The New York herald., 1878-12-14
A WONDERFUL STABLE.
TILE FOREMOST COLLECTION OF TRorTING
HORSES IN THE WORLD.


From the Turf. Field and Farml
Tho greatest collection OF road horses in the world
belongs to Mr. Robert Bonner. There are now in his
stable. West Fftyffth street. Fifth avenue ten
horses. every one OF which, with single exception,
has trotted in 2:20 or better The exception Mamie
u. by Edward Everett, dam st. Lawrence Maid. of
a pair driven several years by Commodore Wander
bilt. She is a diminutye specimen of horsehesh.
standing but 141. Unquestonaby she is the fastest
trotter in the world of her size. She has pulled
wagon mile on three quarter track in ABBY. and
has been timed . mile in harness in o:21A. She is
fairly flying on the road now and Mr.. Allie Bonner
does not hesitate to brush with anything that will
cept his challenge. and well he may. for she has
shown quarter in 324 seconds She wears sixteen
ounce shoe.
Edwin Forrest, the phenomenal trotter, towers
like giant in size above the little mare. Nowhere
among first class flyers can be found contrast so
striking in all its features. The beautiful bay he
has been appropriately called. is fraction 10
hands; his head denotes intelligence the brain being
prominent. Hc is wide between the jaws. high in the
withers immense through the chest possesses great
length and powerful quarters. with dropping hips.
The forearm is long. the cannon bono short and the
haunch is unusually broad and strong. The feet are
good and sound. and the legs without blemish.
Every muscle. every line speaks OF power and
speed. He is years old. and was got
by son of Joe Downing. the son of Alex
anders Edwin Forrest. His dam was
high bred mare, said to he o grand
daughter of the great Leviathan. Edwin Forrest
looks like massive thoroughbred and he is full Of
thorough blood. In the spring of 1877 he appeared
at Kalamazoo wearing eighteen-ounce toe weights.
He was then six years old, and his trainer frequently
gaoped him two miles before attempting to pull him
into trot. He showed terrific speed but had not
had work enough to make him steady. From Mich
igan he went to Kentucky, where in the early autumn
of 1877. he conspicuous bad actor Later in
the fall he contested three with the great mare
Proteine, and beat her in every one OF them. He
troted through the Michigan Circuit the past spring.
and when he reached Cleveland the last week in
July, was good acting and fast horse as the
world ever saw. At this time he six-ounce toe
weights. The field opposed to him was one of the
most formidable ever seen on trotting course. It
included Darby, Edward, Trampoline, Dick Moore
and woodford Mambrno, and yet he yanuuished
them without an effort His only defeat in the Grand
Central Circuit was at Utica where he not al
lowed to win. AT Hartford Forrest trotted an exh-
bition mile in 2:l4ls, and in the repeat went to
the half-mile pole in 1:05k, where no other horse
has yet gone in race. Along the backstretch COM
petent critics say he trottcd two-minute gait. He
LETT his feet, and Green pulled him up and came
home at his ease, having made two breaks, in
2:16. Those who have carefully watched the career
Of Edwin Forrest confident that he is the peer
of any horse in the worldthat il he meets with no
accidents he will trot mile next year in 2:12,
possibly 2:10 Mr. Bonner is driving him on the
road in one-pound shoes forward and in half pound
shoes behind.
Dexter. by Rysdyks Hambletonian. dam bv Aner;
Star is twenty years old He attracts If possible
more attention in Mr.. Bonners stable than Edwin
Forrest He the first horse to trot in 2:l7L his
present record, and he was the idol of the public so
long that the greatest desire is made manifest look
upon him in retirement. Had he been kept on the
track he would have beaten 2:H In his against
Ethan Allan and running mate he was timed nile in
2:16 At Prospec. Park Mr Bonner drove Dexter to
road wagon. weight SO pounds. . mile in 2:al4
once white faced king of the turf il young. to
all appearances. a. six-year-old. He is play
full, as vigorous and as full of Life when he
made his farewell to the public at Chicago. Al
though he looks ut the timid in such way as to
frighten them he an afectonate horse He is fond
OF 1s daily attendants and eyes with tender appre-
citation the hand which offers him piece of carrot
a lump Of sugar. Mr.. Bonner was not seen on the
road for nearly year until on last THANKSGIVING
Day, and then he rode out behind Dexter 1t Is his
custom to drive the white legged geding in the
ing and Edwin Forrest in the afternoon
Music is a very bloodlike looking mare, chestnut
standing fun sixteen hands. She is eleven years old
tonian. dam BY Eoe's Fiddler. grandson Of Mon.
