The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-08-27
The Trottiny Horse Dexter.

Wilkes Spirit, of August 18th, says 4:
This famous horse, by Hamiltonian, out
of the black Star mare, bred by Jona-
than Hawkins, sold when a colt to Mr..
George Alley, trained and. driven for
some seasons by the late Hiram Wood
ruff, and more recently by Budd Doble,
has become the property of Mr.. Bonner,
and will shortly pass into the unrival-
led stable in which Lantern, the Flat
bush Maid, Lady Palmer, Peerless,
Young Pocahontas, and the Auburn
horse all abide. As Dexter is about to
retire from the turf, it is unnecessary
for us to do more than reiterate the
opinions often expressed in these col
umns. We have often held that, take
him for ali in all, he was the most eX-
traordinary trotter that ever appeared.
His combination of rare qualities ex-
cellcd all former experience; and we
are now convinced that there is but
one horse living, if there is one
that can equal him in any one
point. The horse to which we refer is
the well known Auburn horse, also MI.
Bonner's property. In regard to these
two horses, We had the well considered
opinion of Il truly great authority, the
late Hiram Woodruff, who was king
among horsemen in wisdom. experience
and sagacious intuition. He pro-
nOunccd Dexter, when the little horse
was but upon The threshold of his grand
career, as sure to be the King of the
World; and when his own footsteps
were fastening down towards the cy-
press shades and the clods of the valley,
he declared that of all he had ever
driven, the Auburn Horse was the fast
est. Relying upon the former of these
we declared long ago to Mr..
Bonner that Dexter would surpass, in
every way, the greatest performances
that appeared in the annals of the trot-
ting turf And now we add that we
have full faith in Hiram's latest opin-
ion, viz: that the Auburn Horse was as
fast, and upon straight work, faster
than Dexter himself. The chestnut has
not had the handling; he is compare
lively raw. Yet, he could so greatly I'M
press every man who saw him trot, and
Hiram in particular, that they all de-
clared such rate was never seen save
when old Pocahontas, the PAGER, dis
tanced Hero. Now, if such things could
be done in the green tree, what could
be done in the dry! But the rare value
of Dexter lies Ill his completeness-his
perfect possession of all qualities, any
one of which is usually considered
enough to make horse famous. In all
other article, written in regard to u let
ter from an experienced turfinan, we
have given our opinion of Dexter. 1t |
was written before he knew of his trot |
at Buffalo, and that we had strong |
suspiciOn for some time that DeX-
ter'S last race was nigh at
hand. In view of all his eX-
ploits; his saddle trots, his two miles to
wagon, his three-mile heats in mud, his
fifth heat in harness, when lame and |
sore, in PIN. 2I4s.; his travelling of the |
country through and through, and COM
ing up as true as steel, day after day, to
repeat his grand fcats; his famous strug- |
Gle against Ethan Allen and running |
mate: his 2m. lbs. on the half mile track |
before rendered historic by the twenty |
miles of Captain McGowan; and his |
latest performance at Buffalo (2l74)-I
we are at loss which to select as the |
greatest. We praised him years ago to
such an extent that some called us
crazy, and now we are satisfied that we
did not go far enough We are like
Col. Give, who, being impeached be-
fore the Commons of England for TAX
ing presents from the natives of India,
said, "Mr. Speaker, considering the vast
treasures that were at my disposal, l
stand to-day astonished at my own
moderation