The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1890-1908, September 18, 1898, Image 14

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1 ■ u l 1 ROBGRT BONNGR. | TMO TRUeST FRIBNP ‘ OF TH6 TROTTING HORSG. V* fM ., JIT’TTJTU. HMHMMI Mml tut llimp ou# fife* ## * * *4. pS O pMiMi ilk** **•,? fMMk #** *M Ohm •*» **# mrnmmm *t th* •*•*>#** *# HpMf m+h* »»»•>< TMr* is • MM M* t&4 Ml J#*#t f«fiL MPtf 1 * I *! l *# *M M* l 11 1 *wn»d and atlU owns •eme nt th» nv"»t famous irollm «■ tha Aaiarlean tut? Mo baa avver ta.-ad a karoo la money darlni hla Ufa. Mr Robert frontier la "not (, l 'hr ImM known figures In Ihr irnttina world H* kaa |ltrtn many free rxhlbltlona of ■peed on thr Proa pro I park. I'nlon. Fieri wood and Fashion tracks and on our raada, where tha public haa had tha •PfnrtnnMjr of aeetna the home* driven. Mr Honner haa bred aome of the fast rat trotting horaea on the turf at hla farm at Tarrytoan, N T . (jMldra hav. In* purchased many of the great record breakers. Inrludlng am h relehrltlea an Dexter. Karin. Maud K and Hunol. Among tha well known trotters he haa bred are Mary'a Hamblrlontan. the sire of Bosque Bonita, the Itrat Amerlron trotter to heal all the record* that had Over been made In Kuri'p' There were Also bred at hla farm Partridge. f:I4V Majolica, f:ll; Cheyenne, t US l *; In ■tant. 2:1414, and othera attll faster, but with no public reeorda. The dam of I.lghtnjng. till, the fait hat trotter that the great Alcantara has aired, waa also bred by Mr. Bonner, aa were the dan- of Kdjth It. f:1044. the best one that Ducalintt evH- sited. Ihe ■lre of the dam of Kmma CMTutt, 2:11*0, the fastest one that Uambelta Wilkes ever aired, and the dam of Protaln, In fact, about 100 horses, with public records, ean be traced to animals bred on Mr. Bonner's farm. Mr. Bonner’s great hobby In connec tion with his horses, besides the 4« nettt to hit health derived from driving them, which necessarily keeps him out of doom. Is the Improvement h>- has been able to make In the speed of those he purchased and the relief from suffer ing and lameness he has 111 many cases been aide to give the horse* after get ting possession of their, by treating their feet. Mr Bonner Is probably the great est expert on the foot of the horse In Ihe world. Some of the most famous train ers and drivers defer to his opinion In treating their charges. He has been known to relieve horses that have been blistered and otherwise tortured and mistreated by their own ers by simply readjusting the set of the *hoe as the result of a little paring of the hoof. Mr. Bonner was asked to read a pa per.on "The Foot of the Horse" before the New York Farmers, which is an association of the very wealthy nabobs of New York who own country places about the city. They meet and dine several times a year and listen to pa pers which may Interest and Instruct them In keeping up their magnificent "farms." Mr. Bonner's paper was said to be one of the finest ever listened to by the members. Mr. Bonner recently published a cata logue containing the names of the trot ters on his farm at Tarrytown. In It are the names of two horses that made the fastest time ever recorded previous to the introduction of the won der working bicycle sulky in 1892. Maud 6 s 2:08*4 was the fastest ever done ,>n a regulation track, and Spool's 2:OS*4 was the best on a kite shaped track un til the horses had the advantage of the ball bearing axlea and pneumatic tires. I »*tr* law—MMt «*»*• m am **•*■ I am <* **"" •** *• **» •>*«• <*!