Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-02-25

me, so l bought a good horse, one that
would neither lead the procession nor
limp back at the rear" Mr.. Bonner
laughed heartily at some pleasant recol-
lection, then continued: There are
certain feelings aud impulses that are
common 20 all men, and one OF these is
a strong dislike TO take another mans
dust. No man, who ever held lines
over a dash board likes TO have some
other man shoot by him, with faster
horse and proceed 10 give him his dust.
Commodore Vanderbilt had. at this
time, the fastest team in New York,
and he knew how TO drive IL.
Whenever he passed me, Is be was
always sure to do, II he came
my way, l imagined there was an ex-
preston OF lordly superiority and tri-
umph in his eyes, and this stirred up my
Scotch-Iiisn blood at the fountain head.
learned there was q phenomenal horse
for sale down In Maryland, and keeping
my own cousel, had him tested and
became his owner. One OF the proudest
moments OF my life was when frst
pulled the lines over that horses back,
and headed for the road, where the Old
Commodore had been in the habit
OF starting the dust at the head
OF the procession. Ny heart hungered
to have him come Ia sight, and its
hunger was soon appeased. He drove
up In q hurry and wheeled out 10 pass
me, as had been his custom, but kept
a lee-tle ahead. A side glance showed
me his face was red. He whipped up
still on the side curve Of the road, but !
kept in the lead His team broke, and
then let my horse out; and he never
passed me again, without my own con-
sent. He made oyertures TO buy that
horse, but so long as liked driving, he
was not for sale-unless there was a
better horse In sight.
AS to the strains and the States that
produce the best trotters, there Is much
TO say. Some OF the best trotters we
have come from Kentucky and Califor-
mia; but the stock that made such trot-
ters possible all originated In New York
State, and largely in Grange county.
My brother David is fer better versed In
stud books than myself. but there have
been certain strains that everyone at
all familiar with the subject will recoR-
nize as having an all-important effect
In the evolution Of the lrotter. Every
horseman knows what grand sire Alb
dallah was and the results that FOL-
lowed from his mating with One Eye
the famous daughter Of Belliounder.
Accident, as we term II, may have pro-
duced HambetonIan, but bis long line
Of fine descendants are the outcome OF
judicious breeding. Americas, q son OF
Abdallah was one OF the most perfect
models OF the trotting horse. He came
from the same part Of Orange county as
the famous Rysdyk. The Vermont
trotter, Black Hawk, stamped his won
derful qualities on horses that have
made a mark ia all parts OF the coun-
try.
As TO the sections that produce the
best horses, 10 must be confessed that
there Is something 10 the air, water and
pasture OF .he famous Blue Grass re-
gion OF Kentucky that has a mysterious
and magical effect on the development
OF the racer and trotter. Conspicuous
among the great horse breeders OF Call
fornla was the late Senator Stamford.
from whom / purchased SunOl, aou
with whom talked much as to the co.,
ditions In his State that were Of ad-
vantage to the higher evolution OF the
horse. We agreed that the water and
grass we're no better on the Pacific
coast than IN a dozen other States,
which California beats 10 horse breed
ing, so VIC came 10 the conclusion that
the climate was the great advantage.
Every horse breeder knows that while
heredity counts for much, training Is
absolutely necessary TO develop the In
herent qualities. Now, you will readily
see that those States, where there Is
much rain, snow, or high winds, DO Dot
present the advantages for continuous
out door exercises TO be found 10 state
like California, where the variations IN