The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-22
DOS Ii.

An old expert. asked whether the trotting
record had been beaten. would say that 1t
had and it hadn't: that Sunols mile Of
2:OsA. compared to Maud's. was but as
name to a substance. It leaves the
trotting track in the same uncertainty
as Salvador left the running turf when
no flew over q straightaway mile
in 1 1854. That was O tremendous jump
over the previous record OF :39A. Yet We
suppose group Of turfmen could scarcely
have been got together without including
some stanch advocate Of undisturbed su-
premacy for Ten Brock. The measure for
comparison between q straight mile and an
oval mile was too uncertain to shut out all
difference of opinion.
A kite-shaped track like that at Stockton
Is 80 much faster than the standard oval
form that in comparing performances on
them the horse and the track must be
considered somewhat In the nature Of a
double team. All that the record shows
now is that Sunol and Stockton are better
than Maud s. and Cleveland. Mated
differently. the superiority Of Maud s.
would not be measured by q mere half
second. and. were the two mares to test
each other side by side. there would be
three heats only. and the third would see
Maud almost out Of hearing Of her beaten
opponents hoofs.
We have no thought Of discrediting Sunol.
No great performance can ever be without
the old friends Of former champions reviv-
ing their recollections OF great feats done
| upon older and poorer courses and with in
ferior paraphernalia and under more diff
cult circumstances. and holding these up as
80
| which Sunol has enjoyed over Maud Is
| too radical not to make 1t necessary to
qualify her record with the obvious conclu-
sion that it is better in figures only and not
| In fact. She is mare 30 rank In courage
| that her store Of electricity inclines to 60
| off at the first contact. It has been next
| to impossible so to repress her efforts In
| the first half mile that she may have
equal strength remaining to come on
| to the wire. But. although her breeding Is
high and her development has been pre-
cocious. We cannot but think that there is
an improvement yet to come during the
next year or two which will carry her 30
far to the front that she will be queen of
tho turf In tho face Of oil comparison.
| Apart from Sunol's achievement. though.
rs an exhibition OF phenomenal racing speed.
| there was lesson In 1t OF practical value
for the owner OF every horse with four legs.
1t Is only about two months since 1t was
suddenly announced. after q long sum
mer's preparation had brought her nearly
into the desired form. that she was
lame. She had strained herself getting
up, or she had stepped into hole. or
she had rheumatism. We will venture to
say that not one OF these explanations en-
tered her owners head. The result OF Mr..
BoNNER's study OF the horse has not caused
him first to account for casual lameness
upon such theories. All that he did. proba-
bly,, was to telegraph composedly to Sunol's
trainer. Lower the inside OF her hoof."
Within a month came the report that the
mare was herself again and had gone mile
In 2I6. A few intermediate attempts and
she had made new record. 1t is not every
horse that can trot In 2:OsA, but great
many lame horses can be cured by lowering
the inside Of the hoof or by any one Of the
many other variations OF treatment which
the philosophical professor Of the Depart
ment Of INEQUALITIES knows how to apply.