Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-18

Robert Bonner in New York World.
Al have just read in the California Breeder
xNd Sportsman not over courteous article
| in which the editor asks ho has ever heard
of horse training on after Mr.. Bo ner
purchased him, and suggests that begin
ming be made at my farm for information in
that line
/ Perhaps il may interest the public il I
begin at the farm and state that have bred
and raised a yesrling only yesrling
have ever had in harness shat trotted a
quarter in ~ seconds, n two-year oil that
,rotted a 2.3l gait, a four yesr-olr tha,
tro.ted a full mile in 222 | 4. and an aged
horse (Msjolica) that has public record Of
2l5
Besides these have raised a number of
horses that have trotted in the neghborhood
of 2 20.
But a. the editor Of the Califo'ni Breeder
aud Sportsman wants to know about those
that have trained on since they came into my
posses on, will try and crafty him. In
the Il r.t place will give him shining eI-
ample"
When Maud S. came into my possession
she WAS lame in her of hind leg. and had
been lame In it so long that Blair, her old
trainer. SAID mo veterinary surgeon can
SOP that lameness," but, after she hnd been
shod under my directions he trained her that
year to beat her record, and she trotted in
2.09t She trained on the following year not
merely TO beat the world, but to beat herself
by trotting in 0sa.
Rarus came into my possession with a
record of 2.l3t Afterward timed him in
ana
| Edwin Forrest Just before bought him
trot'ed in "a in an exhibition mile in Hart
| ford. Since | owned him he has tro,ted in
2l3i
! Music, when I bought her, had a record of
22lt She trotted for me in 2 lsi.
/ Msybird had record of 22l, and since I
have owned her she has trot,ed in 2.l8f.
Keen Jim had record Of 10. but after
bought him timed him in 2 l4i
| Molsey had re ord of 2.2if, and | re-
duced her time to lsi
John Taylor had record of 2 25. and he
tro'ted for me in 1874
Wellesley Boy, with a record of 26, re-
duced it to I 1911 and Pocahontas, for whom
/ ever purchased except Maud 5 and Sunol
had record of 1926 when bought her.
| | have timed her since | owned her in 2 l6i
| Startle. for whom I paid 500 900 when he
was three years old. had q record of 2 SO
| He TRAINED on With only my road driving
to trot publicly advertised trial as Ave
year-old in ? 1874, without having been even
one night out of my city stable. He was
the FIRST horse to turn Fleetwood Park in 2 10
Macy had record Of ? 27a when bought
her She was the first horse to do 2 II on
exercising track on my farm. and has since
rotted in 2.l6a
Manetta when bought her had trotted in
2.42 for Mr.. Alexander of Kentucky. John
Murphy afterwards drove her in let on my
track.
Lucy Cuyler had trotted for Col West of
Kentucky in 20 when | bought her; subse-
quently she was timed in l54 t, wagon on
NV track and trotted publicly on Fleetwood
track. top wagon. in los, the fastest time
ever made IN that way of going.
In 1860 bought from Mr. Johnston, a
Baltimore banker. the well-kno~n mare
Peerless. At that time she had record of
% to wagon and was being trained by that
great driver, Hiram Woodruff I took her
home and drove her on the road for aaout
t~o years, when I sent her back TO Mr..
Woodruff 10 train. One day he told the we'll
Known Wall street broker, William Parks.
and IN, self thai he could drive her to beat the
best time that had ever been made by any horse
to wagon He named the following Satur-
day. and on that day Parks and two other
gentlemen went into the judges stand. and
tim, d her mile to wagon in 2.23t which
BY the way, 10 the fastest mile Hiram Wood
ruh wss ever timed in his life, either in pub
lie or in private. behind trottire horse.
I hope have now Satisfied the editor of
the Caiifort ia Breeder and Sportsman that
owned few horses that have GRAINED on. -