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lame when I bought them, they afterward made those 

 records. I feel as if that alone compensated me for 

 all the time I have given to the study of the horse's 

 foot. 



" Now for a few words about shoeing in connec- 

 tion with some of my recent purchases. A year ago 

 last spring I bought Maud C. from Mr. Frank 

 Rockefeller; she had a record of 2.ioJ, but she was 

 nervous and unsteady, attributable to the condition 

 of her feet. They were very much contracted, owing, 

 as Mr. Rockefeller himself wrote to me, to the 

 fact that one of his trainers was an extreme crank 

 on long toes. I shortened her feet and expanded her 

 heel, and had the gratification of timing her on the 

 3ist day of August last in 2.07 J. Elfrida, when I 

 bought her three years ago, had a record of 2.134, 

 but she had a bowed tendon, and people were afraid 

 to bid on her. I secured her for $1250, believing 

 that I could cure her. I do not know of any other 

 horse that has trotted as many fast miles as she has 

 during the past two years; and I timed her on the 

 ist day of October last in 2.o8J. Her legs are as 

 clean now as those of any colt on my place. Don L., 

 with a record of 2.12^, I timed in 2.10 on the 3d 

 day of September last. It should be remembered 

 that all these performances were made on my three- 

 quarter track, which is several seconds slower than 

 either Cleveland or Terre Haute. 



" ROBERT BONNER." 



I find, in my old files, letters from thoughtful train- 

 ers, acknowledging their indebtedness to Mr. Bon- 

 ner for valuable suggestions with regard to shoeing. 

 D. W. Woodmansee, who was the manager for 

 N. W. Kittson when the Midway Park Stable was 



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