♦••% *» • *»«■*» UK'*** MMI *H*» amt «r M> »■■»**« KWH* **• mam ham m* r* aaammf* «•**« = miff mk imw wi ttmmt r» IMH I m mm mam Cl»>*«*uml tfcrt** i / ■ > * Inir park—when harnessed to a aimilar sulky. U la interesting to know, by the wny. that Mr. Bonner has the body and wheela of the buggy In front of which the wonderful mare made her grant tec ord all crated up eurefully at hla atoek farm. The mare la also there, and It lias been Mr. Bonner'B great hope to act her In foal to some noted sire, but thus far the effort has not been attend ed with success. Aa Maud Bls 24 yearn of use, It la doubtful If any of her progeny Would show phenomenal speed. 1 askeif Mr. Bonner whether, In hla opinion. Alla a record of 2:0,'4 4 would be laaten. He replied that without a doubt trotters would In the future cut aeveral seconds from the present tig urea, that breeding knowledge and science were still In their Infancy, that tracks might by the Invention of some better machine than the one now used for harrowing and smoothing be made at least a sec ond faster and that the sulkies would probably be made faster In time. "Still." he said, "there Is no living horse that can beat Maud S's record to the old sulky. Allx has been twice advertised to try for It and has failed." 1 asked Mr. Bonner why he had given j so murh time and attention to the horse ! and his treatment, and hls reply was this: "Besides the pleasure derived from i relieving pain and distress in the no blest of all the lower animals was the gratification 1 gained by the knowledge that 1 could do what no one else could accomplish. My'apparent egotism in thus speaking of my ability In this line I will mitigate by saying that I would never have been able to accomplish many things 1 am enabled to do were it not for the knowledge I have gained from the eminent French veterinary surgeon, the late David Roberge, with whom I exchanged views for over 25 years. He was the greatest genius, in i my opinion, on the form of the horse and THE AUQ-I/BTA TIMES HERALD. t rIT •#. u«- tk»wfc tb* - 4<4 ROPERT BONNER. bad. but would warm up and lose the j | lameness every day. Some one told Mr. j ! Bonner Hbout It, and he closely exatn j ined the animal and Instructed the j trainer to make certain changes In the set of the shoe. The change was made, and Immediately Sunol mended and was I never lame again. The same thing ns f every one knows, was true of Maud 8 ; ; when Mr, Vanderbilt sold her to Mr. i Bonner, and she was cured as easily as | was the California horse. In speaking of the efTeet of the Intro- . , ductlon Of the bicycle sulky. Mr. Bon- ; net- said that, although the average gain I over the old time sulky was six seconds. ! In many eases the advantage secured was much more, Especially was this | the case, he said, in regard to young I horses which have not yet gained their weight pulling strength and to which every extra pound is a great effort. In ! their case the difference In many In i stances amounts to as much as 10 or 12 seconds. He told me of a case that recently happened on hls own three quarter track. A young animal that had a record of 2:38 to an old style sulky the first time she was harnessed to a pneumatic machine trotted the mile in 2 ->T»i and another colt, with a record of 2:3*14. made 2:2»H the first time he was hitched to the bicycle wheeled con trivance. The wonderful ability possessed by ! Mr. Bonner In training and developing the qualities of a horse Is evidenced by ! the case of a mare named Maud C. When she was owned by Mr. Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland, she was said by (Jeers, who trained her for one sea son. to have as much speed as any horse in the world, but she was ex tremely nervous and unsteady. This was on account of the had Condition of her feet, in consequence of which he got : her very cheap. Mr. Bonner remedied that trouble, and I she is now as steady as a clock. Very | recently she trotted a mile on Mr. Bon « _■( J J,.» §|sft «yfa« *r- < |m» #* | I m f-jfttp dally routine I* to atari out early In the morning: from hia beautiful home ui Fifty-sixth street, New York, for hla farm at Tarrytown-on-t! c-Hudaon and spend the day* there, returning about half past 6, In time for dinner. How the life he leads has benefited him Is best learned from a little Inci dent he related to me Just as I "'as leaving his house. He said that about five years ago he was taking a trip through the southern at**** on a pri vate car with a party of gentlemen. When they arrived at Atlanta, they fol lowed the route of Sherman** army to the sea. One day they stopped at the small town of Lexington. Ca., as the guest of Colonel Eeeles, a well known member of the bar of the state. When he was Introduced to Colonel Eccles, that gentleman said. “Mr. Bon ner, do you still keep any of the famous horses your father used to own?” Ev ery one laughed. Including Mr. Bortner. The gallant colonel blushed and stam mered. not knowing what break he had unintentionally made. Some one told him that this was Mr. Bonner, Sr., and Mr. Bonner then owned up to 70 years of life. Today he is hale and hearty, with a clear eye and a* steady stride. He walks several miles each day and would easily pass for 60 or even less. The horse will lose its best friend when Robert Bonner crosses that bourne from which no traveler returns. LEO ETHERINGTON. New York. Paul Dunbar, the negro poet, who is now filling a government position as a clerk in the Congressional library in Washington, and Wtlliam Cook of that city are writing a megro comic opera. Dunbar in a recenfc interview said: “I want to have the played entirely by colored singers. v .The heroine is the daughter of a waiter who has become rich from the tips received at a winter hotel in St. Augustine.'’ ■m THE DECUKE Of NEGRO fIINSTRELSY. jy Ones Poou'Y form c* En* i ft x I a D Mftin» I Aft m, I t ■■ ■> * ft t%4. *v (*o*\J Public* M ** • Mprt ilk* MU. «***ft*f <* fr . m , ni*4* #44 llr>«4««> Whit#'*. S*%\ «n 4 DU DrrUf * *M «■**"**•*• I h'm ifftMt ftl Ik* <Mt* of U. io*i t* I n,in»lf .»l of Arfl#r#CA, W h*» Wftft ilk# #«*■*» I N ftFf .4 'intis ’ 4 Mh- «*f tb#t» «wi' pant** want !*«** «<• *“«">• »• »** •*- traction* of Pbttadalpbta amt Cbengo. • Mte Unrka*. WM**mM Abe "•> and niFrh firmed ih* nvet perfect »»*»• *«■ I turn of "taMrk face art lata 111 C*Lf«r- Inla'a chief cliy and fnai W* <«> I**l ■ nani-l M Hrondway aa th. Fan Ptwfpo mlnatr*l* In the dellptii as (liHlun and l hair ova anawlal ad vanias*. F«r a inrtar of a f*«liifT brtorr iw rlvti war and for II a U jrenr# later Char# waa (rnuina encouragement of this Inrm nf Ihratlan art IB every large .-.immunity In the Dntted Mlalaa To .very afnall lown and villa** lb* ad v*Bl of a min*ir*l abna was of aa mu* h enihuamalh inl*r*al aa a clrru# T*» Kit«ln P. Christy. whoa* nam* la In thn mlnatrel tdatform what ihal of I'd* In Forreat la lo Ih* dm marl, ala**, la du* th* credit of eatabtlahln* this form of popular entertainment In New York city In IMI Jual why lh« public lon* It* *■ n*r*l Inlrrral In ibla aprrtaa of *nt*rt*lnm*nl It la v»r> dim. uli to rxplain. Th.- * I* a atrona probability, bnwavw, Ihal lh" !ar*r e* of th* **nuln* n«*«r» from Ihr ainit. th* north*™ and *«*t*rn »tat*a dl*r !i“d th* amtlmantal lllualon with which h* had h*. n r**ard*d aa a *up*rlutiv*ly comic bclnit. There atlll remain Cleveland A 'Vll aon'a c’onaolldated. Prlmroae Thnti-h --er. William H. Weal. Al O Field*. |h». k •tnder and a few other or*anl*ullon«, but they are monater equipment* for i the road, omnblntnc In thema*-lvea all the feature# of modern farce comedy and the mualcal element a of mlnatrelay. They advertlae laritely ihelr "reltned programme/* hut many acta are today given with while fa. -a. and choice bal lad Ringing la alwaya the favored spe cialty. There lan't more than 10 per cent of the old time rollicking humor and