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race her. This reached the Hmit when W. H. Craw- 

 ford was managing Jay Eye See for J. I. Case. 



Something of another kind developed in 1884 when 

 it became apparent that Jay Eye See had a chance 

 to reduce the record. Robert Bonner put Maud S. in 

 training. On August 1, Jay Eye See cut the record 

 to 2:10 at Providence. The following day Maud S. 

 trotted in 2:09% at Cleveland. Later in the season 

 she trotted in 2:09l^ at Lexington and finally 

 reached her hmit of 2:08% at Cleveland on July 30, 

 1885. 



Mr. Bonner was always very touchy on the subject 

 of racing or starting his horses for records. In 1889 

 he showed his resentment by the following letter to 

 the New York World: 



New York, November 11, 1889. 



As your reporter called at my residence last eve- 

 ning to see if there is anything new in the horse 

 world, it has occurred to me to give you something 

 over my signature. I have just read in the California 

 Breeder & Sportsman a not very courteous article in 

 which the editor says ''who has ever heard of a horse 

 training after Mr. Bonner purchased him" and then 

 suggests that a beginning be made at my farm for 

 information in that line. Perhaps it might interest 

 the public if I begin at my farm to state that I have 

 bred or raised a yearling — the only yearling I ever 

 had in harness — that trotted a quarter in 44 sec- 

 onds; a two-year-old that trotted at a 2:31 gait; a 

 three-year-old that trotted at a 2:16 gait; a four- 

 year-old that trotted at a 2:16 gait; a four-year-old 



