CHAPTER XXXVI 



EAST VIEW AND OTHER FARMS 



ONE morning in a drive from Tarrytown to Bonner 

 Farm, I noticed a large force of men at work on 

 the hill, digging and carting away the rock and dirt, 

 and the explanation was given me that the farm had 

 been purchased by James Butler, and that the natural 

 obstruction was being removed to improve the view. 

 It was a costly piece of work, but it gave Mr. Butler 

 an opportunity to name the place East View Farm, 

 and since then this name has become famous. The 

 premier stallion was Direct, 2.i8J, at four years old 

 at the trot, and 2.05^ at the pace. The powerfully 

 built black of 15.1^ was bred at Pleasanton, Cal., 

 by Monroe Salisbury, who campaigned him, and was 

 by Director, 2.17, out of Echora, 2.23^. Although 

 trotting bred, his fastest record is at the pace, and 

 his two fastest performers are pacers Directly, 

 2.03^, and Direct Hal, 2.044. Direct is also a sire 

 of fast trotters, and his sons and daughters are good 

 race horses. Directum Kelly, who as a four-year- 

 old was unbeaten, and who trotted to a race record of 

 2.o8J, is by Direct, out of Rosa Ludwig by Anteeo, 

 2.16^, son of Electioneer and Columbine, and he is 

 attracting attention as a sire. His daughter, Princess 

 Athel, trotted in 1904 to a three-year-old record of 



