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is superb. The writer first saw him to wagon. He rises forward and his 
manner of moving gives the appearance of uprightness like a man walk- 
ing. He was led from his stable onto the course by two attendants, whom 
he fairly dragged along with his quick walk, such was his nervous ambi- 
tion. He was a hard puller and bore heavily on the check. He also had 
that side-to-side motion forward so noticeable in the Star blood. He never 
had the chance to show his best on the turf, for Mr. Robert Bonner pur- 
chasea him (for $35,000), and it is well known that he never trots his 
horses for money. We believe, however, that he trotted in 2:14 under 
saddle for Mr. Bonner. His most formidable competitors were Lady Thorn, 
George Wilkes, and Ethan Allen and running mate, these latter defeating 
him by making a record of 2:15. 
Lady Thorn was a large bay, sixteen and a fourth hands high, by 
Mambrino Chief, out of a mare by Gano, son of American Eclipse; back 
of that, pacing and thoroughbred. A first impression of Lady Thorn was 
that of a blood-like animal of great length and angularity. With pro- 
pelling powers of the grandest character, she looked as though she couid 
“step over a house.” Like Dexter,she was high-strung, but not so sensi- 
tive; she had a nervous habit of digging the air with a fore foot while in 
the stable; her length of limb was very great, but she had a low, 
easy stroke, settling close to the earth, trotting with great resolution. A 
smaller horse would look large alongside. She could do the home-stretch 
with an effect truly marvelous. Although her record is but 2:18, she is 
said to have trotted in 2:10 in a trial. She was cut short in her career by 
a deplorable accident while being shipped from Rochester to Buffalo 
where she was to trot against Dexter’s time. She fell from the platform 
while entering the car, and permanently injured her hip—and Lady 
Thorn’s day was over. Although this great mare had the refined 
quality of a thoroughbred, she was somewhat unsightly. The right eye 
was gone, and this made her push her nose far out, and to one side, while 
one of her ears was pointed forward and the other backward. Beside 
‘this, she had a sinking of the neck forward of the withers. She was 
more beautiful to go than to look at, although at any time she was an 
impressive mare. . 
George Wilkes, a brown horse, one hind pastern white, fifteen hands 
high, by Hambletonian, was the fastest stallion of his day, and considering 
his ability for speed of the fastest quality, and capability of producing speed 
in his descendants, he ranks as the best son of Hambletonian. Many mar- 
velous stories are related of the wonderful flights of speed to which this 
horse attained. When the writer saw him trot it was with Lady Thorn, 
American Girl, George Palmer and Lucy. In that race Wilkes would 
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