, 1877-12-18
TNO'rrEIsS.
The homer. Vanderbilt Competition,

Tho Homer. Vanderbilt Composition,
Turf Fttid, uad faF5a.
The Black mare Muy Bird, by ucorge Wilkes.
by Ryslyk's lian,bletonat,. has bceome u f,.u1r'-
bcr Of aIr. Robert Donner's celebrated stable.
She has bcru IN tic turf fur number Ut yours,
aud Justly has been regarded ~ orc uf tho
gataest anls,,a!s that ever tro.ted down Tho o.
tolatcral line. Shs has not aaways EoAe to the
front when slIc was abtu To yet there. neyertne.
less sic las Won s0nle Of tho hardest tontGstt1
raecs ever WITNESSED in the country. Her record
Of a:ai In harue.s, 2:iDs4 10 saddle. ts not tho
full .1Gusure of her speed. Weight does not
at,yIlor her. TN Saturday, Noy 10, a. seasol
OF tho year when fast t!n'o u nnt Of the Qucs-
tIo', II tlle c0lh climate of the New England
States. shc won wagon raee at Mystic l'ark,
Boston, mud l,adc rcrorti vi J '2I,S.
Yesterday q gentleman said to ns' I" It Ia
runlorca TINT 3lr. Hunner has purchased MaY
bird as mats for Music, with thc view u snaK.
f pcfftnr,nanco Of Mr. II: II. vanlsrii't's team,
Small lIopcs und Lat!y Mae, at Fleetwood park. u
We replied at tho tsie that VIC knew nothing of
tho sals oi Mar nlrtl, but felt satisfied from
what WI ha,l seen with our own eyes tt,at 1t Via
mt necessary for slr. lsonner to purchase Air.
Walkers tiarn to make Il lclLs wr1. would null
= roal wagon In a::3; that he gould, with John
Taylor, Muslc, Molscy. Astoria, Wellesley BOZ.
Erie, roeahuntas. aud itralton vt Ais command,
to wire IN tt,no better than that recorded BY
H.nall Hopes and Indy Niue.
At q tateF hour VIZ met alt. Bonner, aud, on
.ast1 1s.1Y sS sSFS 81 'S9 yq 5 at IT, b. o s IL, p1r pto
purpsc Of entering into rivalry with Mr. va'l'
derblt. lils motive was tho sathe which re-
Gently lmlured Him to add Centennial, Keen
Jim, Lucy tuycr, ard othcrs to ha coItectlutt.
He cxn1alnesl thut lila eoneest tiau hee1l. with
thu utu CuInntodoTc, and ttbai h0 did not pro-.
pose to keep w tho struggle ht1lsult now that
thu Coln1aulUre VILE tn his Erast. Whatever
rivalry existed must to carried hY the sctUt,d
rc'narks WIS that hls SON Alley would drive lIs
l,Grsus against the time made by stle SOU Ut tne
tfpa1 Commodore. lie aIs0 gave us permission
10 u'ake public fact WINCH We ha4 known fur
nearly two tnu,tEs.
l)Lrl,lx Nr. pul,ner's absence In Kcutucky, In
the last days Vi September, We ylsltetl Ills larln,
nvar .TauYtown, hi company With several othcr
ssns!st.'ep % ata ~, a,sstssi . y jud:'ni ca!ts.t
drlyr,! by Mr. Al!cy, bunncr. The insl' was
very rlose between The two. Wo held wotch
on Music IN 3:1sN. aud NJ! present At tic tins
considered the performance VI John Taylor
equally u good. This WAs u Fnpt1 fntiE for IN
ulnstcur tlfIycr on u threr-q,turtcr track. Ths
day WIS Saturday. On lhc 1ull,wtuE Wcslncs.
day, Oct. !, Music and Johu Taylor wcre booked
double Tor The Inst time In tlciF Hives, md Mr..
Alley Bunncr drove ltsen full mile to road.
waxon gu arhree-quartcs trayk III :::xit which
IL i uluch better peffurIaacc tfton mile in tbs
ZANE ttlne vi ntile truck. Alter this John
Taylor waa laid up With shoc-boil, fruul which
ae u now 4ulIY tecoFeEcl.
ThIs brief statement Ut facts shuuIl bt sutti.
clent tu conyiutu eseFytut1y that It wa nut
necessary fnr Ar. Rnbcrt uolllIcr to purchase
31ay BIRD ln order to heat the gfeat luul,le-
teatn performance Vi Sit. ". Ii. Vanderbilt.
Fhe struggle neat rear for the waao,I-iean, III.
prru.acy will be Hatehcd with no little lntrreAt
by the ueuplc ot New Yurk aWI elsewhcGp. lu
tlls connection II may bc Interesting tu stalu
that It In universally conctied laat Mr. Robert
Iloa,neE himself has made The fastest tiillu to
roa1,wagoa, 1t all a!siau<es, from luartcs Ut
l,tc up to two miles, ever naIe By any gen
tleluan, namely: Sta1s1e,,a quarter vi sitv, 10
rua.i-waeon. III S,15 seconds; dexter, = half
nile, to road-wag,n. ~ I:ol}5; Dexter. u H,lle.
tu roa.i-wago!, in s:!ls<; aud Lady la1tueE and
6:0l1l. kol oi,e oi ,hrsc arhleycmcnls. u lbs
aunals OF tic track plalny show. has ever ucell
etuale4. Dy way of conclusion We add that Il
u Sir. bonucr's opinion tilat two horse. Tan bs
Larne4sed together ~ beut t;ls.