IN NEW YORK. 513 



AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM MR. BONNER 

 was handed to a representative of this paper: 



OFFICE OF THK LEDGER, ) 

 New York, Jan. 25, 1872. f 



Mr. D. Magner: 



DEAR SIR, From the conversations I have had with you, and 

 from the satisfactory manner in which you handled Mr. Wilkins' 

 horse to-day in my stable, I have no hesitation in saying that I 

 consider you THE MOST SCIENTIFIC AND SUCCESSFUL EDUCATOR, OR 



TAMER, OF VICIOUS HORSES I HAVE EVER MET. Mr. Wilkins' horse 



was a most vicious brute; he would kick with more spite and de- 

 termination than any hoi-se I ever saw, and at the same time he 

 would strike with his forward feet ; indeed, Mr. Wilkins himself 

 told me that he was, to use his exact expression, " the worst horse 

 in New York." In less than an hour you succeeded in handling 

 him as freely, and with as much apparent safety, as you would 

 any ordinary family horse. 



I have myself handled Princess, the famous old competitor of 

 Flora Temple, on your new system ; and, although she was at one 

 time so vicious as to be almost unmanageable, my youngest boy, 

 a lad of fifteen, has, during the past week, been driving her daily 

 in the Central Park. AIL things considered, your treatment is, 

 in my opinion, entirely new and reliable, as well as humane 

 and practical. Yours truly, 



ROBERT BONNER. 



In a conversation subsequent to the exhibition, Mr. Bonner 

 stated that if he could have made his letter any stronger, he would 

 have done so. 



.COMMITTEE REPORT. 



April 9, 1872. 



We, the committee appointed by the citizens and prominent 

 horsemen of New York to investigate and report upon the merits 

 of Mr. Magner's system of training and educating wild and vi- 

 cious horses, respectfully report that we have exerted every effort 

 in our power to obtain horses of such a bad character as would 

 test the practicability of his treatment, and secured a thorough- 

 bred mare, owned by L. C. Popham, of No. 945 Broadway. This 

 mare was fourteen years old, and had resisted all efforts to con- 

 trol her in single harness; would kick herself free from shafts, 

 and run away at all hazards. Also, a thorough-bred gelding, six- 

 teen years old, owned by H. L. Herbert of Red Bank, N. J. He 

 would balk while riding, kicking and running away while in 

 harness, and was so vicious that he could not be driven or con- 

 trolled in harness ; was purchased by Mr. Herbert for 82,500 ; 



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