New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-19
MIR. BONNERS FAMOUS PETS.

| A GLANCE AT HIS GREAT STABLE.
TIE FARM Ar TARRYrowS AND HOW TO GET
| THERE-sOMR ACCOUNT CF now EARUs, EDWIN
FORREST DEXTER AND OTHER RENOWNED TKOI'
TERs LOOK AND ACT
An lovers of horses know of tho stables OF
Robert Bonner NJ his farm Tarryown. One bright
cool morning recently TRIBUNE reporter started with
Mr. Bonner for trip TO the farm. IL was siiil carly
morning when the train stopped az Tarrytown car
riaee awaited Mr. Bonner the station. and in the re-
porter and tie Editor Of The LcdgsF speeding
| over the hard well-kept road Tlc rolling well wooded
country OF goll ami crimson, through whicn
rose here md there baementod towers OF modern
cas- les Occasionally opening In the gorgeous trees
showed a Queen Anne cottage pcrched emincnce.
or some old Dtch farmhouse nestled In quiet valley
and surrounded by brown cl Is from which h harvcsts
had long eince been gathered. Al this tod of the sea
son when the frost ia in the pun?kia AID the corn
! Is in the shock"
A. the feet u the feet horses beat lively music on
the compact road and ;he pur, air OF The cAly morning
sent tbs bo3i tinsn; thr)1sl the veins. Mr. Bonner
ccnversed his horses This, cal hc indie ltiag
oae ~ the cheatnut grllgs which drew the cIria-e,
| "is Grafton who has trottcd in 2lji9. Tn; otherls
Walton, Who has male 2:2i see hos troiiinE horsea
have improved. Wac1 Grst began driving Flora lie n
pie was the only amin Il the tart TAFT collI max,
that time In those days Walton woad nave been con
ler,l great horse. Now lie is regarded IS OF no AZ
count"
How dill it happen tint you began to e't together
snch "A magnificent collection OF ann1s Mr. BonnerF
"Wel boat twenty-five years ago was IN very poor
he ,Iti.-all run down. Ny physician toll me 70 ger
lr.c and try driving dill 81; ana havt been mn1t
enthusiastic lover oftIe exercise ever s!Ice Incger
bet on a hprse-raca or allow my horses -
trut fur money. Everybody knows that For ta.' roa
son tae time by h0res since they have been IA
INV possession technical record that b'lng only
obi aimed wien horse ;ro;s in public Tor money. SCI
out IT, prove that own and drive fact horees
without making gambler Of himself Nr Beech;r SAID
- ma once: Mr.. Bonner, "a lang as yo1 don't bel your
| position is Us irn a ha everlasting hills
RI mia time the valley ~ the sawmIii River had been
ma sod md the w.llte buildings and heiis 81 Mr
Eonne,s farm were in sight, crawning stecp bill to the
nnrthward The bright green Of the fields on the farm
was i marked contrast with the brown Of the surround
,c ones This Mr. Bonner ascbcs to the liberal use Of
,sbes and other fertlizrs. raise very little except
nav on my farm said he and able. by the liberal
use Of fertilizers 10 Get nearly 'hEcc "nc' 40 uh "
| the ncrc a my neIeibors do .,., 49,, ,
There was cXhIlaraton in that ride an the gorles
U %or tdT behind those two feet horses, and
the reporter Was s9S 49, 1 hc crest q, hit r. ia
| ,hnut tlrrp niles east OF TarrytOw1 and Commands
a. ~iy o All mat region rra, Sleepy Iolowin which
me NV 81 Trying We Inc.rs Were. TO tho
sou Re 49, bselk IN the nil, shove thc blue witert 2t
The sand The summit of the nn 'at. snhil pa
team aud herr Mr Banner nas MS trncH threegaricrs
OF a mile IL length. The farm II Oh ne dvldE ana
mo the sonal aud that which falls on the honestretch
finds s way TO TIE Hn La Irm ing o. 19 tr
tr,ls a: spced neat title farm house STANDS Dy the
gate ana ei r ts arse bail iing shaped Ike letter
/ Tnese are the stables where the trolltIs are kept
iree harm AS Mt and the reporter were whred
around Mr.. Bonner pointed Hnt some oil ni'
| h,rsn, thai were roaming about tue hells
sad he PonS So Gfg G the oH es Of I The
nal wa ta I'S"F a5 Maid She is thirty years cid
and not ready die yet by any means But alI herr
ninhs are over, poor old mare. In May lS62 FiatbuI
| al Will Palmer
Two miles j:0tA" The mIre as II sho Enew tIai hsr
record being cauyassed kicked up der H"e'' anu
tcir OF the stables made Al along the
front o. the bud.ags are sliding doors and eacn door
opens roomy compartment each horse having ono
oi these TO himst sala NJ , bGnne ho, a.
