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his famous double-team match against Ethan Allen and mate, 14 years 

 ago. Although 24 years old, he is still fast, and makes an excellent com- 

 panion for Peerless, lew being able to pass them on the road. In the next 

 stall stands the California mare Princess, the once famous opponent of 

 Flora Temple. She was purchased as a brood mare, to be mated with 

 Edward Everett, the sire of Joe Elliott, Judge Fullerton, and Startle, and 

 has long been quite lame, but it is anticipated that she will soon recover 

 From her union with Hambletonian sprang Happy Medium. 



The stout black colt in the adjoining box is Mambrino Bertie, Mr. 

 Bonner's latest purchase. Bred by Dr. Herr, of Lexington, Ky. ; this colt 

 astonished everybody by trotting a mile, last Fall, when a two-year old, 

 over the Cincinnati Course, in 2 :41, and repeating, half an hour afterward, 

 In 2:43^. He has since trotted in 2:36^; but not being thoroughly ac- 

 climated, Mr. Bonner does not purpose hurrying him. He is a handsome 

 colt, wonderfully developed for a three-year old, and will assuredly make 

 a fast trotter in time. The bay horse in the next box ranks highest in 

 Mr. Bonner's esteem. This is the four-year old colt Startle, by Edward 

 Everett, which was purchased from George Alley, last Fall, for $20,000, 

 immediately after winning the Three-year-old Stakes, distancing his op- 

 ponent, Lothair, in the fast time of 2: 36#. Startle has massive, muscu- 

 lar quarters, indicating the possession of immense powers. Perhaps no 

 colt ever made such rapid progress in trotting speed as this horse, for 

 when Carl Burr purchased him, in June last year, he could not beat 3:20, 

 and in the following September he won his first race in 2 :36>$ Last month 

 Mr. Bonner drove him a mile on the Fleetwood Park Course, on a slow 

 track, in 2:23, and, had the day and course been favorable, he could have 

 reduced the time considerably. As Startle is only four years old, he has 

 plenty of time for maturing and improving, and experienced judges be- 

 lieve that, when Dexter's time of 2:16 is surpassed, Startle is the horse 

 destined to do it. 



The bay gelding Joe Elliott next shown, trotted a heat over the Sea- 

 caucus Course, N. J., in 1869, in 2 :34, his name then being Boyant Colt 

 Mr. Bonner paid $10,000 for him, and placed him with Carl Burr for train- 

 ing. A few months ago he made a mile on the Fleetwood Course in 

 2:18>. Bruno occupies the next box. and never was in more superb 

 condition than now. Since Mr. Bonner bought him of Mr. Phyfe he has 

 greatly improved in speed. As a four-year-old he made the best record 

 in a public race, trotting a mile in 2 :30 in a gale of wind. With his sister, 

 Brunette, he made also the fastest double-team time, having trotted a 

 mile in 2 :25*. Last on the list stands Pocahontas, the beautiful daugh- 



