72 Tbe Trotting and tbe Pacing Horse 



Park in 2.15^. It was a remarkable perform- 

 ance, and highly gratifying to the railroad 

 magnate. Mr. Bonner drove her a mile to 

 high-wheel wagon in 2.13^ over his slow three- 

 quarter track. Maud S. was a chestnut mare of 

 15.3, foaled March 28th, 1874, and by Harold 

 out of Miss Russell. She outlived her last 

 owner, and it is a pity that she could not have 

 reproduced her kind. She was bred repeatedly, 

 but did not prove with foal. She died while 

 on a visit to Shultshurst, the home of Axworthy. 



Sunol, 2.o8J 



Sunol, bay mare, foaled April 14, 1886 bred 

 by Leland Stanford, Palo Alto, California; by 

 Electioneer, dam Waxana by General Benton ; 

 second dam Waxy, thoroughbred daughter of 

 Lexington ; third dam Peter Swigert mare (dam 

 of Annette, dam of Ansel, 2.20) by Gray Eagle 

 was the successor of Maud S. She trotted while 

 owned by Robert Bonner to a high-wheel record 

 of 2.08 \ at Stockton, October 20, 1891. She was 

 driven by Charles Marvin, and wonderful as the 

 performance was, it was not equal to that of 

 Maud S., because it was on a kite track. Al- 

 though Sunol was a highly nervous mare, of the 



