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them before old age and family jars made him sour 

 on the world. Finally he was left alone in a big house 

 with a bull terrier and the servants. David Bonner 

 was one of his few visitors. 



One day when he was in a clever mood he pre- 

 sented Wanda to Mr. Bonner. He bred her to Ax- 

 worthy and in due time her fillies produced a number 

 of fast trotters. 



After Frank Work died the stable was let for other 

 purposes. In 1930 it was used as a night club when 

 a fire attracted attention to it. 



The only other stable that measured up to the 

 standard of the buildings which sheltered the 

 Vanderbilt and Work road horses was erected in 

 1888 by D. Edgar Grouse in Syracuse, N. Y. In 1887 

 he sent an architect to New York to examine the 

 stables in that city. Upon his return a stable was 

 planned that cost over half a million when it was 

 completed and equipped. The builder selected the 

 Romanesque style of architecture for the exterior. 

 The interior was finished in mahogany, white birch 

 and rosewood. 



The carvings of the staircase, the walls and the 

 ceilings were elaborate. The stalls for the horses were 

 of as fine wood and as carefully cut. Later, when in 

 use, mattings and carpets covered the floors, in- 

 cluding the hitching rooms. 



Ghandeliers hung from the ceilings. Stained glass 

 windows let light into the stable. Tapestries and 

 paintings covered the walls. It was the palace for the 

 horse. 



