Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-10-23
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Bonner ThiuIss That Fnrus Can E"'' ST.
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NIT R.bert Bonner. of New York, whose pride it is 70 declare that nc owns tbe fastc-t tr0tting horse ln llt world devoted a few minutes Go the pumping of a newspaper man a rev ., days ago. and said oo h"t 'hInN tb.t 2.ltI( IS the fastest time ,hal can be made on a mIle track. for tHe ies- son tb9t | have timed RarGs myself iu 2:1lI5 on @ ihree-qU1rier iFac6- "hicu is befirr than 2.l1lf on a mile track. I consider Rarrs faster horse than St Jnlien and think nearly all eN- perienced hOrsemcn will tell yoe the same thing. although l think very birb1v of St. Julien. The troliins record will possibly be yet lowered to BOG. 2O.. or 2:GS. some horselheh think that two minutes will bereacbed, but hardly expect that. Rarus' l am confident. can trCt mile on a mile track in 2:I0 or better. You see I am limited on ny farm to three nuarfrr track. as it i~ difficult among inc hills orWiuChester cou2ty 10 get a mile track and have it level. When Lady Suffolk lro,ted in ?. 261s, or Flora Temple in 2:l9s1, u was thought that the record could not Oe beaten. There was the same opinion about Dexter's trotting in 2:ll1l, and I may say here that there are horse men who think his equal has never been fosIed. Eight years go however, tracks were not planned as level as billiard tables weights were uu- .,nown. and instead of 4S Gld 5O-pound sulkies. they had sulkies weighing from 1j tO 50 pounds. Now, the fast est mile that was made to wagon was that made by Edwin Forrest in ?: lj14 {; and although I paid SIG. GOO for him, he wouldn't have been worth $500 without toe weights To-day l wouldn't take S5J,00J for him, as l consider him the greatest wagon horse m the world. Maud s. wouldn't prob ably have been worth than more $500 without tOe-weights, either. When Mir. Vanderbilt bought her he would not uso them, but Maud $. couldn't % faster than an ordinary road horse without them, and now she trOts with toe-weights AstO the lighter suikies We have to-day, we are getting the trotting record down SO near to run ming horse time that every pound tells. Take two thoroughbred horses in En- gland worth for speed 10000 and 5000 guineas respectively Put twenty pounds more weight 0n the former than on the latter, and the 2,000 gUluea horse will beat his high priced rival. We have ten horses to-day that can bent ? 20, for one horse that could beat it before the introduction of toe-weights. ] believe we shall have still greater improvements that will materially reduce the record 9 MT. Bonner thought Q greater infusion of thoroughbred blood was necessary for the better improvement of our trOtting stock. He also said l intend shortly Co let Blrus or Edwin Forrest trot mile ou mile track, although ! cannot to-day give the particulars I am satisfied that Rarus can beat any horse in the world. I will not let my horses trOt in public for money and unless you go for money the horse receives no record for hIs performance. As l never trot my horses for money, if RarUs should make 2.lO at the public performance I have spoken Ol he would not get this merely technical record. no mat ter how many thousand spectators witnessed the feat.