Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-28
ROBERT BONNER'S OFFER.


NEW York, Oct. 27 We hear q great
deal said about the two minute trotter. |
30 not expect to ever see any horse irot q
mile in two minutes. My good friend Gen.
Tracy, secretary of the navy, says, il be is
correctly reported, that he expects that
within two years the two-minute trotter will
have arrived. / cannot agree with him,
and as proof that have the courage Of my
convictions will give $1,000 to see any
horte within two years trot mile in min.
sec on . regulation track, such Is Cleve-
land, where Maud S. trotted, or any other
regulation track, such - the Buffalo,
Rochester or Hartford.
The late DR.. Herr. of Kentucky, claimed
that horses would eventually trot as fast as
ever they could in their three and four year
old form, just as runners can run as fast as
they can run in their three and four year
old form. From the great development
that has been made in increasing speed Of
young colts it would appear that DR.. Herr
was measurshly cOsrrc CT in his theory.
Gov. Stanford has accomplished more
than any other man in the country in this
direction. The idea or giDated with him Of
beginning to develop colts when only six
months old. He has been ably assisted in
carrying out this theory by Charles Marvin.
one Of the most competent ard faithful
trainers in the country. But l do not ex-
pect, having come faith in DIR. Herr's
theory, that sil these young things will turn
out to be worid-besters. have great
confidence in Charles Marvin's ability to
carry out Gov. S.anfofd's theory Of devel-
oping young colts. He has been very in
dus.rious. In his book on Training the
Troiting Horse" he incidentally mentions
one secret of his great success. lie says ::
Attention to details is the great thing ill
training as in all other branches Of human
endeavos. The man who gets in the sulky
when the horse is ready to work drives him
his mile and repest. and leaves all the rest
to the rubbers to do, if they will and a.
time in this life, but he won't break many
recosds.'
Thst is a. true as the Gospel.
Sunol, besides trottiDg in 2.08i on kite
shaped track, has made some other perform
ances that no other trotter has eQuslled.
Ia her three -year-old form she made .
record OF 2, 10 1-2 on regulation track. |
do not expect to live long enough to see
that performance beaten by three year
old on similar track Asa four yasr old
she trotted half mile on regulation track
in LOO 1.2, something that no other four
year old has ever approached. In her FIVE
year old form, besides making the fastest
record ever made made on any kind Of =
track. she has trotted quarter of mile in
20 / 2 seconds on a regulation track. No
other horse Of any age has trotted ~ fss.
as that. 1t is true do not consider her
2.0a 4 on 3 kite shaped track equal to
Maud S. . 2.08 3 4 on q regulation track,
but it must be remembered that she is only
Ave years old, and was thrown out Of train
ing on account Of lameness during part Of
the summer and is Just now, to use tech
| meal expression, rounding to" If she
does not bsat her own record of Q 0s Ia
before she leaves California this fall shall
be disappointed.
The way came to purchase Suuol was
this: A friend Of mine, Peter C. Kellogg,
who 10 known everywhere % one of the
best judges OF trosting horses in the
country, ssw Marvin drive Sunol in Cali
fornis when she was years old. He wrote
to me abou. her, advising that purchase
her. He believed that she was the coming
world -beater. Ireceived letter from him
today in which he says, II rejoice that you
bought Sunol,n and adds, II see she 10 still
| coming, and IL form and blood count for
anything. now that she has reached the fall
Of her 5-year-old year, anticipate thAt she
will still add proof that she is the fastest
trotter ia the world
As to the future development Of the
trotter, think Gov. Stanford is working
in the right direction BY getting s greater
| infusion Of thoroughbred blood to increase
the action and endurance of the cold
| blooded t,otting horse. think the future
will demonstrate, - his great and unex-
smpled success in the past has demon
strated, that his theory 10 correct.
RosEsr BoAgR.