Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-10-21
THE RECORD BROKEN
Sunol is Now the Queen of
the Turf.
SHE TRoTTED A MILE IN 2.os IA.
The Time of Maud s. Beaten By Half 3
Second at Stockton.

The Feat Performed on a Kite-shapeo
TraciS--Thousands Witnessed the Trial
The Record Has Stood Unbrokan Since
Good Time--HistOry of the Wonderful
Mare.
STOCKTON, Cal, Oct. 21.-Sunol is
queen of the turf. Ten thousand peo-
pie, frantic with excitement, crowned
her yesterday, after an exhibition such
as the world had never seen before, and
such as few outside her owner, Robert
Charles Marvin, had hoped to see.
She made the mile without break in
eos IA, lowering the worlds record,
previously held by Maud S., by half
second.
Suuols career has ever been indicative
of imperial greatness. AS a two-year-
old she made the then record of 2:19,
and as a three-year-old reduced it to
2:10 1-2, which was the worlds record
for that age. Robert Bonner was one of
the first to appreciate her worth.
He was in thorough accord with the
theory of her breeder, Leland Stanford,
that dash of thoroughbred blood was
of exceeding virtue in maintaining the
highest flight of speed, and as Maud S
was growing old he was anxious that the
worlds record should be held in his
stable
He had paid $40, 900 for Maud S., and,
in his opinion, the trotter who could
equal it would be worth as much. He
approached the old Ex-Governor with an
offer of $41, 900, and in moment of
haste it was accepted. From that day
Mr.. Bonner has never ceased to proclaim
his faith in the filly's ability to beat the
record, and from that day never has Mr..
Sanford ceased to wonder what made
him sell the peerless filly that has
brought so much fame to Palo Alto,
where she had been foaled.
After the sale Mr. Bonner gave the
FLY to the charge of Charles Marvin,
who had developed and driven her, with
full power to do with her what seemed
best. In her kfour-year-old form she
added nothing special to her reputation.
Mr.. Bonner was not discouraged, how
ever and allowed Mr.. Marvin to keep
her another year. Last week she es-
sayed a mile over the same track which
made her famous yesterday, bnt she
failed because of strong wind and cuppy
going. Yesterday she asserted her right
to the sovereignty with nonenow to dis
pute her.
Last year, when some doubted Sunol IS
ability to capture the record, Mr.. Bon
ner intimated that he might send Maud
S. to further remove her own record
from danger, but after consultation
with Marvin he decided that Sunol was
fit to care for it, and he mated Maud S.
to Ansel, the son of the phen omena al
Electoneer.
This was a happy thought of Mr.. Bon
ner's and a considerate to the reputa-
ton of the grand old mare whose mile
in POS 3-4, made in Cleveland on July
80, 1885, had stood the test of years SO
we'll. Maud S. was retired with her
record undimmed and now her stable
mate brings in the new one 2:0S IA.
Sunol was bred by Leland Stanford at
the Palo Alto farm in Santa Clara
County, California, 80 miles from San
francisco. She was foaled April IA,
1886.
Her sire was Electioneer and her dam
was Waxana, by Gen. Benton. Her
grand dam was Waxy, thoroughbred
out of a mare bred by Philip Swigert,
the father of the present owner of the
Elmendorf stud.
1t is through her dam that she inher-
Its the thoroughbred blood the potency
of which has all along been cham pioned
by both Mr.. Stanford and Mr. Bonner,
aud illustrated by successes of Maud S.,
the queen who was, and Sunol, thu
queen who is.