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2:28|-. The next she won, pulled up, in 2:26. She was not 

 taken from home again until October, in the second week of 

 which we shipped her to the Bay District Track at San Fran- 

 cisco. She was now suffering from sexual causes, and was not 

 at herself. She was to perform on October 20th, and before 

 that day I worked her a mile and repeat on two occasions. 

 The first time was in 2:32 and 2:25, the second in 2:28|- and 

 2:23. These were the only miles she was driven until the 2Uth, 

 when she lowered Wildflower's 2:21, which had stood for 

 seven years unapproached as the two-year-old record of the 

 world. Sunol trotted that day in 2:20^. We decided to start 

 her on the 27th to lower her own record, but she was given no 

 more miles until that day. The track was good, except in 

 front of the grand stand, where it had not dried out. We 

 came out for the word, and got it, with Mr. Orrin A. Hickok 

 driving a running horse as a prompter. According to the 

 official time we went the first quarter in 35 seconds, the sec- 

 ond in 34|^, the third in 34^, and the fourth in 34|-, making the 

 mile in 2:18. According to my watch, which I carried in my 

 hand, we made the first quarter in 35, the second in 35, the 

 third in 34, and the fourth in 34, the watches timing the mile 

 the same — 2:18. This was the last mile Sunol was driven up 

 to this writing (March 15, 1SS9). Although so sensitive and 

 high-strung, Sunol is not a bad actor. She shows no disposi- 

 tion to break, and only made one break in all her miles. She 

 is courageous and anxious, but sticks to the trot. This, in 

 brief, is the story of the training and performances of the 

 greatest two-year-old that has yet appeared — a filly that has 

 set the two-year-old record of the world at a mark which it is 

 a mighty achievement for a horse of any age to equal, and one 

 which I do not expect to see equalled by another two-year- 

 old for many a year. 



If I have here succeeded in giving a faint idea of our 

 method of training, I have accomplished all I have aimed at. 

 My work on " TRAINING THE TROTTING Horse " will be 

 fully illustrated, and will treat upon every point in breeding, 



