Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-12
VOL. LVI NEW SERIES, VOL. xxx.

salu ner owner, this Is probably thu
9 fastest mare of her size in the world
She has tfotted quarter i'll 81 seconds
and would beat the record if she coult
hold out but you see she is not large
enough. She has too much speed for he
small body. But sec the muscles of thos,
TANKS. Here are the driving wheels. Sc,
how finely for med, yet how strong, they
are, and how steep the slope is from th,
crown of her hip down to her tail" She
did, indeed seem an animal built fol
great speed, and the only pity. was that
there wasn't more of her. Mamie b. first
saw the light in 1868, and is therefore
fourteen years old. She is in excellent
condition, and age has not yet stolen tho
vigor from her limbs. Erie, the first
four-year old that ever trotted in 22Sl, is
stabbed next to Mamie b. He has trot.
ted in 2.21 on Mr.. Bonners track. In
one of the compartments was brown
mare that looked around inquiringly as
the door was slid back. "This is Manet-
ia, said Mr.. Bonner "She has made
the fastest two miles with running mate
ever made, having trotted that distance in
4.27t, This remarkable feat was accom-
plished on Saturday, November 1lth,
Manetta being hitched to n road wagon
with Longman as running mate. The
trial was on Mr.. Bonner's track. The
hrst mile was made in 2.1ii, and the Sec
ond in @ 12s.
Nutbourne, a gray stallion with a rec
ord of 2.2Gi, sired by Belmont, a son of
the dam of Maud S., and Russell, two
year-old full sister to Maud S., were next
visited. Edwin Forrest received the WIS.,
itors very kindly, but objected to being
patted or touched in any way. He had n
record and he knew it. Consequently n
disagreement ensued between him and
Mr.. Bonner. The animal at last gave in
and and his good points were freely admired.
Then Mr.. Bonner led the way to Long
man, horse by the sire of Longfellow
and having the same granddam. Any
one interested in genealogy can figure out
his relationship at his leisure. "Wo call
hlm Longman because he has srch long
body, said Mr. Bonner. ''Horses very
often get their names from physical char
actoristics. Old Harper down in Ken
lucky, who owned the great thoroughbred
Longfellow, never heard of the poet until
the horse had made n reputation.
The famous Rarus occupies a com
partment similar to the others. The first
thing that one notices about Rnrus is the
immense power in his muscular hanks.
the steep slope from hip to tail, and the
look of determination in his eyes. "Thc
beauty of Rhrus,' said Mr.. Bonner, ''is
that,he can always he depended on. 9th !
er horses are uncertain, but Rarus always
puts forth all the speed there is in him.
de has trotted mile in 2.11l on my
three-quarter mile track here, which is
equal to 2,10i on mile track One of
the grooms led ont into the stablc-yard n
large yearling colt 81 am trying an ex-
pertinent with this colt, )" said Mr.. Bon
ner. Before the colt was weaned used |
to have the mother brought in from the |
pasture every night and given six quarts
of oats. l have had him fed abundantly
since he has learned to eat. You see the |
result is the fine large animal he has
made. He weighs 1862 pounds" Many
other horses were visited, among them
Keen jim, with record of 2. 49,. Malice,
full sister of Manetta, with record OF |
2.l9!, and Convoy, who has been driven
by Murphy two miles i'll 4.i5:. The stall |
hon Eldridge, who has trottcd in 3D.,
has never been outside the farm gate.
Startle is the first trotter that ever turn
ed Fleetwood course mile in 219. He
has trotted half mile in 1.OII In
speaking of the development Of speed in
trotting horses, Mr.. Bonner said 81
have now in my stable three times MS
many horses that can beat 80 as there
were IN the country twenty-five years
ago.
In regard to the driving of trotting
horses over country roads he said "l
have frequently driven up from New
York with my best horses and have al
ways found that they trotted fully as well
the next day. l think IL long drive is
rather beneficial than otherwise. 1t is
the pace that hurts horse, not the length
of the drive. Whenever Dexter has been
from the city to the farm he las been
driven up and back" In Mr.. Bonners
stable in this city is the veteran Dexter,
now in his twenty-fourth year. A Trib-
INC reporter visited the stable recently,
and found the celebrated animal com
fortably housed in large box stall He
does not look as young as he did when his
record Of ala astonished the world, and
his four white feet setat naught the rhym-
ing rule Of horse-dealers "One white
foot, buy him two white feet, try him
three white feet, look well about him
four white feet, go on without him." Still
there is life in old Dexter yet, and IN Ter
the kind and careful treatment which he
receives he will probably last for some
years.