LELAND STANFORD AND PALO ALTO 



of 2.o8i. This, up to November, 1904, was the 

 best high-wheel record, but, as It was on a kite-track, 

 Mr. Bonner did not consider It as good a performance 

 as that of Maud S., 2.o8f, to high wheels on the 

 regulation track at Cleveland, July 30, 1885. The 

 2.08^ of Sunol placed her not only at the head of 

 all trotters, but of the aged-mare group, at the head 

 of the three-year-old group, the four-year-old group, 

 and the five-year-old group. Senator Stanford was 

 justly proud of having bred her, and Mr. Bonner 

 felt proud in the ownership of her. The fact that 

 the second dam of Sunol, Waxy, was a thoroughbred 

 daughter of Lexington, was gratifying to breeder 

 and owner, for both Governor Stanford and Mr. 

 Bonner were strong advocates of the thoroughbred 

 foundation in the trotter. When Sunol was deliv- 

 ered at the stable of Mr. Bonner in New York, in 

 December, 1891, she was carefully measured, and 

 she stood sixteen hands one-half inch forward and 

 sixteen hands two and one-half inches behind. She 

 had the speedy greyhound quarters and her pro- 

 pelling power was very great. The first time she 

 appeared In Central Park was In double harness with 

 a steady horse used to the stirring scenes of city life. 

 Leland Stanford was a strong man, mentally as 

 well as physically. He grappled with the rugged 

 forces of nature and carved his way to fortune. And 

 yet I recall a scene that made a painful impression. 

 He had landed In New York from Europe after the 

 death of his only son, and In his handsome apart- 



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