New-York tribune., 1908-02-24
DEPENDS OLD SUNOL.
Some Records of Thoroughbred
Blood an Great TrOfters.

4 1e++or from W " Shut who for twenty years
has been the superintendent of the breeding farm
for trotters and PAGERS of John II. Shuts has been
sent TO IL w Hill chairman of the Senate Com
mttee on Codes at Albany
II is in answer to a statement made by one or
those who argued for the Agnew-Hart Dill at d
hearing before the Codes Committee at Albany on
Wednesday in which a statement made about
the so-calIed value of trotting mare the speaker
did not mention the name OF the morse at tle tiiie
but later referred to Sunol. The impression mas
been given by what he said that Sunol had soid
for a fancy price and later for song, but did not
mention age of the troter at the different times
of sales Mr. Shut in his letter writes as follows;
The mare sunol 2:Osh. which understand was was
mttee on Wednesday last illustrating the worth worth
Iessness of thoroughbred blood IN III r tae "ot'iils
She was purchased by Mr.. Bonner when, tninh,
She was the fastest trotter In the world Mr.:
Bonner owned her for several years ana ,ar artTf
his death she was purchased by my enipioS @ ei,
John H Shuts. for $4OO Tor oIo0a 5ii mar "a "a
from six days to six months Her oldest living
foaI now is a four -year-od, Her next. Herr AK,
two -year-old he could trot a mile better than
70 with very d te h wv W0rh for i three m months Her
youngest foal now is yearling. and has all the
Sovember 1907. for 500 When She was twenty
o9f b ySaF5 oa Oh These pee living foas of suno VIII
undoubtedly get fast records and become famous.
Ts real tSe Of test the of @ ass that 1
the thoroughbred and most all OF our great cham,
The following are some of the champions of
their day:
Maud S. 2OS& whose second dam thor
oughbred by Boston.
Jay Eye See, 210. whose second dam was the
thoroughbred Twilight by Lexington.
Directum. 205l4. whose dam was by Venture a
thoroughbred horse by Wilamson's Belmont, and
who still the champion fOur-year-Od.
Trinket PA. the champion four-year-old of
her day and her second dam the thoroughbred
Morning Glory.
Palo Alto 2OSI4. the champion stallion OF
his day and his dam the thoroughbred mare
Dame Winnie by Planet.
One of the greatest brood mares in the world was
Nell the dam Of eleven in the 2:30 list, four of
which are in the 2:l0 list. NelIs dam by the
thoroughbred horse Embry's Lexington. One OF
the and best tTOtters that have bred
at our farm Is Della Belle. with record of 227lA
s a tWo-year- old. We have now at ShultshurSt a
mare by Adbell, dam Dell Worthy. by AxwOrthy,
and second dam the thoroughbred mare Cordel. by
Warwick She has been pronounced by competent
judges to be the handsomest mare In New York
State and that the thoroughbred blood in her veins
has not hurt her trotter Is shown by her
ability A quarter Of n mile in 81 seconds.
She has used for breeding purposes exclusive
ly but should Mr.. Shuts permit me her
am certain that she would trot TO record Of 205
or better
could cite hundreds of instances OF trotters and
PAGERS with the thoroughbred blood close up which
have obtained very fast records In my humble
this or any other country to-day without II, and the
work done by the Jockey Club through its breeding
bureau throughout the Empire State is destined to
become monumental The best results will not be
apparent for years. but the good seed has
been sown. and II will bring forth good fruit