The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-10-27
That One Hundred Thousand Dollar
Horse

TO gentleman who enquired OF
Mr.. bonner if his offer Of $lOO, ,OoC
for horse that would equal Dexter's
great performance to road wagon
was still in force, and if be had any
reservation in regard to it as to age
soundnoss, &o., MIR. Bonner replied ut
follows:
DEAR SIR: 7 have received your
, favor Of the ll,h instant, in which
you enquire if there are any COZ i;
tions, 80 far az souudnoss or age is
concerned, annexed to my Offer OF
$lOO, 900 for u horse that can equal
Dexter's recent cIformsnce Of 2.2l8
to road wagon. In reply, l have to
state that have no conditions of the
kind to interpose. l throw the door
wide open. Of course, should prefer
young and sound horse like Dexter,
but | shall not make it barrier
against any horse undertaking to- per.
form the feat whether ho be young or
"ld-sound or unsound lame or free
rom ameness-whether he have one
SPAWN or two, three ring bones or
tour-be blind of one eye or both
broken -wiDded or foundered-so long
~ he performs the feat of starting as
Dexter started from my stable in
Twenty y-scventh- street, near Ninth
Avenue, at o'clock p. NJ, and trot-
ting duriug the same afternoon on
Prospect Park, as Dexter trotted, n
mile i'll 2:2l4, to road wagon aud
driver weighing together 3l8 pounds.
There must be no running or Jumping
every inch Of the mile must be
trotted, as Dexter trottcd it, without
a single skip or Jump; and I must
have the rriFilege of w'ttesTES thd
timing the trial, and taking one or
two friends with me. The owner of
the horse can also have one or two
friends present but under no circum-
stances VIII bs cu4ttsned, dirsftly
or indirectly, in public or advertised
trial, where money is received at,the
entrance gate, or opportunity is given
for Betting.
If you know of any man who owns
horse that can tatf3sti tits feat, 1
will thank YOU to send him to me, as
l WeHt 90 own the animal, even If he
has any one or all of the blemisfies'
which have sehumerated. With. all
OF them would consider him cheap
at tho price named, after performing
the feat in question and can assure
you that if you put me in the way of
Rr2eGri1g such horse-either with or
ITIffout blemishcs-you will have nv
lasting gratitude, aud find me ready
at any time, whether night or day, to
rsciprocate the favor. Yours truly.
RoBERT BONNER.
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TAG ras:!lt of the October elections
H"5.rr points, or rather surprises nobo-
dy. Fraud aud corruption have be-
come to such an extent the accompa-
niments of elections, that it is of no
earthly use to look for the success of
apy.. other party than the one which
holds TIE rafse strings of the Admin
istrat.on. 1t would be idle to deny
that the Democrats of the East do
secretly rejoice at the defeat of Pen
dlcton, whose greenback theories they
combat with as much heartiness as
they did years ago the anti-slavery
99ticns of their Republican otpdnSnt.
Dut times have changed, and with it
the financial question is fast assuming
an all-commanding position in the
politics Of the State and nation. An
Eastern Democrat, to day for instance,
would rather vote for Horace Greeley
as Oomptroll or of the State, than for
George Fl, Pendleton, were he to run
for Governor in this vicinity; notwith-
standing all that is said to the contra
ry, | firmly believe that Horace
Greeley will run far ahead of his tick.
ct. The greenback theory is SO alb
horrent to the commercial mind OF
tho East, that as things now. stand
with party. ties not very closely knit,
it u not very difficult to obtain Re-
publican votes fur a Democrat or v,cc
iycrsa. But, as already stated, that
issue is not made at all in this section
of the Union, and how matters will 70
when the two parties again meet In
their respective national conventions,
is more than tho lovers Of peace like
to contemplate just now.--M. =. Cor.
Charleston Courier. '7s
{ FATAL ArFaAy.---The, .harfena7ille
Herald says: ga homicide was oom.
mitted on last Saturday, night in the
neighborboodr of Waterloo. 1t seems
that Chas. King, Jr,, was returning
from his place to his houses. when be
met with Thomas Patterson. Words
were exchanged which led to an affray,
ip whioh King @aak killed q Tho fi1d-
ing Of the jury, Of. ipddest is, b that
King came to his death bysmeans Of a.
rock. in the hands of Patterson. There
sas al .'oia fest, De be tween tsie ss swo. -. -
Patterson is still at large" S&a
! Some simple, ,fasssic codcerning solpr.,
will be useful to many whom decidipg,
how "a dreea for n rffo taura v,I.a 20, -