The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20

~ coU wa taken back 10 the C~ommodore's
TO the stable yard and invited me into
hls onsce. II took him q long time before
bed make me an o0er. Finally 10 reaohsd
Tor his checkbeok and wrote out q check
ter $1,000 n handed Il over 90 me saying
Are you satishedf ssid he. I'd be salts
ned with whatever you chose TO give me. I
sns~ered. He then counted out twenty
500 bills and handed them over TO me
and again asked me " I Was SATISFIED I
rcateusted my story tina, I'd be satisfied with
Whatever he saw NJ to give. Then the Com
modore gave me q lot OF small things. among
mem = Tins watch that some one had pre-
sen,ed TO him and the fret timepiece u the
KIM ! ever saw and q picture Of himself and
hi- team. Post Boy and Plough Boy. spes-iins
very highly.
Then he Sav- I've got a little mare out
IN the stable I pad SsOu for ut, st Saratoga
and called her Saratoga which Nigh, do
TOT your wife 20 drive ] old h.m my
VIE didn't ride horseback aud abe had
no wagon or harness To drive the mare
WITH . no AID. 60 "ut on broadway
such a. You van and send 'he hill 20 IN.
These got put the mare TO tho new wagon
and WITH tho ssller OF tn goods drove
over 10 the Commodore's ofrce where
got = hov 20 hold The horse while We run
IN 10 call him on, 10 see The oulft He
VEN to the window. looked over the rg
n thought u very ane. Jus then, Nj
Ilpeniare-t, the %S.'ll~r. presented the I'LL FOR
the rig II amounted - $50 and without
hH~itAtiot thu Commodorn drew he 81 erk
'or he amount. He didn't -sv n word.
seemed To 'e entirely satisfied with the
cntire bargain Ararward sold him a
mare To mate Mountain Doy 'or ~ .go that
could rot % abou' {: 20 and made n very hGe
team for him.
Mountain Roy diel ~ the 'e;i,oo' IN
The epidemic yesr isT2 The mar- he
left TO hi hro;br-. Jacob Vanderbilt. when
he. he Commodore, died She lived 10 De
an old mare snd was bv Rysdyki- old Ham
hle'onian. BEFORE Mountain Pow died he
secured y rcCor,l ~ ? 90, which was very
fsSt h. those DAYS ard I believe \ record
n prIc- We rese, vest ior th' coli wa- I've
hishes' eyer p''d Tor a trot,er mp To- ths'
time.
The next horse 10 note ~ith which I
had TO do was the Bull coli. Judge Fullerton.
bv Edward Everett He was RAISED by
Itnk bul 81 Montgomery, Orange county
NJ > years OF age he showed such a fine
burst of speed that Judge stephen "
Fullerton and myself paid 81 - for him on
june ~. 1870 Having M track here then
] exercised him on the mi y roads here
sboui- and IN September ~ tina wear.
with the little horse Commoiore. ! drove
him TO Fleet wood. New York. over ~.
rough country roads The Fh-i wood track
was then new and Just opened, aud In tire"
DAYS after reaching that course drove
Nv ~ ~ " Nv ~ 20 NINNs
Tor tho-" early ~tro'ting days. When II
iscame known " hat the z eat horse cuuld
do William Humphrey 81 New York. n
large hah-rda-h-r, onered u- SaO.gU. y
fabulous price Nv partner was awfullv
anxious to close The bargain AT once I
was much opposed To IL. Tor ! believri We
could get SDD.oco Tor him. besides ! want 81
Robert Bonner 10 have him, although be
had never vet pat eyes on the animal
Judge Fullerton Vas. however. persi-,en,
lie was afraid that something NIGH hap
I--n Va him and finally | gave in aud let NJ
Humphrey have the horse II was per
HAP tho highest price ever paid for a hor-e
up 10 hat date. some five years after We
had sold Mountain Boy. Mr. Bonner
came to the stable the next morning In great
haste a;rd when he found Fullerton was
sold the day before to Mr. Humphrey he
was the mos, ~disappoint ed man In Got ham
| have always believed that We lost SOON
hy being too hasty Dan Mace sfierward
handled the horse for Mr.. Humphrey and
drove him TO q record Of ais. He won
abou, 90 ,oo in prizes with him. aud among
the field of trott erS he lined up with In those
days were such fast one- a. Goldsmith Maid. |
LADY Throne, Glo-ter. Sensation. CaDors !
and others. Mr. Humphrey owned Fuller.
ton until he died.
wonderful long distance trott-r that Vas
ever IN harness. II was III. littlr hay hor-.
Commodore He only weighed 100 pounds
] bought hin Ia 1870 OF Jack H~ernochAn, !
i've miles vest oi Montgomery, H. was
In $50 be was hve years old worked
and trott-d him four years gave him
a record OF 22s and then sold him 10 Grin
Hickok Budd Doble and William Hum.
phrey q third share each Tor ts.OS lie
cost me- s7O0 He was a small horse While
] had him I drove him In a tvo-nile racp AT
Prospect Park against three fast tro,ter~
and could have shut them all out " | wanted
TO. In this nce he obtained a record Of
s0llE Hi- fnlla raCnri nragsn,.. O.. a.. \
sold him. 4. ws ann i.s.H nT TO ri, Gf
forum ~h.r- he tecame sick. lie 20, we'll
and then made n en-mile record which was
then a ~oHd'- record and 7 believe has never
vet been heaten. He was then taken 10 'h..
West Indies and from there 10 ano, her
where AZ ~ years Of age he was
entered in a bis race under another name,
the crowd guyed his driver and told him
thai N he didn't take the hor-@ N the track
he would fall down But I've wen, on and
won hiS rsc~ and then II wa discovered
that I've Wa the little hor-~ Commodor.
from New burgh. y. Y.
The large handsome sorrel MARI MUSIC
Middleton. that Roi-rt Bonner took
such a fancy TO then came into my 20 Asession
] bought her when three years old. gave
q worlds record Of 22S to her when 4 wears
and kept her and iro,t.d her until she was
= years old. A. Years was offered and
si7.JO for her, In the following
spring she took sick and ] laid her up for
months. She however. va. W ever
a. good q mare after tho sickness ~ l-fore,
! irotted her three years after that aud
hen sold her to Robert Bonner for $500
Mr.. Bonner put her Ia his stud and kept
until she died, hut never racrd ier.
fosled three colts bui al far - ever
knew they dad not turn out world beater-.
After disposing Of Music I bought the
black MARI Cornslia for J, q Co-ter 81
New York. Her former ow ner was Assem-
blyman W. II, Mas Of Fishkill Landing.
paid S7.oo Tor her. raced her for two
years successfully, gained a record 81
} 2la and then sold her for eia.o0o. Sh.
not q good race mare being cratic.
won several good ra0rs with her though.
md her buyer VAS William France ~ Ken
lucky who bred her then and she died la
foal. In some pepects she was q trauti-
mare and one Of Tho tcst | drew a rein
,ver Mr.. Co~ter also sent M. Garnet.
, hDe -orrel geldins To train and bring
Dut. He was then Z war. old and the b~-i
could do was ~ worked him up and
.nler-d him In eight races that wear winning
very one Of 'heiu and giving TO the horse
|, record Of 2v After this w matched
.iarr~t with Queen wilk~. owned NV Major
la.E.r..u WIl.. I.I H..0A 81 1a