-YEAR.oLD RECORD ALSO BROKEN.

DRIVEN OVER THc STOCkION THACh iN -'0of-
THE FoUR.YEAR.oLp RECORD ALSO BROKEN.
Stockton, CAL. Nov 17-Marvin drove Palo
Alto, the game Electioneer stallion in :os 3-4 to-
day. breaking the worlds stallion record, and
winning for the Palo Alto stable all the records
of the world. He made the mile without SKIP
breaking after he passed the finish. 1t was
wonderful performance. His quarters were 81 d.
l :03 1-2, :36 1-2, 2 :0s 3-4.
Bell Bird, the Palo Alto yearling, went against
her worlds record Of 2 :26 IA, but made a break
coming under the wire in 9 :2s. She went TO the
half in 1 :l2
A. Durfee's four-year-od stallion Mckinney, by
Alcyon, trotted against his record Of 2:l7 and
made record of 2 :12 1-2, beating the four-year-
old stallion record.
When seen at his home, No. West rfty-sixth-st,
last night, Robert Bonner said greatly pleased
with ralo Altos performance at stockton to-day This
trot unQuestonably places Palo Alto beyond all
stations In the world. The three great stations are
Nelson, Alerton and Palo Alto. Nelson made mile
the regulation track in TO- and when he attempted
the same distance on the kteshaped track be did not
do it IN any less time. Allerton, on the kte-shaped
track made mile In :O9 IA, and Alleron afterward
defeated Nelson the same track But Palo Altos
splendid trot Of a mile on the kte-shaped track In
O8 "a shows him to be superior TO the other stations
1t difficult to make the average mind realize the great
difference fraction OF second means In these ro-
ting horses We frequently hear OF q horse winning
by length q neck and think that that Is very good
race, but when you consider that horse trotting
mile in 10 is clearing, in round numbers forty feet
of ground second you that by Palo Alto beat
ing Alertons record by half second means that he
came in nearly twenty feet ahead OF him.
"But do not regard the hte-shaped track fair
test The test, in order to be fair, must have the
horse make an circle and come back to the place
where he started. On the hteshaped track the loop
be arranged a rising ground that the entire
COURSE be steady descent without correspond
ing rise when on the horncstretch. This easily
be accomplished by not bringing the fnishhne back to
the starting place. Then the stragltaway track the
wind is great advantage II the horse has 1t to his
back and q great disadvantage II he has It to face.
So that the only fair test Of speed is on tie regulation
track, where II the horse has the wind in his favor
or the track is downh for part Of the course, he
will have just so much to overcome the last part
Of the course.
a have Just received telegram from Marvin In
Stockton Sunos trainer in answer to my inquiries as
to the best time made by Sunol when two-year-od.
Marvin says that Suno in her two yeaod form trotted
a quarter Of mile In 80 15. AS fveyear-od Sunoi
trotted the same distance In 90 IL the regulation
track. AriOn as two-yearod trotted a quarter mile
In 81 seconds. I do not consider Secretary Tracy's
assertion that minute horses in sight, well founded
I will give $5, 600 to any who will drive horse
one mile in regulation track and that Is hve
seconds better than Secretary Tacys prediction and evc
to do It in O5 the horse must beat SunoPs record
by 100 feet. For six years they have been hammer
ing at the record of Maud S., and Sunols record 1;
half a second better than Maud s.'s, and 1t is i'm
possible that Sunol's record will be beaten by 13C
feet IN hurry, to say nothing Of $40 feet, which
two minute horse do. But all these tests must
be the regulation track before we can have really
satisfactory trial of speed. AS soon as you devatt
from this to eshaped tracks, to straight
away track, you all at senator Stanford has
now bred horses that have made the fastest records
in the world in trotting l shall not attempt TO buy
Palo Alto even II Senator Stanford were willing tt
sell him (which | do not think he would be) for
own the horses which have the record both tracks
and what particularly pleases mo is that they come
from the same stock Pao Alto.'