222 OLD-TIME TEOTTEKS. 



If he had beaten Ethan Allen in his great race with him 

 June 21st, the same season, then Mr. Bonner would have given 

 $40,000 for him. 



Although Dexter did not win this race when Ethan Allen 

 trotted in 2.15 without a break, Commodore Yanderbilt and 

 others timed him separately a mile in 2.16. 



This 21st day of June, 1867, was a great day in the annals 

 of the history of the American trotting turf, when Ethan 

 Allen was crowned the king of trotting stallions. Among 

 those who were on the track that day and applauded the effort 

 of Dexter, but who are now gathered .with the dead, are 

 George B. Alley, Shepperd F. Knapp, Com. Yanderbilt, ¥m. 

 H. Vanderbilt, E. S. Sanford, Chas. J. Foster, fm. M. 

 Bysdyk, Thomas Martin, Alden Goldsmith, Capt. Bynders, 

 George C. Hall, Com. Dodge, Lew. Botter, Beter Dubois, John 

 Morrissey, Dan Mace, Dan Bfeiffer, and many others. 



The white-legged king lingered on the stage long after 

 many of his admirers had stepped from it. 



General Grant and Henry Ward Beecher each enjoyed a 

 ride behind him after he had passed into the stables of Mr. 

 Bonner. 



If horses have a hereafter, and the proud spirit of Dexter 

 crossed to the unseen shore after it left the worn tenement of 

 clay, how royal must have been bis welcome from those who 

 were taught in earth's pilgrimage to extol pluck and prowess. 



Just after his election to the presidency, but before his in- 

 auguration, General Grant rode out with Mr. Bonner. In 

 passing through the park Dexter was startled by a man trim- 

 ming trees, and the jump he made frightened the stolid soldier 

 of the Wilderness more, for the moment, than he had ever 

 been frightened by the roar of battle. On the way back to 

 the stable Mr. Bonner handed General Grant the lines, and the 

 old soldier-horseman was delighted with the resolute action of 

 the trotting king. Ehringer's famous picture " Taking the 

 Beins " was based upon this incident, and every figure in it is 

 a portrait. 



