. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. OVW JEUNTTY PAGES. it. SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, NOV. 30. 1889. In Years Gone By- WBITTEN FOB THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN. Aboat two weeks since, immediately preceding the Brst advertised trial of Sunol, Palo Alto, Starnbcul and others, for the avowed intention of lowering their records, some friends and myself were arguing the pros and cons of the subject, my friends thinking that Palo Alto was the only one liable to ac- complish the task, while I contended that both would lower their records, but the filly would make the greatest reduc- tion. Snch has proven tru
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. OVW JEUNTTY PAGES. it. SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, NOV. 30. 1889. In Years Gone By- WBITTEN FOB THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN. Aboat two weeks since, immediately preceding the Brst advertised trial of Sunol, Palo Alto, Starnbcul and others, for the avowed intention of lowering their records, some friends and myself were arguing the pros and cons of the subject, my friends thinking that Palo Alto was the only one liable to ac- complish the task, while I contended that both would lower their records, but the filly would make the greatest reduc- tion. Snch has proven true, still I do not take much credit to myself in consequence. From record smashing perform- ances we drifted to the subject of modern trotting race horses, I contending that no trotter of the present day was quite as good a race horse as some old-time stars of the trotting firma- ment, which I will attempt (o show. Since Sunol, Axtell, Allerton, Lillian Wilkes and Faust, the great three year old trotters, have appeared before the public, various and sundry horse writers, hoise papers and horse authorities have endeavored, with more or less success, to enlighten the world regarding the only true reason of their greatness. Many articles, ingeniously compounded, have been published showing beyond a doubt the true cause of it all. In some instances Electioneer did it all; in others, Geo. Wilkes was solely accountable; while others knew that the thoroughbred cross carried them to the front. I suppose these people know something about itânot much, though. None of these gentlemen have told us how the "sure enough" trotter can be bred with uniformity. Senator Stan- ford says, however, that he has arrived at & point where he â can point to a colt a few months old and say, "Barring acci- dents, that colt will certainly trot in 2; A man has the breeding problem down to a fine issue when he can breed the 2:20 trotter with regularity. Let ns inquire into the bre
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