RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



It was then plain that Hinda Rose was not in con- 

 dition to beat her three-year-old record, and the an- 

 swer was that her owner was at liberty to find another 

 purchaser for the mare. Mr. Frank Work, who had 

 talked of buying Hinda Rose, also retreated, and the 

 once sensational yearling entered breeding ranks at 

 Palo Alto. As a brood mare she was a sad failure. 



On another occasion I found that Governor Stan- 

 ford could take care of himself in a horse trade. 

 When Palo Alto was the champion trotting stallion 

 of America, a friend asked me to get a price on him. 

 I sounded the Governor in person. He said that he 

 would not sell that the stallion was worth to him 

 $100,000. 



" Will you price him to me at $100,000? " 



" No. Do I understand you to offer me $100,000 

 for him?" 



" If your price is higher, there is no use in making 

 the offer." 



The subject was dropped, and Palo Alto died the 

 property of Governor Stanford. 



Some time later Senator Stanford said to me that he 

 would really like to see in the stable of Mr. Bonner 

 one of the best representatives of his breeding farm. 

 When Sunol, the bay daughter of Electioneer and 

 Waxana by General Benton, trotted at Bay District, 

 San Francisco, October 19, 1888, to a two-year-old 

 record of 2.18, the eyes of Mr. Bonner were turned 

 to her, and, when in 1889 she trotted over the same 

 course to a three-year-old record of 2,xoi, beating 



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