Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-15

as IasU as ever tney cOulu IN tnelr 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 measurably
correct in his theory.
"Gov. Stanford has accomplished more
than any other man in the country in
this direction. The idea originated 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 compe-
tent and faithful trainers in the country.
But | do not expect, having some faith in
DR.. Herr's theory, that all these young
things will turn out to be world-beaters.
have great confidence in Charles Mar
wins ability to carry out Gov. Stanford's
theory of developing young colts. lie
has been very Industrious. In his book
on Training the Trotting Horse he in
cidentally mentions one secret of his
/ Cat SutCtSS. Ilt
Attention to details is the great thing
in training as in all other branches of hui
man endcavor. The man who gets in
the sulky when the horse is ready to
work. drives him his mile and repeat, and
leaves all the rest to the rubbers to do.
I'if they will and AS they will, may have
an easy and pleasant time in this life, but
he wort break many records.
"1'hat is,a true as the gospel.
"Sunol. besides trotting in 2:0S on a
kite-shaped track, has made some other
performances that no other trotter has
ever equaled. In her three-y earold
form she made a record of ,: 104. do
not expect to live long enough to see
that performance beaten by IA threeyear-
old on "A similar track. As "A four-vear-
old she trotted half a mile on regula-
ton track in :024, something that no
other four-year-old has ever approached.
In her five-year-old form, besides max
ing the fastest record ever made on any
kind of a track, she has trotted Il quarter
of Il mile in 20! seconds on regulation
track. No other horse of any age has
trotted as fast as that. 1t is true | do
not consider her 2:0Si on kite-shaped
track equal to Maud SIS 2:0Sf on
a regulation track, but it must be remem-
bered that she is only five years old and
was thrown out of training on account
of lameness during part of the summer,
and is just now, to use a technical eX-
preston, rounding to.
"The way | came to purchase Sunol
was this: a friend of mine, Peter C. KEEL
log, who is known everywhere as one of
the best judges of trotting horses in the
country, saw Marvin drive Sunol in Cali
fornia when he was two years old. He
wrote to me about her, advising that
purchase her. He believed that she was
the coming world beater. | received a
letter from HIM to-day in which he says
Il rejoice that you bought Sunol,' and
adds: Il see she is still "coming,' and i!
form and blood count for anything, now
that she has reached the fall of her five
year-old year, anticipate that she will
still add proof that she is the fastest trot.
ter in the world.
'As to the future development of the
trotter, think GOV. Stanford is working
in the right direction by getting a greater
infusion of thoroughbred to increase the
action and endurance of the cold-bloOded
trotting horse. | think the future vii
demonstrate, as his great and uneXam
pied success in the past has demonstrated
that his theory is correct"