St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-27
B0NNER'S AMBITION.
He Wants to Own the Fastest OF All
TrOtters.
If Jay Eye See Lowers the Record Bonner
Buys Him.
lspecia! Telegram to the Globe. |

ICpeCia. ieieBrdu W Inc OiODe.
New York, Aug. 26-'I spare you just a
minute" said Mr.. Bonner to reporter to-day.
81 am going to Jay Eye See down at Pros
pect park. want to judge of his condition be-
fore the trial of speed.
sDo you go to see him with the intention OF
purchasing him."
''If Jay Eye See should beat Maud SIS time, .
said Mr.. Bonner, 81 will buy him if cam
''Have any negotiations been begun with Mr.
Case2''
"Negotiatons have been begun, but you must
stop there. I will say more about it. AS to
Maud S, Mr.. Bar has come on to New York, and
is to see me at my residence this evening. If ar
rangements can be made propose to send Maud
S. up to Hartford with Mr. Bair to see what she
can do
''What do you think of Maud s. now that you
have driven her, Mr.. Bonner?''
"Why, I find Mr.. Vanderbilt's words true. In
sending me receipt for the money he added,
You will find her simply perfection On Friday
| drove her myself, from my stables in Central
park, for an hour and half. She is quiet, gen.
tie and docile. A lady might jog her along in Il
light wagon, but of course on racing gait no
woman could hold her. This genteness is a
| characteristic of most high bred horses But il
you should strike her she would fight back. That
is characteristic of the sister of Maud S. Rus
sela which l have owned for some time. She is
named Russella from her dam, Miss Russell.
Russela is four years old and Maud is ten.
The little sister will do something worth telling
about YETI
''Do you think you can drive Maud S. as well
as Mr., Bair or any other driver:'
''To that question answer in this way; When
1 bought Dexter in 1867, Bud Dob!e, his old
driver announced at Buffalo after Dexter had
| trotted mile in ANY, I'll have him back in
| three years; Mr.. Bonner can't drive him; in
stead of having him back Mr.. Budd Doble came
| to borrow of me six weeks afte.ward the Hart
man bride. with which can drive any trotting
horse in the world Well I've got to go and see
Jay Eye zee, added Mr.. Bonner. starting up.
'Heres letter L received this morning. he
went on, tossing over an envelope. ''It's from
! G. n. Stone, former manager of Maud S. He
tried to buy her of Mr. Vanderbilt for 500, 900.
| The letter was as follows: "Mr, Robert Bonner
| Dear Sir: 1beg to take the liberty of congratu-
lating you on your purchase of Maud s, the best
trotter in the world. have taken great deal
OF interest in her, and although I would have
liked to own her myself, am glad she has passed
into your hands. With such opportunities that
you will give her, she should be able to reduce
the time to 2:0S or better. Wishing you the very
best success with your new purchase, l am very
respectfully, GEO. n. STONE,
| Cincinnati, Ohio
After Mr.. Bonner and Mr.. Bair had had Il talk
the evening Mr.. Bonner said: ''Maud is to
be speeded. The arrangement between Mr..
Bair and myself has been definitely settled. lie
is to start with the mare tom a special
car the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad for Hartford. 1t is arranged that Mr..
Bair shall train her for three or four weeks, and
| then Maud will be started to break the record
Do l think she will do it? certainly | do, and
every good horseman who knows anything about
| her say so too. One thing is certain; she will
| have ADLER conditions than ever before so far as
human foresight goes"
'You will allow the public to witness the per
formance?''
''Certainly. Everybody can go in. want the
public to enjoy it,
SIS the day set for the tral?''
sob, no. That depends on the mares con-
dtion, the weather, the track and many Other
considerations. Ample notice will be given
"What about your proposition to purchase Jay
Eye sees"
on jay Eye See. Further than that l ought not
to speak in justice to Mr.. Case
'What do you think Of him!''
81 have seen HIM several times. He is a nice
horse, very nice horse. I expect to see him at
the public exhibition to, morrow
The New York World of Today will say: The
| great jay Eye See trotting race against time
which was to have taken place over the Prospect
park course yesterday has been postponed until
| to morrow, and the race will then be of greater
interest If the little gelding beats the record
Maud record of 0924-he will belong to Mr..
| Bonner If not Mr.. Case will continue to own
him Bonner was in conference yesterday with
Hamilton Busby, OF the Turf, F'ietd and Farm,
relative to the price to be offered for the rival of
Maud S, and it was definitely settled that no pur-
chase should take place within three weeks.
"Now that Bonner has Maud s." said Busby,
''he does not especially care for Jay Eye See. AZ
| ter the great record made Mt Providence was en-
| powered to offer a certain sum for the gelding,
and at Chicago Nj. Case drew up contract UNI
der which he would sell his phenomenal trotter.
If Jay Eye See does 209A tomorrow, Bonner
will get the refusal of him for month Then
Maud S will be put in training and in three
weeks she will try to lower the record II she
fails Jay Eye See will belong to Bonner, who
stands ready to meet Cases terms, which are
not unreasonable. But as long as Maud stands
at the head of the list Bonner is satisfied, and
will not care to add to his stable