Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-02-01
TURF TOPICS.
Bouner's Great Trotting stud-secret OF
Sunol's sale.
Nso York Naa aad Express.

AtlD lOIh -huN nNt Ell" tN's
official description of the trotting
stock owned by Mr. Robert Bonner at
his farm near Tarrytown and his stable
i'm this city fills a catalogue OF forty-two
pages. admirably arranged for the in
Structfou of those who desire 10 have
knowledge of the constant development
OF the trotter. Mr.. Bonner terSely illus
trates this great development in breed
ing when he says that during 1890
nearly one thousand horses were
added TO the $50 list. To
show the wonderful progress that
has recently been made in developing
speed, il is only necessary 10 state that
when | began driving trotting horses in
lS56. there were not twenty horses in
the whole country eligible 10 the $50
list. and there was not even one IN the
2:2O list. or anywhere near ii. Had |
not made it a rule of my life never to
trot a horse for money, thereare num-
Der of animals on my farm, in addition
10 those whose records | have given.
that could have been added to both %
these lists,
Mr.. Bonner, with his usual modeSty,
fails 10 take any credit to himself for
the wonderful strides 10 be recorded in
all that relates TO the American trottlng
horse. and his dislike of ScnSationaliSm
Is clearly shown in his simple and can
did statement that, as "there have been
many erroneous statements regarding
the price that | paid Gov. Stanford FOR
Sunol. it may be aS well 20 state here
that gave 81. 900 for her-iuSt $1,000
more than | paid Mr.. Vanderbilt for
Maud :" Many breeders. unlike Mr..
| Bonuer. would have permitted the i'm
preston 10 remain that Sunol cost all
! the way from S5O.O00 TO 100000 but, as
i'm the case of the Hon. Leland Stanford,
absolute fair dealing has been Mr.. Bon
ner'S motto ut all times in connection
with his trotting stock, Is well as in all
his other actions.
In memorandum TO the catalogue
| Mr.. Bonner says, with pardonable pride,
that during the past six years there
| has been an extraordinary increase In
| tine number of horses that have trotted
| i'm 2.3O and better, but neither the rec
ord of 2:O9Li, made by Maud ;. IN lss4'
nor her record of 2:OS@i made In 1850,
/ has vet been eQualed. We can imagine
Maud ). with queenly dignity, listen
ing during those six years to the nu-
merous predictions that were made con
corning the many rivals that were going
always going-to dethrone her.
First. Jay-Eye-Sce who stands next
10 her by the record, was going TO
do il: then Maxey Cobb, his owner
proclaimed, was certain to do 1t.
He was followed by Belle Hamlin'
GUY. Axtel, Suuol and others To
none of these did Maud ). condeScend
to reply. except Sunol. When the lat
Ter trotted half mile in 1.2}s at De
troit. Maud was tempted to send her
me following telegram: Miss Sunol; 1t
takes two halves to make whole. Maud
Isl Charles Marvin, the great Callior'
mia driver, in his book, in contrasting
the 9.1Ots of Sunol with the ZIP OF
Axtell. Says-and says truly-'SecondS
count A great deal when you get down u
lo19.' Whatever Sguol may do in 1881
and we do not intend to make any pre-
ldictions in her bchalf-wc imagine tha'
Mr.. Marvin and other drivers Will hnC
ont that seconds count still more when
YOU get down in the neigh6orhood o.
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