New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-11
crrNOL IN HER NEW HOME.
~,,r o,rEEy OF TRoTrERs COMES TO TOWN.
owyrg, ROBERT BONNER, TAKES OFF HIS
HAT TO HER-How SHE LOOKED
IN HER STALL.


IN, has arrived She came IN yesterday on tho
.,nrrss train from Buffalo reaching the city soon
-. O'Clock in the morning. Robert Bonner in a
s.,.oat met her at the Office OF the American Ex-
- company at Forty sixth-st., and took off his hat
-, She was captive to Charles Marvin. the noted
lar and driver nom Pao Alto. the breeding farm
:, s.nstor Leland stanford and In the immediate
,.-re OF wheelock, who has been her constant COM
.a,on these two years. Mr.. Bonner took the side
rals with Marvin. and wheelock took the middle of
AZ street with sunol, and the party walked to Mr..
,nsrs stable at Nos and IL West Fifty seventhst.
The great trOttcr for which Senator Hearst is said
=. have offered s250O00 but for which Mr.. Bonner
"a. AL COO Thousand more than he paid for Maud ST.
= ,osked up for awhile in the stall formerly occupied
49, Wand {. She came out In few hours fine as
~. and in the language Of her owner light as a
- There was not a pimpe on her. Mr.. Bonner's
at attention devoted to her feet. He called in
~ tavorite blacksmith. who took of her shoes
"a examined her hoofs. They were in excellent
r,aon but not precisely the greatest horseshoer
d the world wanted them so he shod her again, after
.,anclng her feet after the style which has made Mm
sue wherever horses feet are known. Each shoe
~as tried on marble slab to II it in perfect
,haue after which it was applied cold to the foot Mr.
manner himself seeing that the nails properly
ii and driven. The mare then fed.
A Tribune reporter called the new queen of the
,otng turf in the evening and took OF his hat TO her
Tbeu Mr. Bonner had her mblanketed and led into the
al NJ his handsome stable. where WheelOck walked
her up and down half dozen times. She is mar
velous creature TO look at. She looks like Raceland,
,.esuse she is so low in front and so high behind.
vhsn You get behind her You a great o. legs
md muscle taperng from the tail to the shoulders.
S,r hooks like a kangaroo, she is much lighter be
,.,. than behind Her propelling power in
,ss lind quarters dwarfs everything else. At her
vithers she scarcely 16 hands. At her Group she
k1sa No picture can do her Justice She is far
tom beautiful. She is not even handsome. She
. almost ugly. But when you take her all in you
.v. Here Is a wonder" No such conformation ever
was seen Power, power, power you see In every
toni and muscle. She has reached back, which does
NOT add TO her comeliness. and she carries her head
,rav down almost TO her knees, head well-shapen,
sensible head.
Mr. Bonner was in ecstasies. He like school
k,r with new top, which he wanted TO spin for the
..tsfaction amusement and enlightenment OF the
rhole world There was no sign Of lameness all re
parts 10 the contrary notwithstanding. She weighed
1910 pounds. about forty more than Maud S. Last
year IN Philadelphia she weighed 935. She will not
row much heavier, she Is now nearly SIX years
on Today she will be hitched up with AL
,-d S. and Mr.. Bonner and Marvin will take
drive through the Park. Let us all be
there 10 see! II has been said that Mr. Bonner
,4dbot drive her. 1t was said that he could not
drive Dexter but he did.
All talk of her lameness is absurd. Such stuff must
have been sent out by enemy. On December 3
senator Stanford wrote to Mr.. Bonner as follows:
sumo left for the East Monday evening, November 30
4, charge OF Mr.. Marvin The day she left L had her
walked around and showed indications that could
perceive Of ameness. Had this ameness not MADE It's
appearance could have given her the work 10
hing out her best powers am sure that could have
.nt her 10 you with record Of :06, II not better
DO not think in the best possible condition
vhn she obtained her records.
Mr.. Bonner for the first tme makes public little
natter that has given him no small concern these
two years. His motive is plain. He knew that
senator Stanford ignorant of the whole thing and
afraid he might want to take back the mare
sas refund the money paid for her The senator VIII
hear for the first time that he sold Mr. Bonner lame
hurse but Mr. Bonner has her in bis stable now and
viii keep her. Read this extract from letter written
70 Joseph Cairn simpson, Of California
Ane, nv third visit to Palo Alto, and after had said
ss BY to Marvin gentleman met at the Palace Hotel
u ne evening said me- conhdentiay
DO you know sunol lame before she rotted in
slosp'
replied: "No, I never heard OF It."
well" he raid 81 her work five six times be-
sre she trotted and every time she came out lame.
but would warm out Of She lame in the near for
ward foot"
OF course was not going to leave California when
heard this without inQuing into IT. so the next morning
David again to Pso Alto to see Marvin and
me mare told Msrvin what had heard and asked him
had lame all along. but would warm out Of It, He
then added
.'You remember the first morning you here you
called NV attention 10 inside OF the near forward foot
sspp higher than the outside: The next day lowered
IL and Yesterday morning showed but only little lame
moss and this morning not bit"
On December 90 1889 about month after left Call.
iornia he wrote TO
eve have followed after your pattern as we
toad. Suno is all o. K-does not jog lame or nod any
more"
Marvin declares that he is indebted TO Mr.. Bonner
for the absence of lameness in the Palo Alto horses
this year. He has been shoelng them according to
Mr. Bonners methods, and the results are more than
satisfactory. They are wonderful.
sunol put 10 sleep in huge red ana piack
blanket. Then Mr.. Bonner said:
Il now hold the two best trottng records" os "a
On the regulation track by Maud 5, and 2OS IA by
sanol on the kiteshaped track, and / would hoid
neither OF them If II had not been for my knowedge
Of horses and the care of their feet.
Il shall keep Suno in my stable until spring, when
will t,irn her over TO Mr.. Marvin, who will then send
Der again to lower the record. OF course do not
expect she will beat :O5 IA on regulation track,
but ! sincerely believe that you will see her get as
low as :oe on the kite-sbaped track"
suno is a fveyear-old bay FLY, by the great
Eectoneer out Of waxana,w no was by General Ben
ton Her gTandam was mare called "aAy' salu W
be by Lexington. The dam Of Waxy Is unknown.
Senator stanford sunols breeder and Others claim
that waxy was out Of daughter OF Gray Eagle but
John H. Wallace OF 1.-THE Trottlng Register" has al
most conclusively proven that Gray Eagle PAD M
Progeny in 1869, the year in which Waxy was foaeu'
suno has no white her coat. Her headquarters are
Two inches higher than her fOrequarters, which gives
la greyhound like appearance. and her lines are
perec, to a horseman's eye. Her action is easy ana
gaceful
She was foaIed at Senator stanord's Palo Alto farm
N santa Clara County Cal. in April. 1856 Snnoi
vas not sent for records as yearllng. Her nrst
iDpearance in public was twoyearold at Los
Angeles. Cal August s. 1888. when she trotted the
second heat of a race in :25. In october OF the
sane wear she heat Wildfower's record Of 81 by