The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-14
a WONDERFUL STABLE
The Foremost Collection Of TrottIng Horse.
In the World.
Tfo'n n, r'Tk I,eld and Farm.

"o hoN III HIS btDle, WCbt Hlity-nith street.
near Filth avenue. ten horses every one of
which, with n single exception has trottrtl i'm
S.IO or better, Tho exception In Manic 49, by
Edward Everett, dam st. Lawrence Maid ono
~ PAR driven several years by Commodore
Vanderbilt She il n dimnutive specimen of
horscnesh, standing but al. Internationally
sue II the instest troter in the world OF her sizc
Hne mas pulled wagon milo on thrcc-quar-
Yer Track N 2;23% and has boon timed mile in
harness n1d9 In ~, a. She Is fairly flying on tho
utc 10 brush with anything that will accept his
challenge; and we'll he may. for she has shown
a quarter in ga seconds She wears n l6-oz-
Elwin Forrest. tho phenomenal trottcr. tow
ers kea giant IN siHe above the little mare
Nowhere, among ilrst-class ycrs can be found
q contrast SO striking in all It's features. The
beautiful bay. as he has been appropriately
called, Is Traction over sixteen hands mis-
prominent. He Is wide between tho Jaws, high
IN me wlthers. Immense through the chest. pos
Srsscs grcat length and powerful quarters with
drOoping hips. Tho forearm is long the can
non bone short. and the haunch IL unusually
broad and strong. Tho feet are good and
sound and the legs arc without bemish
Every muscle. every line speaks OF power and
speed. llo il seven years old and was got
Alexandcrs Edwin Forrest; his dam was
q, high-brcd mare said To- be- granddaughter
ike a massive thoroughbred. and he Ia fun
ot thorough blood. In the spring Of 1877 he
appeared at Kalamazoo. wearing 1902. toe
weights. He was then six years old. and his
trainer frequently gallupcd him two miles be-
lore attempting 10 pun him into a trot. Ho
showed terrific speed. hut had not had work
enough tO make HIM steady. From Michigan
he went TO Kentucky. where. in the early au-
tumn Of 1877. he was conspicuous as n bad
actor. Later in the fall he contested three raccs
with the great mare Protcne. and beat her in
every one OF them. lie troitcd through the
Michigan circuit the past spring. and when ne
reached Cleveland, the last week in July .was as
good an acting and as fast n horse rs the world
weights The field opposed To him was
one 81 the most formidable ever seen on
ir2'!IpE Gogr s IT. Il included bHyoy III
Mambrino. and yet he yanqushed them
without an effort Ills only defeat In the
Grand Central Circuit was NJ Utica. whore he
was not allowed TO win. Al Hartford Forrest
Uottcd an exhibition mile in 2.li Q, and in the
repeat went To- the hnlf-milo uoin in 1:O5is.
where no other horse has yet gone in u race.
Along the hackstrotch competent critics say he
trotted two minute gait. He left his feet. and
ease. having made two breaks. in 2lG. Those
who have carefully watched the career OF Edwin
horse in the world-that II he meets with no
accidents he will trot mile next year In 2:l2.
or possibly 2:l0. Mr.. Bonner il driving him
in half pound shoes behind.
Dexter. by Rysdyk's Hamhlotonian dam by
American star. Is 20 years old. He attracts. II
possible more attention in Mr.. Boomers stable
than Edwin Forrest. He was tho first horse TO
trot IN 2;lI' his present record. and he was
the idol Of tho public SO long that the greatest
desire Is made manifest to look upon him in re-
tiremcnt. Had he been kent on the track he
Ethan Allen and running mate he was timed
mile IN ZIG. Al Prospect Park Mr.. Bonner
drove DeNterto road wagon. weight 3l9 pounds.
mile IN 2;H a.a performance which has never
been cqualicd. The once white-faced king Of
the turf is as young to all appearances rs q
siN-year-old. He Is ns playful. a. vigorous, and
as full Of life IA when he made his farewell bow
10 the public at Chicago. Although he looks AT
the tmld in such way as 10 Brighten them he
attendants. and eyes with tender appreciation
the hand which offers him a piece of carrot or a
In 4 Mr. Ron t4.f. ltfl
road Tor nearly n year until on last Thanksgiv-
ing Day, and then he rode out behind Dexter
II is his custom TO drive the white legged geld
ing In the morning. and Edwin Forrest IN the
afternoon.
