Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-12
HsEs. EsENxEE's PETS.
Something .:bout lis Eamiou. rGor>
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.N'" Ao'h Trmnc.l
All lovers of horses know of the stables
of Robert Bonner nj his fnrm ncnr Torrv-
town. One Lriolt. cool morning recent
Iva TriGu,, reporter started with Mr.
Bonner for a trip to the farm. II was
still carly morning when the train SION
ned at lnrryiowu. A rorrinrc awaited
Mr.. Bonnarat ,nr station. and in if tLe
rcportcr and fine editor Of the Icduc,
were soon speeding over the hard, well.
kept road. The rolling, we!l-wooded
country was Il sea Of cold and crimson
through which rose here and there the
battlemented towers of modern castles.
Occasionally an npauiup in the rorreous
trees showed IL Queen Anne cottage rerch-
ed on an cmncncc. or some old bntch
farmhouse nestled in A auict valley and
surrounded by brown fields. from which
the haryosts had long since been gather.
ed. All this told Of the season when
the frost is in the pumpkin, and the corn
is in the shock"
As the feet Of the fleet horses beat n
lively music on the compact road. and
the puro air OF the chilly morning seut
the blood tingiinrthroI,.h the veins Mr.
Bonner comyersld about hi, horses,
"This, said he, indicating one of the
cheatrut ceilings which drew the cnr-
riage, sis Grafton. who has trottod in
2.1jI. The other is Walton. who has
made 2.2l. See how trottinr horses have
improved. When | first began driving
Flora Temple was the onlv animal ON lie
turf that could make that time. In those
DAYS Walton would have been considered
n great horse. Now he is REGARDED Of no
account.
GLOW did ii happcn that Won hoqn. To
get together such magnificent cullec.
ton Of animals. Mr. BonnerY"
"Well, about twenty-five years ago |
was in ycty Door healtl-ail run down
My physician told me to get a horse and
Try driving. / did So: and have been n
most enthusiastic lover OF the oyorcisn
ever since. ! never bet on . hnr3e. e.rnce
or allow my horse. .g trot for money
Everybody knows that. For this reason
the time made bv INV horses since they
have been in NV p5ssegsion is mo-, n tech.
nical record, that being only obtained
when horse trots in public lor money.
/ set out tu prove !nnt man can own
and drive gaAt horses without making n
gambler of himself. Mr.. BeecLor said
to me once Mr.. Bonner. AS long ms
YOU douI bet. your position is os firm as
the everlasting hills"
Bv this time the valley Of thc s,nvm;ll
river has boon pa..rI mud the ,,litc
building, urd ,recn folds nf Mr. Ron.
ners farm were in sight. crnwning n steen
hill to the uorthwnd The brirIt oreen
of the fields ON the farm was in mS rkoI
contrast with the brown of the sIrrouI,l.
ing ones. This Mr.. Bonner asrribes to
the liberal use OF ashes and other fertiii.
Hers. II raise very little excent bov on
NV farm ,.oid he ..aul am ohln ~ tho
liberal use of fertilizers. TO act nearly
three times MS much TO the aero ,,a NV
neighbors do.
There was pa e>h,hration in that rude
amid tho elorics Of the autumn. in fin,
clear. crisp air of the morning behind
these two fleet horses. and the reporter
was sorry when the fam gate was reach
ed. The farm, as stated above. ia on tL,
crest of Il hill. 1t is about three mile,
east OF Tarrytown, and commands a fin,
view OF all that region from Sleeny Hol
low, in which the spirit of Irving We
fingers, to where. away TO the southeast
break in the hill, shows the blue water,
nence is n small plateau. and here Mr.
Bonner has his track. three quarters of
mile in length The farm il nm tl,a "a;
vide" and the water that falls ON th,
back part of the track flows into Nh,
Sound. and that which falls ON tho home
stretch finds its way to the Hudson. Th,
drainage of the colir,e is excellent ond :;
is always kept in good condition for trial
of speed. < neat little farmhouse stonI
by the gate, and near it is the carriage