RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



It was arranged for Bair to take the mare to Cin- 

 cinnati for the winter, and the next day Mr. Bonner 

 and myself started for New York. Robert Bon- 

 ner' s success as a record hunter put him in rare good 

 humor, and at every place where the train stopped 

 he was an object of interest to the assembled people. 

 This reminds me of another incident of travel. We 

 were on the way from Lexington to New York and 

 there was a head-on collision in one of the tunnels 

 of West Virginia. We were compelled to take 

 shelter in a mountain tavern, and Senator John S. 

 Williams shared the one decent room with us. About 

 nine o'clock the people from the mountain hamlets 

 gathered around the hotel and General Williams 

 was flattered at the thought that it was a personal 

 tribute to him, as one of the regiments commanded 

 by him in the Civil War was enlisted from that 

 section. He was somewhat put out when the general 

 call was for Robert Bonner. The owner of Dexter 

 and Maud S. was of more interest to them than an 

 ex-general in the Confederate Army, or the holder 

 of a commission to the United States Senate. 



Maud S. got through the winter all right at Ches- 

 ter Park, and was again put in training for an effort 

 against time. 