mouth Eclipse. She u an excellent double harness
performer and s hard to beat single. We held the
watch on her at Mr. Bonner's track mile in 2:1Sk.
She will trot in fourteenounce or even twelve
ounce shoe.
John Taylor nine years DID, and pedigree not estab-
lished, is fine in all his points Thoroughbred
He gained public record of 2Z5 his first season on
the turf. bur has trotted mile on Mr.. Bonner's
threa-quarter track in 2:18I The first time he and
NJ usic speeded together in double harness
they pulled road wagon mile on the threequarter
Starte bred at Stony Ford eleven years old and by
Rysdyks Hambletonian. dam By American Star, is
muscular development Of his quarters is simply i'm
monse He Is ISL under the standard, is fnely
coated, and as docilc in temperament as lamb.
nounced in the Turf: Field and Farml
Fleetwood Park. through rendering the soil elastic,
he turned the track in 2:19 At that time the best
mile ever trotted in race at Fleetwood was in 2:l9
and Lucy. startle also trotted half mile in :O41
in harness, and pulled road wagon at Fleetwood
was then put into the stud and his three -year-old
colts promising. The only time he was started
up IN harness this year ne trotted mile with ease in
tend himself better in shoe weighing one and .
quarter pounds.
Molsey, a bay mare. by whteside's Black Hawk
first by Dallas and second dam by imp Levia.
than. is scant 1b.2 She has speedy form and was
quite successful on the turf where she Obtained 4
record OF AHA. She has since been timed mile on
the tiree-quarte track Ia 2ls1s. :.
woodford MAmbrino, ont of Mamaison, by Alex.
ander's AbGalah. the sire of Goldsmith Maid, is a
neryy up-hcaded bay 15.2 She has the courage
70 trot oil day, and is one Of your improving kind
As q x-year-old sine showed niie In 2:2gh on Mr..
Aexander's track, as seven-year-old a mile in
2:25A and eight year-old she trottcd a mile on
Mr. Bonner's track in 1920. She goes wthoA toe.
weights and wears afourteen-ounce shoe.
May Bird, by George Wilkes. by Ry sdyk's Hamble-
tonian is black or brown mare, with three white
fcet BIN the withers and 1871 over the ruinp
she has proved herself wonderful campaign mare,
having close ON to seventy heats in 1880 or bet
ter and gained record of 19f under saddie 2:2l in
harness and :2iis IT, wagon. She wears fourteen
ounce shoe. which often fines down to twelvc-o uuee,
and mas trotted mile Mr. Bonners track in 2:lssi
Maud Macey. chestnut mare, years old was
bred in Kentucky and got by Joe Hooker, by Nam.
brno Chief, first dam by Star Denmark and second
dam by Camden. She stands 1872. has splendid FORM
and afourteen-ounce shoe. She has grown bet
ter aud better from year TO year. AZ two she
trottsd in 2:4g, three-year old in 24i az a four
year-old in 2:3l. as ve-year-old ia 2:21A az six.
year old in 2:23t ~ and AZ scvcny ycar-od she ued
sulky and driver weighing $50 pounds a mile, on
Mr. onner's threequarter track. i'm H. the fastest
time ever made it. She is great mare, and there
Ia no telling whore development in her will end.
Her fastest mile was trottcd October 49, and the
fractional time 34x. 1:07sl, l:42s, 2:l7. Maud
Mscey goes well to the pole.
In addition TO tile ten 20 horses above named Mr..
Bonner has at his farm Pocahoptss who has ,rotfed
in 2:15k: Grafton, who showed public trial NJ