Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-08-11
EULER DEXTER DEAD.
Mourning of the Good Horses Aged
Owner.

Lawson n. Fulers trotting stallion,
Dexter, died suddenly Friday morning
while Mr. Fuller was driving him over
the viaduct at one Hundred and FIFTY.
Gfth street, New York Mr.. Fuller sat
on the porch all the afternoon receiving
messages of coincidence. with tears Ill
his eyes, he said.
81 mourn him almost as much as
would Il member of my family. l tell you
that horse knew so much you couldn't
sCold him. AS long as | knew him ne
never did wrong act. He was toaled
with me, and have driven him 16 years
ever since he was two years old. He has
taken more men, women and childr'h
around the city of New York than any
other ten horses in the United states
For II years people came from Texas.
Kentucky Louisiana, Vermont, Maine ana
Connecticut to get a ride behind him. lie
was the guido and the instructor of my
six-in-hand and eight-n-hand. | doubt II
I'll ever be able to get another horse to
do IL. You see, Dexter was the guide ol
the six. When I'd shout out, STEADY,
Dextcr!' they would all steady up. When
I'd say, Come, Dexter every horse woult
spring to the bit. He was so uniform and
guided them so steadily that there was
only quarter of Il seconds difference
in any of the four quarters. He was so
gentle u woman could drive him, hut when
he was on the road. double or single, four
in-hand or six-in-hand, he was perfect
storm
The people of my native state, YER
mont, always wanted to see that horse,
and contemplated taking the team Of six
in-hand up to Vermont in the fall. | was
going to bring my family along and meant
to drive through the berkshire HIS ana
the Green Mountains of Vermont. J had
planned to stop at every large town and
show them Dexter. When | left my ma
tive state iifty-four years ago the Morgan
horses were the most noted in the coun-
try Vermont at that time was noted for
her fine horses, maple sugar, handsome
women and wcll-proportioncd mon. Nch-
tucky and California robbed Nermonts
horses of Il little of their glory, and ! was
anxious to 20 back with Dexter TO show
him to the Ncrmonters.
Twenty years ago Lowned the sire of
Dexter was the sire of three others
OF my team. He was called Fuller Wilkes,
and was sired ly George wilkes, dam
Alice Gray | drove him eight years on
the road IN the height of his glory. |
| never saw n horse trot so fast If | call
ed on him to do 1t. The last horse beat
/ with him before sending him to Vermont
WINS Commodore Nanderhilts Small
Hopes Forty men saw me beat the Com
! modurc. Then | made up mind to send
him to Vermont to cross him with the
Morgan horses. saying to myself, III
have y dozen horses that will beat the
world II took me twenty years. but ]
recovered all the glory the Vermont
horses ever lost Now. ! challenge the
world to produce six horses to beat the
record of mine. | never knew Dexter to
do a mean thing. | never knew him to
attempt To kill chicken. J know of
hundreds Of women who will miss him.
think the person who viii miss him most
will Ice lady who is 70 years old, and
who has been thousands of miles behind
:hat horse. lie will he missed, YES he'll
II" missed. If there Is a horse heaven,
/ he'll 90 there. He was good