The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-13
THE ROBERlBONNER OF TODAY
Ne Never starts . Here tn Other
rhsn u Amateur Race snd ~hlp-
Hfs strtns tr~a Ctty to tty tor
uns and ms trtcnds' Pleasure.

us s,rsns Frsa Csty TO ttt, tor
ms and ms trt-nds' Pleasure.
wh.n Q New York physician one day In
N. 81. told Robert Bonner hat be mus,
huy q road hor-. and indulge In driving Ia
maintain his constitutional vixor, Il l. very
likely then and there Was laid the founda-
ton Of tho - 100000 Harlem Speedway
MIR Bounrr's career With the American
,rot,-r had a vorld-~td- appreciation. and
because h. oould drive a ~trotter. vet keep
his yew Ia church, others b~cams enthu-
s,sss. As the years followed one another
there were 20 many men Of the Roh-r.
bonner typs owning and driving ~trutt~rs
with no desire 70 take To the tracks ,hat the
o~rtcials 81 this and other cities could not
but grant reservations snordins tho hor-,-
men opportunities ~ testing their skill
a. r-insmen and the merits Of their horS@..
To-day probably twenty citie. are provoked
with S~peedwayA
Probably no man. other than Mr.. Bonner.
has done 20 much along like linee To adj
vance the standard Of the trotter a. has
the Chicago amateur, C. X % Billings
Princess, 30. who raced from the At
lsntlc 70 the Pacific and produced Happy
Medium. sire Of Nancy Hanks. zoe, en-
Unused C.. X. q. Billinss at An early age
vet, until his fathers death. he oV ned but
one or two fast ones His first was a paccr
named Toxic r. with q record Il ? iOi,.
and with the handsome stallion he swept
the Grand Boulevard snovpath In winters
To cutter and owned In him the roadking
~ his day. In isoa or 1907 he secured
Jennie X. ,iS<. the Phallas mar. with
whom jackson Case won three race. at
one Meeting At Washington Park tho sea-
son before. and drove a public trial In ? i2'.
John Tucker. Mr.. Billings stable SUI
perin,endent and first trainer. picked up
a gray mare st Coidw alter. Mich, by Me-
donias. -on az Plot Medium. who had
great natural sped, paving but S72S0
Tor her Mr.. Billings named her Minerva.
and on the road sleighs she could hoa'
Jennie X. One afternoon In 1900 MIR Bill
lings drove Minerva 10 sulky at Washing
ton Park a mile In 2isit. Mr. Tucker. DO
hind Jennie X. right at his sulky wheel
a wonderful mile Tor a green mare and
with an amateur driver.
Next season she WA s-nt To George
Starr at Terre Haute. but q bowed tendon
kept her from . 2io record Jenni. X
did not prove entirely satisfacto'y, ana
was bred TO Arthur J Cations Rid Hear,
?Is Mr. Billings next secured the now
noted matinee trotteT. franker, re-roti
then AT 4. 7?ls, ON Q hslf-nile track
frNnker was q grand road hors", had -i',i
49, 90 rsr.Iv vas he hendad Hr,,ry
Hague. ?iSI. ANS next, and cost ~ auc-
ton about s2,Sn. Franker cost oLly about
$50 and to-day has a msttnae wagon rVord
~ ~. has trotted her. In public Ii ?il'n
and az Memphis. last fall, forced Malei
80. s.ya,sI Lh,-. Al IN. 49, shows
!" - accented ss a repr.-.niatiN. hon,
80, 20 c,nsidar.d
,Sas ", pil,pgs nu-chas.d clio R,rnn
wlh INss ", n - co. so,,.,tiiun
10 ,,nc ard WITH B,imrs cam. the great
~ ,,cn III, RiIin,s .ntoys a. an nrnsr
"a ar,,,.Ir reinsnan Ie drove him
80 as, W, in ?osL 2nsx 2n5L ma
,n., IA So, cav, MIN ~. th.p world.
.,,J 3n,f- iow,r,ry L.. p.t,I,n'.
.as,n ,tV''H'
" ~. Gam. % "a. sreodvav In tho ,au
n.nP -. -, 80 ,ka -
wtg, NJ, HuI,ng. drov. hui two. tian
t.,l Gora N. na,, season E,,rr.
Tr,nker Minerva and Emma = $50 a.
20" ~. 80 D, 80 no., H.,
800" H., p,ilIr,. ,,,rhas.d ~ c..
N H., 3D.. "a, ~ mar. ,,riyaI p a.
!" -, 49, : rLa bor.cs s,, 49,
~ H .,,an,I,n cd uern k.,f b.re
m 80 ,Len rc'utp.J 20 Chpa,o NJ
g.. prrr,. 80 -.
n''.tS ~ 800, h, ~, or4 -, 80,
N"S,"' u" -, ,.,rr,.g - NJ.
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IN. s,oai f,d .., "'r"i,-,
Vs.. - 20, -, e.. . 81
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~, ,.t.rt Sn.cJv.v sn-.- go
.in" Nas an nlS'sn. -, 49, ~ a"n
I'N i'te '".r' 20"
l"N lsh' uo"'S upI w 80 wv ''''' va
no IIi'l -AtP'"'".s -
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On" Gay NV" I,aIP' u',e"'I hnH -
nihNhins rrhiti 'H'AE auL.',h 1T
GU, and Roo r. > ."I'., Nilh ~ Is Nh'
driving buihI- hhNHs "l"n" a H'Hiu-''
nrrak Later buiii- ia''h '"h' 'i'''i'
brushes nd defeated AZ c"tl'f~ h"id'N
On one OCCASION NJ h''AIlR-' 'Uhig E
he drove, st"niTd MN a quartet -
seconds. Bumps sHhriN VA UF' ih''el
PAGER r'tird TO Nc ROAD tie ll"h -''t
denly al Memphis "i"t" M" h"t~s 'ii
tom shipfsd JR'h Jury T'r'hiW' u''d
the Cleveland ia''r, h"h'A> li''k" . ~,
a. n suitable sucC,~eot 10 Bumps, a'i
un-e.n. NJ. Bling dr"~ a Cl'rk fut
$3.50 and ~c~urd "a" nov famous chest
nut From the first sunday d" showed
hs shaI-lv head and elegant manner 90
the ~Spesdvayt'eS, the l'il" fellow has leon
evcrv ones avou' "" has defeated al
of oar l"ral cel.hriics and won to -'a'