She has troted In =: 70 10 sulky me next anins!
| Waited was Mamie Il. There" said her owner inns Is
pr0baby ras! est marc Of her szo III the World enc
has trottel quarter "a 81 seconds and woaid Gcat 1e
| record II she could hold oat but you sec enc
"a moi ar.e enough. she has TOO much speed for
her small body. But the muscles Of those Hanks
how strong tLey ana now steep the slope from the
crown OF her hip down to hcF tall she qua lndTfa,
Was mat there wasn't more of her Mamie - hist saw
the light in lS0s ana n Is e anI ace Ins not Vet stolen
tle yicur from limbs Eric. the first four-y od
hat ever trotted in 22s stabbed next to Mamie b.
lie has trotted 2:2l Mr. BOnners track In one OF
| the compartments was n brown mare that looked
ar TS "q Maae sid inc m o0G noqHc Ss has
made the fastest two miles win runnin$ ina maze
S,The remarkable feat accomplished on saturday
November l l. MaGeta being hitcled to road wagon,
Min Iongiran as running mate. the trial was on hr
BonnOrs rack The first mile was made IN 2;l42 ana
tie second in 2:l2A. 49, -, .., o.oc, a,roa
nv Belmont son OF the dam OF Maud g., ana Russell,
cid full s.stcrtO Maud g. were next visited
Twin Forest received the visitors very kindly hut OBJ
iected TO being pated or touched In any way e had
re Ssms i Hetwaen him and Mr. Bonner al
last gave in and his good points were freely admired
Tasn Mr. hd Gss"f BY the ere Of LonGsow and
| can
Ina leisure We call him Long'nan because he bas such
Icnr bolv ;" said MIR Bonner. Horses very often get
hsi, names ircn physical Characteristics. Old Harper
down in Kentucky who owned tue great thoroughbred
on cfeo1 never heard Of tue post until the hSrSe MAJ
The famous Rarrs occu?iee compartment similar to
the others The first thing that one notices aoou Rarus
ia The inn power in his muscular TANKS, the steep
from GP to tall S%d the nook s 81 M IN
that no always be depended on Other horses are
in h G ii lie has TSeG mile in 2i on my
trree.auarter nile track here, which IL equal 10 2ioA
on r'e arce yeSriing colt am trying an ex
permtni with this colt said Mr.; Bonner Before the
r Th ns pasture every night and given ak quarts Of
r aats nave had him fed abundanty since nc has
maj aide MG WEIGHS 3S2s RGd3 IT,, Many
horses ssrs Tssd aons tnem ksen 70 1o MIN
With 2: !:i9is aud 6aayey, WIZ M. has been
TGrdge Who kas trotted in 222 Las never been out
side the farm gate startle s the first Gotte: that ever
half mile In l04la In speaking OF the development
OF speed IN uot[ng horses, M Bonner said . have
now in my stable three times many horses that can
beat there were In the country twenty i've years
ago" ...,, - .
roads he said frequently have driven up from New
York with my best horses and have always found that
they roted fully well tho next day. think long
drive rather beneficial THAI otherwise. IL Is the pace
that hurts horse not the length Of the drive. When
aver Dexter has been the city 10 the farm he has
bsen driven and back" In Mr. Bonners stable In this
city the veteran Dexter in his twenty fourth year
a A TRIBUNE reporter visited the stable recently and
found the celebrated animal comfortably housed in
large stall lie does not look young he did