RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



stable in New York in the autumn. The Governor 

 read the memorandum and nodded his head. I saw 

 Mr. Bonner the same evening, and the next morn- 

 ing, May 24, sent a note by messenger to Governor 

 Stanford; 



" When I first showed the memorandum left with 

 you last night to Mr. Bonner, he stated that he 

 wanted no writing, that a word from you was suffi- 

 cient. But, when I explained that he had not met 

 you, and that you had only my word as to what he 

 would assume, he said that he would sign anything 

 that would meet your views. If the form is not 

 satisfactory, and if you are willing to take my word 

 as to what Mr. Bonner will do, let the matter stand 

 without a scratch of the pen. Mr. Humphreys is 

 the only man that you could have named that he 

 would have objected to, and that is simply for the 

 reason that, not being on speaking terms with Mr. 

 Humphreys, he could not very well enter into nego- 

 tiations with him. It makes no difference to Mr. 

 Bonner what disposition you make of Hinda Rose, 

 only that you sell her to some party with the reserva- 

 tion that she is to be delivered to Mr. Bonner after 

 the Breeders' Meeting in September, for $15,000, 

 if she obtains a record better than 2.i8f, and for 

 $20,000 if she obtains a record of better than 2.17^." 



The price which W. H. Vanderbilt paid for 

 Maud S., when she trotted a public trial at Lexing- 

 ton as a four-year-old in 2.17^, was $20,000, with 

 $1000 additional to her trainer and driver, W. W. 



Bair. It was for this reason that the price of Hinda 



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