| Show COMMENTS ON SUNOL ThieN York PressDoes not Concede I Con-cede Maud S is Dethroned BONNERS PRESENT TO MARVIN Making Excnse3 on Account of the Kie hIlel Track Marvin Says the Mare Will Reduce Her Record Special TIE HERALD Examiner Dispatch I NEW YOm Oct 23 Nearly all the papers have something to say regarding j I Suuols performance Tuesday None of the journals will concede the laurels have I been wrested from Maud though Sunols heat is admitted to be a wonderful one The Advertiser says Sunol has none it I that is she has accomplished what was asked of her and has trotted a mile in the fastest time on record But wo do not be lieve that she can yet rightly be called queen of the turf The time was half I second faster than that of Maud S tier track was two seconds faster than her rivals Where is the victory Nevertheless Neverthe-less this is no proof that under the best conditions she will not equal 2OS on I I regular track But that her trainers I doubt her ability to do so is evident for with a track of either kind at their disposal I at Stockton they have not chosen the severer test This however they may still do in tho short season remaining to I thom and after that whether Suuol succeeds I suc-ceeds or not in really lowering the record Mr Bonnor will have the satisfaction of seeing under ono roof his owntwo of the fastest mares in the world And what a pity it is that wo shall not ceo tdem speeding speed-ing alongside one another What a team thev would make The Tclcfjram says Sunols wonderful mile in 2OS at Stockton California has taken the trotting world by storm Certainly Cer-tainly this Palo Alto bred daughter of Electioneer Elec-tioneer and a General Bonton mare is a great credit to her breeder exGovernor I Stanford her trainer Charles Marvin and her present owner Robert Bonner of this city Sho will perhaps soon lower this rn I cord further judged by the speed she has shown for a short distance a quarter in 29J seconds or at the rate of a mile in 158 But to claim that she has shown a better milo than the 208 made by tho great mare Maud S is yet premature The lattera performance was made on a level track fully a second slower to the mile in tho opinion of exports than these new kite shaped tracks such as the one at Stockton I Hence while Sunol now crowds Maud S I closely for the trotting crown until she I beats the latters 20 on an oval course she cannot yet be considered queen of the trotting turf The Evening World says Sunol has done it at last There is trotting 0 now record re-cord for a mile Maud S and her 205 are replaced by Sunol and her 203y To be sure the performance of the new record maker took place on a kito shaped track but tho feat was a great one and tnere are the 1 figures and figures tel From reports re-ports of tho trotting it seems that Marvin succeded iu restraining Sunola impulse to rush herself in tho first half In place of the rcculess speed bf a week ago when she made wonderful half but only a 210 milo she did Tucsdaj1 r steady half in 104 This restraint probably had much to I do with her final success But even in the face of the now record Maud S and hoc I great mile on the jesulation track will not pass out of sight The old queen will yet keep a snug warm place in the heart of 1 AVtrv lovnr of trnttiner The Tribune says Maud S is no longer j queen of tho turf She made made record I of 208 in Ibb5 but this was reduced on Tuesday by Suriol who trotted a milo in Stockton California in 208 Mr Bon I ners wisdom in purchasing her at 1 price larger than he pa d for Maud S has been justified The reduction of half a second i in the mile rocord is a notable accomplishment accomplish-ment But Sunols owner is conlident of her ability to do a milo in 200 The Times says Sunol has lowered the trotting record that is to say on a kite shaped track which is faster than the eliptical or circular track and is adopted simply because it is faster She has I trotted a mile In half a second loss than it i took Maud S Nobody pretends to kndw just how much faster the new form of track is than the od but nobody will pretend the performance of Sunol was as great anex j hibition of trotting speed as that hy which I tho record was lixed at 2 OJi Nevertho less Sunois 2081 is the mile record I There is a manifest maccuray and injustice i in this As we have said before for record I purposes conditions most favorable to speed should be had The kite shaped track does not fulfill these conditions The track that does fullill them is a level mile straightaway straight-away This is the test to which henceforth all horses should be subjected in their ef I Ions at record breakintr Performances on j I such a track can be compared with each I other without confusion and the inaccuray I that come of comparing rcords made on I i the trnrtlrs kiteshaped > circular and oliptical The Herald says Sunol succeeded in j i lowering the trotting record from 20a to 2OS This dethrones Maud S after a reign of six years and makes the California j filly the queen of the turf The honor still i remains with Robert Banner who is the i fortunate owner of both horses While i Sunols performance gives her the record it will not bo accepted by the trotting world as superior or even equal to that of the do i throned queen The former was mado on a kiteshaped track and the latter on the regular oval A mile in 2QS on the one is a greater achievement than a milo in 2OSou the other 1ho Recorder says Sunol is quean of the trotting turf She won this proud title J at Stockton California by covering a milo in 20 This feat lowered the trotting record by half a second and dethroned Maud S who reigned supreme for six years with an unequaled mark of 2 OdJ to her credit and glory Sunols supremacy I 1 is instructive in many ways It demonstrates demon-strates the theory of the excellence of the early development the trotter for Suuol is but five years old whereas Maud S was eleven years of age when she trotted a milo Ia203 The greatest spuod of the running run-ning horse is developed within the first five i years of his life and the trotter is i fast reaching the eaaly development of the I thoroughbred Two and threeyearold I trotters are now reeling off miles in time which It required years of training only a I little while ago for aged horses to make Another interesting fact in connection with Sunols achievement is its vindication of I Senator Leland Stanfords theory and i practice of breeding the trotter through I the thoroughbred for speed stamina and i courage In this Senator Stanford was i the pioneer and Sunol is the result of his patient persistent and intelligent application applica-tion of scientific principles to the breeding I j I of horses Senator Stanford and Robert I Bonner owner of Sunol are doubtless the proudest and happiest men in the trotting 1 I world today The former bred Sunol after Ibis I I I-bis own theory and at his famous Palo Alto stud and tho latter bought her for a princely fortuno just as he bought Maud He still owns the deposed queen and he will probably never voluntarily part with the newly crowned sovereign Both of these gentlemen fully merit the honor they enjoy and we extend to them our congratu1 lations |
