The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-10
MR. BoyNEps INTERESTING TALK.
when NJ aud g. VIII ne Rendy-The Bicycle
suiky and the RunninE Mate.


From the advent OF the bicycle sulky In July
OF last yoar Robert Bonner has never ceased
to contend that the average trottinR speed was
thereby accelerated from FIVE to six seconds
Mr.. Bonner's opinion was not at first accepted
by tho great bulk OF light-barness horsemen.
but recently many who at first held that two
to three seconds fully covered the difference
are very generally coming over to the views
expressed by the owner OF MaudS
Talking to a Sun reporter few days ago.
Mr. Bonner said: II have some correspondence
here which bears out my contention that the
small wheel helps o horse fully six sec
onds. Col. W. Edwards. President OF the
Cleveland Driving Club. who has had worry
long experience in the stand and among trot-
tors generally. writes me this letter: You
will notice that we have offered n purse, no en-
trance fee. for any horse. mare. or gedlng to
beat Maud SIS time, over our track. TO a high
wheeled sulky. / have always felt that the
time has never been beaten. as l consider
bicycle sulky so greatly superior to the old
fashioned wheels May not ask you II Maud
* would not try and lower her record on our
track. Mt the races. to n bicyclep
"Whilc know full we'll you would not accept
any purse for her doing SO. we would gladly
give silver cup. or anything that you might
suggest 1t is II good time for the public to
sfy W. ofas
and hope we shall get an cntry or two
IS W Giles. secretary OF the C!evela1d
iiiks her old speed it would forever settle any
cles, which believe Is fully six seconds in
favor OF the new style
Mhat,are you going to do about this re.
quest Mr. Bonner! Can you get the mare
:"lt is too early In the, season" he said
o \ a Nty,sv tppf
were trying to get, her with foal and at her
age one has to 80 slow. l logged her at the
action s She is s Rattine in good hard ssh but
her against the record for at least two months
f:.HSgSlS s think e trying Ter, fsE" continue, NJ
very great extent. At the rsquest Of the De.
sne nS%s SHOES in snd
Of sunols for exhibition, in the Agricultural
Department at the Worlds Fair. These two
nothing to do with It; lidn't know, what was
iead: One Of the shoes Of Maud, S. when She
trotted mile on regulation track. to reRu-
laten sulky., at Cleveland. July 80. 1885. in
2:OS'i. The best time ever made prior to the
use OF pneumatic tites and XII te- shaped tracks"
Fac-Simile Of shoe worn by Sunol when she
ton. Cal The best time ever made to a regula-
ton sulky on kite shaped track"
What do you think Of this 2:O3h made By
the trotter Ayres 7. with running mater"
why. l don't attach any importance to n
performance such as that" said Mir. Bonner.
Nor do / think horsemen generally take
much stock in it. It's simply q question Of
how fast horse can he pulled u mile and keep
his feet. Just like koys who hang on and run
behind carriage. 1t reminds me OF tho ii me.
now more than thirty years ago-the exact date
was May -. 1862. and all the daily papers
had column or more-when tenn OF mine
set q record which has never been beaten
since, simply because no one has tried. l
had Lady Palmer and Flathush Maid on
Fashion track. and they trotted two miles in
5:O1 =. the second quarter OF the second mile
in O:33. II was n great performance for those
days. but there are scores OF teams that could
90 right ont to-day and beat 1t. Talking about
this Ayres T.. see his trotting record Is 2:23,
so the difference Ia juat what it used to be
George. a horse that could not trot alone bet
ter than 2:40. could chase Dexter home in
about 2:2O. when he was hooked alongside .
running mate.
Then there was Ethan Allen. with his record
OF 2:25s. Some papers made q great spread
over his going with running mate In ZAP. l
remember well what the late Charles Foster
said about this mile OF Ethan Allen q in the
Spirit Of the Times. when he summed up tho
performance at its true worth: He probably
could have gone faster In a railroad car
There must certainly be dozens OF horses in
training now that could. harnessed with q
good running mate trot below two minutes"