New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-11
ROBERT BONNER on HORSES.
From an interview in Kate Fields Washington


4rnaoubtedly nv taste for horses was Inherited,
though or years latent have sen ths sp,i ~, III h iu
where my ANCESTOR KILLED an OK 70 reo 70 .'
br no, iii reached middle life did turn my -
10 What has since become my grssri p' u3Gdlc borsr
Ing from ovcrwork. Wa advised !" BUY & ~
hy my ply 4can Or. samuel Hall cousin o. w. IN y
Dr. John Hall: 10 following thi. advice lu,lpu' NY
vgor at the age Of slxty-nne ~ liai I2eEs hnur
Tor me I'm July. i-5G. saying: III you rdr an ho9r !
dav # win do you more GOOD tnah any n'"i ,,a
VA, then thlrtytwo years old tnoinB IT, s'uir ,g
N snjnce ,yonty i've pounds, The longer drove the
letter felt and tn more Interested beam" ' hh
but owned more than -. At tlIe u bd In
a farm Whenever saw better morse man h ,, ~ Il,
my stable. bought him and sold the least 'e''0e u
Is /, fact that sunol lame when You bought
YES. knew IT. but senator Stanford didn't;
told LIs superintendent and trainer. WHO were aifau
inform The senator Of what oT oy inv nv sbne g ~
Sow lust listen 10 this from mat ola DOOM We ''''
who's the authorF
W. osmcr. a regular surgeon who found out things
for himself. believing with he scotch RIovoTto' me
fox never found u better substitute than himself A..
. Wherefore know all men b. these presents, that
whatsoever talks OF horses being chest ioaldcrT or
shook in the shoulders. is an Ignorant precnirr 10 'e
knowledge OF this animal and Is himself shaken III
What do you call chest founder, interfering and
Too much toe An unbalanced loot males an IN,
even gait and accounts for most OF the trouble win
horses again. take the collin bone, the lower pas
tern and the upper pastern bones piacng ,e , Po
hv e.v",nr m. heels or wings Of the conin bone yon
necessarily deTrcss lower the ankle. The effect OF
ncvatng the heels has been understood so lar rs
know Keep the column of bones In lis proper p'
lion and nivicuar disease has no tcrrors for me-
Does nobody know anything about the horse
"Thcrc are exceptions, of course. There's Alex,
andrr Dunbar. OF Washington, who was PAID T2',ooo
10 teach our army veterinary surgeons how To care ir
cavalry horses. Alexander stephens carried the blli
through Congress during Grants Administration. ~
first General Mcigs opposed It, hut when Dunbar cured
what Megs called Knee sprung horse he relented.'
Has not Rolergc. of Ncw-iork, great knowledge OF
the horses foot -
You've named the one man TO whom go for coun-
sci. Iron sharpencth iron. ! am deeply in1cht"d To
him I'm many ways. lie knows how 10 shoe a horse
and he f. competent 10 write about the horse"
"Apropos Of sunOl Pve theory that california VIII
produce better horses than pat Of this country he
cause they can be trained all the year round"
II Is more than probable ! know that horse that
quits here the latter part Of mile Will g to Call
oraia endure to the end speed Is developed there
earlier"
VIII this shorten the active life Of u horse ?"
" I'VE given no thought to that query
What have thought about. | dare say. Is the
similarity In man md beast Of the consequences Of
wearing hghhcrl,d shoes
That reminds OF Henry Ward Bcechcr, who
came into nv Office when my young daughter was
there the latter wearing high heels. Decchcr turned
TO saving: Robert Bonner. thought You had NOR"
than To let Your daughter wear high heels" IL
Just rcprOOf.'