acting In the preaent delineations. Hut WP shall ever sigh fee that an cient burlesque slump ape*, h. We know that the glamour of youth has fallen from our eye#: that no such crca lion ever existed In fact, on earth or ih the sen. as the tattered black Individual, with the never falling gre.m colored cotton unmbreUa. who mounted a har 'rcl. n table or a chair and delivered the most aenseloas concatenation of word* that could be contrived. If he dtdn t manage to fall off to the Door to punc tuate the end of hi* oration, the audi ence felt that It had been defrauded of a large portion of Its legitimate and ex- J pected fun. Then there was the everlasting Inter lude. where a manager was suppos d to be engaged In hiring talent for a dramat ic combination of his own. It was always the same "business." The new applicant rehearsed "Hamlet" and "Damon am) Pythias," and w ho n. til response to the Grecian's exclamatory lament. The sun goes rushing down the west, thtr would be aspirant for histrionic honors shouted. "l.et her rush!" or, in a sup pos'd Richard 111 representation, In an swer to the tragic demand of "A horse - i my kingdom for a horse!" the trembling knave humbly acknowledges, "Master, forgive me. but 1 slewed your mule." how every one did laugh! There w*er* the incongruity and the absurdity to tickle the spectators. There were also the plantation songs and dances, which were perhaps more correct phases cf genuine slave life than anything else. Hut. alas, negro minstrelsy has had its day. and, to paraphrase what the Prince of Denmark said of Yorick. “We shall not look upon its like again." W. THORNE DEVOI.E. New- York. Money Spent on Golf. People who profess to think that golf is merely a passing fad do not realize the amount of money which has been invested in the game. 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T»» nmlM afl*r *a*P «uat Pa* lw*a m»a* | and a***n miaulra U*l«**a IP* p*rt<«li ar* atloord l« <Paa«* pnalna and r**« AnntMrr hmdln* rul* Iht* >*ar la that tp* n*ntr« of <• ni mani* and auNall tuir* mini »w»i' la IP* ralrjr llal ar. mmpaaird by a fr* *f ll* fr.r utl ! |>la>rr. TV m.tnry Bill Pt rrlura*.' If IV iram play* otP»rwia* li will V fur fritrd to IP* Polo ***»» tatlon Clara Mar. m ««f IP* vary Vat <4 »l»« puma dnona* >di ih* *la«* !• day. ra {tft to p out thin **»wm ie w# it .umriy with hrr huaPand. J. K ■ Mur ray HI6S HILDA MOODY The illustration shows Miss Hilda Moody as Antonia in A Greek Slave at Daly's theater, London. She will come to this country during this season. Miss Moody is a Cornish woman, the youngest of a family of 13. which “has provided the musical world with two sopranos, two contraltos and two prose ssional mu sicians. One of her sisters. Miss Fanny Moody, the wife of Mr. Charles Man ners. is the well known grand opera singer, and another, Miss Lily Moody, haa won fame on the concert platform. 510R1E6 Of IflC STAGE hr c MM* Ts mn mc-m mlt '-» siiotMr mm ** *• -. a •« y. fVMfft. f f IS th*4r ►«»?* n t%s •■ t - >* $ r - Aft#r tk t srslk tt in t*ffM f«»r ir# to W i-iMifti i§ u nfrnnii #►#»• #» rorhlii# m )#fi«th b* «‘t up »n 4 I tanßi r#mHf t»« nft wnr. t think mm ; kttr 1 rr * S ftoMfift vin <*? rw out him »•* k »n 4 f v h'»>k htl k#a4 In blank nt Half p«*t h# m*l4 nPtrnfcft h*W <l nftrfct? ttm# «»#• 11l piwwnnt Whfß Dnvlif Oirrtik anil lt|*ranf^f n«ahta t»* Mr* ftt*M*»<iir Juii#t th*r • mtftmm a flfviirton of opinion a* t«» *hl« h «a# th* t**tt#r «*{*>»**t of th# fpia Mr* fKlddon* wa# at>i»"al#4 to for h*r oinnion >*h- ttpML '*<** pl*r Ip i*i with *uek vtrymr * **nr#pth n ■ f ♦h# MifAvlfr ant lurh *tilf»*r*ni Hiflh -1 |)| # | | am affr« *rf| diffrronifp In the (#|*hrmt*<l kklrmy a#nt with (lar* rk*k h* I* *o that I ini j a fra 14 hr all! 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