Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-21
A WONDERFUL STABLE.
The Foremost Collection Of TrOfting
Horses in the World.
From the Turf. Fee d and Farm

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avenue, ten .orses every one of which. with q,
single excep Ion, has trotted in 2:a9 or better.
The exception is Mamie B., by Edward Everett,
dam st. Lawrence Maid, one of a pair driven
several years by Commodore Vanderbilt. She
Is diminutfye specimen of hOrSefieSh, standing
but al. UnqueStionably she is the fastest trot-
ter in the world Of her size. She has pulled a
wagon mile on tlrec-Guarter track in Peg !.
and has been timed a mi e in harness in 2:2l / .
She Is fairly flying on the road now aud M
Allie Bonner does not hesitate to brush with
wen he may. for she has shown 4 qalTter in
321 seconds. She wears a 1907. shoe.
Edwin Forrest, the pheno ,nenal tratter, tow
ers like giant in size above the little mare
Nowhere, among tirst-clasS flyers, can be found
a contrast so striking in all its features. The
beautiful bay, as he has been Apr ppriately
called, is fraction over IL hands; his head de-
notes intelligence, the brain being prominent
He is wide between the jaws, high In the with
erS, immense through the chest, possesses great
length and powerful quarters, with dropping
hips. the forearm Is long, the cannon bone
short, and the haunch is unusually broad and
strong. The feet are good and sound. and the
legs are without blemish Every muscle, every
line lin speaks OF power and speed: He is years
the son of AleXander's Edwin Forrest
his dam was htgh-bred mare, said to be a
gra grand a,a OF the great Leviathan.
Edwin Forrest looks like massive thorou RI
bred, and he is full of thorough blood In the
spring OF 1877 he appeared at kalamazoo, wear
Ing 1s-oz. tee weights. He was then six years
miles before attempting to pull him into trot
He showed terrific speed, but had not had work
enough to make him steady. From Mtchi yan
he went to Kentucky. where, in the early au-
Lumn OF 1870, ne was conspicuous as q bad
actor. Later In the fall he contested three races
with the great mare Proteine, and beat her in
every one of them. He trotted through the
reached Cleveland, the last week in July, was
as good an acting and as fast a horse as the
world ever saw; At this time he wore COZ. toe
the most formidable ever seen On a trotting
course. 1t included Darby, Edward. Tram DO
line, DICK Moore, and'WOOdfOrd MambrinO and
yet he vanqulshed them without an effort. His
only defeat in the Grand Central Circuit was at
Utica, where he was not allowed to win. At
Hartford Forrest trotted an exhibition mile in
2:14%, and in the repeat went to the half-mile
pole In 1:0514 where no other horse has yet gone
In race. Along the backstretcil competenr
critics say he trotted twO-minute gait. He left
his feet, and Green pulled him up and came
home at his ease, having made two breaks, in
2:l6. Those who have carefully watched the
career OF Edwin Forrest are confident that he is
the peer OF any horse in the wOrld-that if he
meets with no accidents he will trot q mile NEXT
year in PIP, or possibly 2:10 Mr.. Bonner is
driving him on the road in One-pOund shoes for
ward and In half-pound shoes behind
Dexter, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, dam by
American Star, is 90 years old. He attracts. il
possible, more attention in Mr.. BOnner'S stable
than Edwin Forrest. He was the first horse to
trOt in 2:1114, his present record, and he was
desire is made manifest to look upon him in re-
tiIement. Had he been kept on the track he
would have beaten 2:14. In his race against
Ethan Allen and running mate he was timed a
mile In 2:16 At Prospect Park Mr.. Bonner
d; owe Dexter to road wagon, weight S19 pounds,
mile in 2:21 -, q performance which has never
pee &c, eguaied: The once Wllte-faced king of
me turf IS as young, to all appearances, as a
lX-year old. He is as playful as vigorous, and
as full of life as when he made his farewell bow
TO the public at Chicago. Although he looks at
the timid in such a way as to frIghten them, he
attendants, and eyes with tender appreciation
the hand Which offers him piece of carrot or
lump OF sugar. Mr.. BonnerwaS not seen On the
road for nearly year until on last Thanksglv-
ing day, and then he rode out behind Dexter.
1t is his custom to drive the white-legged geld
Ing In the morning, and Edwin Forrest in the
afternoon.
