. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 1889 ^lije gmfe mxil M>y8xt$mm. 49o California Breeder and Sportsman a not over court- eons ; Mr. Bonner hai not a keen Bense of what is courteous or what is otherwise, or he would never have made the remark about Sable Wilkes; he showed a iaok of conrtesy to Mr. Corbitt, and likewise to Mr. Goldsmith in ignoring his letter. Now the fact ot the matter is that Bonuer wants his word taken, while at the same time he is not willing to take the word of others. In the long letter sent to the World he gives the following "records" (made with
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 1889 ^lije gmfe mxil M>y8xt$mm. 49o California Breeder and Sportsman a not over court- eons ; Mr. Bonner hai not a keen Bense of what is courteous or what is otherwise, or he would never have made the remark about Sable Wilkes; he showed a iaok of conrtesy to Mr. Corbitt, and likewise to Mr. Goldsmith in ignoring his letter. Now the fact ot the matter is that Bonuer wants his word taken, while at the same time he is not willing to take the word of others. In the long letter sent to the World he gives the following "records" (made with his own watch). Rams, 2:11£; Edwin Forrest, 2:11|; Music, 2:18|; Keene Jim, 2:14£; May Bird, }; Molsey, 2:18£; John Taylor, 2:19£; Wellesley Boy, 2:19£; Pocahontas, 2:16£; Startle, 2:19; Maud Macey, 2:16}; Manette, 2:16£; Lucy Cuyler, ^ (to wagon); Peerless, 2:23£ (to wagon). Now Mr. Bonner satisfies himself that because he â ays that the times given above are correct (according to his watch), that the horse-loving world will take his word as to the correctness of the time given. But the public will do nothing of the sort; they take the authori- ties, Chester, Wallace, etc., and on hunting up the books, it is found that the correct time for each of his horses mentioned is as follows: Earus, 2:13^; Edwin Forrest, 2:18; Music, 2:21*; May Bird, 2:21; Keene Jim, 219^: Molsey, 2:21§; John Taylor, 2:25; Wellesley Boy, 2:2% Pocahontas, 2:26f; Startle, 2:37; Maud Macey, 2:27f; Manette, no record whatever; Lucy Cuyler, no record; Peerless, no record. We have purposely omitted the name of Maud S. from the list given above, as the queen of the turf is the only one he has that the public know has trained on, and we are willing to confess that she lowered her record one second and a half after he purchased her; &nd this is one, out of probably half a hundred, that has lowered a record from the time that they were bought by the pres- ent proprietor. Mr
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