Music is. very notwithstanding mare. n
chestnut standing full l6 hands. She is eleven
years old. and was got 10y Middetown, 10y
Rysdyk's Hambetonian. dam by Roe's Fiddler
n grandson Of Monmouth Eclipse. She is an
excellent doube-harness performer, and il hard
g bent single. We held the watch on her at
trgt in lI-oz or even ~ OF. shoe.
established, is as fine in all his points as q
2:25 his first season on the turl. but has trotted
mile on Mr.. Bonner's three-Iuartcr track in
| spceded together in double harness they pulled
road wagon mile on the throo-quarter track
slartle, bred at Stony Ford II years old. and
| 10y Rysdyks Hamblctnnian, dam by American
| Star. Is the biggest horse Tor his inches in the
| country. The muscular deveopnent OF his
| quarters lie simply immense. He Is ISL under
| the standard. is finely coated. and as docile in
| tcmporament rs lamb. Four days before his
| Nth birthday he trotted public trial at Pros
pect Park previously annnunced IN the Turf
Fteld aud FdI1itl in :l9'a Prior TO the improve
ment OF Fleetwood Park through rendering the
soil elastic. he turned the track IN 2:l9. AT that
time the best mile ever trotted in race at Fleet
defeating Goldsmith Maid and Lucy. startle
also trotted half mile IN .O4ls in harness. and
| 3d. scconds-a 2:lO gait The stallion was then
| put into the stud. and his 3-year-old colts are
! harness this year he trotted nile with ease in
| 1921 a. He wears lG-oz. shoe. but will extend
hl,Wseli better N shoe weighlng = pounds.
Molsey, bay mare, By Whitesdes Black
| Hawk first dam by Dallas, and second dam 10y
imp. Leviathan. Is scant 1872. She has speedy
form and was quite successful on the turf
whore she obtained a record OF 22l4. She has
since been timed n mile on the three quarter
Malice. years old. bred at woodburn. and
by Woodford Mambrino. out Of Malmaison. by
Alcxanders Abdallah. the sire Of Goldsmith
has the courage 70 trot All day. and 10 one OF
your improving kind. As slxyear-od she
showed mile in 2:29 on Mr. AlcSanderS
track. as seyen-yenr old a mile In 2;25A and
rs an eght-year old she troued a milo on Mr..
Bonners track in 220. She goes without toe
weights, and wears li-o2; shoe.
May Bird. BY George Wilkes. by Rysdyks
Hamblctonian. is black or brown mare, with
5 I1 over ~ The rum She HAS proVed herself
wonderful campaign mare, having won close
on 10 seventy heats in $3.50 or better, and gained
and 2:2i'i TO wagon. She wears 4 li-oz. shoe,
which often fines down 20 ~ o., and has trotted
q mile on Mr.. Bonner's track in 2:lSA
Maud Macy, "a chestnut mare. seven years
old. WIS bred in Kentucky and got by Joe
Hooker by Mambrno Chief, first dam by star
Denmark ana second dam 10y Camden. She
stands l5.2, has u splendid form and wears
l4-oz shoe. She has grown better md better
from year TO year As a two-year old she trot-
ted In 2 40, rs three-year old in a.. as four
year old in 23l. us five-year Old in 2:21 a, as
a six-year old in 2:23A, and as a seven year old
she pulled a sulky and n driver weighing $50
pounds mile on Mr Bonner's three-qunrter
track In 2;l7, the fastest time ever made on II.
She is q great mare and there is NJ, telling
where development in her will end Her fast
est mile was trOtted oct. 10. and the fractional
time was 81 l;07i., l;42h, 2:l7 Maud Macoy
goes well to the pole.
In addition to the ten 2;2O. horses above
named, Mr.. Bonner has. ut his farm Pocahon-
tas. who has trotted in 2I7h; Grafton. who
showed a public trial at Cleveland in 2:l5',;
joe Elliott with n public trial at Boston in
2I5]i Wellesley Boy who has trotted in 2:19li;
Eric. who has trotted In 2:20sa Manetta. who
has been timed in 2:22i, Astoria, the sister OF
Dexter, who has gone mile in 2:23A Centen-
nial who has trotted in 223A and Keene jim,
with four-year-old record OF 22ii None OF
these have been brought down from the farm.
for the reason that there are but ten boxes in
tha town atahlN