Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-08
Fast irnItIn1.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. BoNNER-HE PREDICTS
THAT ALL PAST RECORDS WILL BE BEATEN
INeE YOrk Herald.

New York Herald
Although the remarkable performance OF 81.
julien Ia uotting mile In gil has excited
aCm1lng Comment In sporting circles Mr., Robert
Bonner IS confident that one or TWO OF HIS IN
nous hofSeS can lower the time still further Mr.
Bonner is or the opinion that the fastest D0sSI-
DE Tine L as Dy no means been made by trOtting
horSeS, aud that nile in 200 may some time
ne reached He expects soon TO afford the pub
Iic the opportunity of witnessing the attempt OF
RarqS 10 trot mile IN quicker time, or be may
Iut EDWIN Forrest on his mettIe to beat any
time yet made. a Herald reporter asked
Thought bof 16e rqcG ysserdy whether he
time that could be made in a mile trot.
81 do not think So" replied Mr.. Bonner. empha-
t.cally, for the reason that have timed Barus
myself In 2:l1H on three quarter track, which
Is better than PHI i on mile track. considar
RaTuS faster horse than ST. julien, and |
thiBk nearly all experienced horsemen will tell
you the same thiag. although l think very
possibly yet be lowered to 200, 2:07. or Dos.
Some horsemen think that two minutes Will be
reached, cut hardly expect that. Rarus am
conhdent, can trot mile On a mile track in
2:10, OF better. You see / am limited on my
farm TO three-quarter track, as 1t is dlfficIlt
among the hills OF WeStchester County to get a
Lady Suffolk trotted in 2:26E. or Flora Ten en-
PIE Ia 2:l?fi, 1t was thought that the
record could not be beaten. There was the
same opinion about Dexter's trottng In 2:l7l4,
ana may say here that there are hoarsemen
Who think his equal has never been foaled
Eight or ten years ago, however, tracks were
not planed as level as billiard tables. toe
weights were unknown. and, instead OF forty
eight ard hity-pound sulkies they had sulkieS
weighing seventy live to eighty pounds Now
me fastest mile to wagon was that male by
Edwin Forrest In 2:l5lt, and, although paid
$4,000 for him. he wouldn't have been worth
$500 without toe-weights. To-day | wouldn't
axe $4,000 for him, as | consider him the
Geaies5 wagon horse In The world. Maud S.
wouldn't probably have been worth $500 with
out 'tGe-Weights,' either. When Nj. Wander
bit bought her he wouldn't use them but
Maud $. couldn't so faster than an ordinary
trotS With toe-weights IS to the lighter
sUihieS we have To-Day, we are getting the trot-
ing record down SO near TO running horse time
that every pound tells. Take tTo thorOugh-bre
horseS Ia England worth, Tor speed, 10000 aud
2.GtG gCineaS. respectively. Put twenty pounds
more weight on the former than on the latter
and the 2Uco guinea horse vii! beat his higher
priced rlVal. AS we have ten horses to-day that
can beat 2:20 for one horse that could beat it be
fore the Introduction OF toe weights / believe
we shall have still greater Improvements that
VIII materially reduce the record
From what stock Is the finest trotting per-
torrance likely to be obtained?r
I've want greater infusion Of thorough
bred blood in our trotting horses. That VIII
give them more speed and endurance. Fifteen
or twenty years ago We looked TO Maine ana
Vermont Tor uott1ng horses. During the last
ten years or SO orange county has been drawn
uron, where there is more thoroughbred blood,
ard now we are getting horses from Kentucky
which are still more thoroughbred. Although
there is difference OF opinion among horse
inen as 10 breeding. IL is conceded that If you
want 20 breed 2:30 horse you can do Sd with
more certainty by combining yourself to our
troJllEg horses; but IL you want a world beater
III Tie future, you must have an infusion OF
thoroughbred blood"
In View OF st. Julien-S recent record, the re.
porter recalled TO hr. Bonner his offer OF
SlJOCt0 some years ago for horse that could
beat certain performance or Dexter.
II made such an of1er," replied Mr.. Bonner.
when drove Dexter TO road wagon on Pros
pect Park in 2:2lfI lie carried 3l9 pounds on
that occasion, being timed by MeSSrS. VIM. NJ.
Parks, JAS. Bache, George c. Hall and several
other gentlemen. ! offered Slo3, 1913 for any
horse that could equal that performance with
such a weight"
The reporter suggested that if RaruS could
bring ST. Juliens record down to 2:0S or 2.09
public trial OF his speed would be keenly appre-
ciated. Mr.. Bonner then made the following
announcement:
~ L intend shortly to let RaruS or Edwin For
rest tr0t mile on mile track, although can
not to-day give the particulars. | am satisfied
that RaluS can beat any horse IN the world j
VIII not let my horses trot In public for money,
and unless you go for money the horse receives
DO record for bis performance. AS never troJ
my horses for money, If RaruS should make 2:lO
at the public performance have spoken or he
would not get this merely technical record no
matter how many thousand spectators Wit
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