Arizona republican., 1898-08-16
rULLER.S DEXTER IS DEAD.
nOurnful NonoloQue By the Good
 Horses Aged Owner.

New York, Aug. 15-Lawson N. Full ler's trotting stallion Dexter died sud- denly at 9:3O o'clock yesterday morn ing while MT. Fuller was driving him over the viaduct at 155th street Mir Fuller walked to his home in 10th street, near Amsterdam avenue, and sat on the porch all the afternoon re- ceiving messages of condolence. With tears in his eyes N-r. Fuller told of Dexter's good qualities
 'I mourn him almost as much as would member of my family. I have not eaten a morsel of food since he died. It was now 530 o'clock D. m. My coachman is also broken-hearted
 He learned to love Dexter, and he has not eaten anything either. I tell you that horse knew so much you couldn't scold him. As long as I knew him he never did wrong act He was foaled with me, and I have driven him six teen years-ever since he was two years old. He has taken more men. women and children around the city of New York than any other ten horses in the United States. For fifteen years people came from Texas, Kentucky
 Louisiana. Vermont, Maine and Con necticut to get a ride behind him. He was the guide and the instructor of my six-in-hand and eight-in-hand. He led six in 2:561a. He was in the team with eight when they made 3:181A. A week after the six made the record of 2:561h people told me I could never make it again, but in private trial with my man I had the six do it ir 2:49. But poor Dexter's dead, and T doubt if I'll ever be able to get another horse to do it. You see, Dexter was the guide of the six. When I'd shout
 out, Steady. Dexter!' they would all Isteady up. When I'd say, Come, Dex- ter!' every horse would spring to the bit. He was SO uniform and guided them so steadily that there was only a quarter of a seconds difference ir any of the four quarters. Wheneve,
 we'd come to sharp turn at Fleet wood he would just turn his head as if he wanted to see that everything was all right When I'd say. Dexter look out for your reputation he would jump for the bits and I would have tc steady him.
 ''The children all over the Heights
 along the Harlem river and in the parH all knew him. They would shout out
 Hello Dexter.' whenever we'd go by , He was so gentle a woman could drive him. but when he was on the road double or single, four-in-hand or six
 inland, he was a perfect storm.
 , "The people of my native state, Yer
 mont, always wanted to see that horse
 and I contemplated taking the team
 of siX-in-hand up to Vermont in the fall l was going to bring my family
 along and meant to drive through thf
 Berkshire hills and the Green noun
 tains of Vermont. I had planned tc
 stop at every large town and show them Dexter. When I left my native . state fifty-four years ago the Morgan
 horses were the most noted in tht ' country Vermont at that time wa! T noted for her fine horses maple sugar handsome women and well-proportion
 ed men. Kentucky and Californi; r robbed Vermont's horses of a little o s their glory. and I was anxious to g l. back with Dexter to show him to tn IVermontc-s.
 Twenty years ago I owned the sir D of Dexter, who was the sire of thre others Of my team. He was calico $ Fuller Wilkes, and was sired by ol'
 George Wilkes, dam Alice Cray
 drove him eight years on the road il = the height of his glory. I never say l. a horse trot so fast if I called on hin g to do it. The last horse I beat witl : him before sending him to. Vernon
 was Commodore Vanderbilt's Smal
 Hopes. Forty men saw me beat tn
 Cor modore. Then I made up m
 mind to send him to Vermont to eros re him with the Morgan horses, saying t le myself, I'll have a dozen horses tha le will beat the world It took me twen y ty years, but I recovered all the glor n, the Vermont horses ever lost Now. S. challenge the world to produce si i horses to beat the record of mine.
 never knew Dexter to do a mean thing
 I never knew him to attempt to kill
 chicken. I know of hundreds of wo
 men who will miss him. I think tn J. person who will miss him most vii
 be lady who is S2 years old, and wh
 has beer thousands of miles behin g that horse. He will be missed, ye l. he'll be missed If there is hors r, heaven, he'll go there. He was goot d. 'He died an easy death. It wa is about g o'clock when I started out wit a Dexter and his mate. Wilkes. My ma ,s was with me We were about hal l. way over the bridge when Dexte e threw his head up two or three time l. and then fell. jumped from the wag J. or an patted him on the neck. talke i- kindly to him. He raised his head u g and locking me square in the eyes n whinnied, just as if he said 'Good-by d old gentleman Poor fellow, I felt lik e crying over him right there. My ma
 turned his head away and wiped hi s eyes. Dexter's body was taken away b 1t the city authorities. I did not try l. get it back. I thought it was all owe > and I let him resi-