Music is very notwithstanding mare. a
chestnut, standing full Is hands. She is eleven
years Old, and was got by Middletown, by Rvs
dyk's Hambleton1an, dam by Roes Fiddler, a
grandson OF Monmouth Eclipse She is an ex-
cellent le-harness performer, and is hard
to beat single. We held the watch on her at
Mr.. Bonners track, mile in 2:1sas. She will
trOt In 14-OZ. or even 1907. shoe.
John Taylor, 9 years old, and pedigree not
established, is as fine in all his points as
thoroughbred. He gained public record Of
225 his first season on the turf, but has trotted
mile on Mr.. Bonner's three-quarter track in
Pisa. The first time he and Music were ever
Speeded together In double harness they pulled
road wagon mile On the three-quarter track
In 2:23.
Startle, bred at Stony Ford II years old and
by Rysdyks- Hambletonian, dam by American
Star, is the biggest horse for his inches in the
country. The muscular development of his
quarters is simply immense. He Is ISL under
the standard, is finely coated, and is docile in
temperament as lamb. -Four days before his
nth birthday he trotted public trial at Pros
Field and FARM in 2:191. Prior to the improve
ment of Fleetwood Park, through rendering the
soil elastic, he turned the track in 2:19 At that
time the best mile ever trotted in a race at
Fleetwood was in 2:19H, won by American Girl
and defeating Goldsmith Maid and Lucy Startle ,
also trOtted half mile in 1:04k. in harness,
and pulled road wagon at Fleetwood quar-.
ter In 324 SecondS-a 2:10 gait. The stallion
was then put into the stud, and his s-year old
colts are promising. The only time he was
started up IN harness this year he trotted a
but will extend himself better in a shoe weigh,
ing II pounds.
Molsey, bay mare, by Whteside's Black
Hawk, first dam by Dallas, and second dam by
imp. LeV1athan, Is Scant 1872. She has q
speedy form and was quite successful on the
turf, where she obtained a record Of 221sl. She
has since been timed mile on the three-quarter
Malice, years old, bred at WOODBURY., and by
W0odford Mambrtno, out OF Malmaison, by
Alexander's Abdallah, the sire of Goldsmith
Maid; Is neryy up-headed bay mare, 1872. She
your improving kind. AS q slX-year-old she
showed mile in 2:29k on Mr.. AIexander's
track, as Seven-year-Old q mile in 2:25s: and
as an eight-year-old she trotted mile on Mr.
BOnner's track in 2:2O. She goes without toe
weights, and wears 14-OZ shoe.
May Bird, by George Wilkes, by Rysdyk's
llambletonian, Is black or brown mare with
three white feet ISL i over the Withers and Is
over the rump. She has proved herself a won
derful campaign mare, having won close on to-
seventy heats In 2:30 or better, and gained rec
ord OF 2:191l to saddle, 2:21 in harness, and
A
which often fines down to 12-oz, and has JrOtted
mile on Mr.. BOnnerS track in 21Ss1.
Maud Macy, a chestnut mare, seven wears
old, was bred in Kentucky, and got BY Joe
Hooker, by MambrinO Chief, first dam by Star
Denmark and second dam by Camden. She
stands 1872, has a splendid form, and wears a
l4-oZ. shoe. She has grown better and better
from year TO year. AS tWO-year-Old she
trOtted in 2:49, as three year-Old in 2:44 as a
four-yearOld in 2:31, as five-year-Old in 2:2Is!
as siX-year-Old In 2:23L, and as seven-year-
old she pulled Sulky and driver Weighing
$50 pounds mile on Mr.. BOnners three-quar-
ter track In 2:17, the fastest time ever made on
1t. She Is great mare, and there is no telling
where development in her will end Her fastest
mile was trotted October IT, and the fractional
gees well to the pole.
MI. Bonner has, at his farm, PocahOntas, who
has trOtted in 2:1754; Grafton, who showed a
pubic trial at Cleveland in 2:15h; Joe Elliott,
with public trial at Boston in 2:i5b Is: Wellesley
Boy, who has trOtted in 2:191; Erie, who has
trOtted IN 22O31; Manetta, who has been timed
In 2:221a; Astoria, the sister of Dexter, who has
gone mile In 2:23a4; Centennial, who has trOt-