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Show BONNER'S HORSES One of the events of the week is Robert Bonner's horse sale. The stable at Tarrytown had become overstocked and Mr. Bonner decided to reduce it. He advertised the sale so well (he believes as strongly in advertising now as he did twenty five years ago when he made it the foundation of the great fortune that the Ledger has brought him) that 3,000 persons were on the grounds when it began. Noted horsemen from all parts of the country were present and a good deal of the stock sold goes to breeding farms. The number of horses disposed of was eighty-seven and they realized $34,700. Those still remaining in Mr. Bonner's stable represent about $300,000. They are all famous for speed, and among them are two or three which cost each more than was received for the whole eighty-seven sold on Wednesday. The only one of these that brought a large price is Koone Keone Jim, which became the property of Chas [Charles] A. Dana, for $4,000. When Bonner bought this horse, the price paid, according to report, was $10,000. Mr. Dana's fame for good horses is not quite equal to that of his friend, Bonner, but he likes to hold the lines over a stylish trotter as well as the next man, Bonner excepted. Among the horses still in Mr. Bonner's stable are Pocahontas, for which he paid $15,000, Rarus Rirus Rarue, which he bought a few months ago for $36,000; Goldsmith Maid and Jay Gould, standing him $70,000 together, Dexter, his famous $33,000 purchase; Lucy and Socrates at $25,000 each, Starile at $20,000, Pattler at $17,000, Grafton at $15,000, Rosalind at $13,000 and Gen. Knox at $10,000. They comprise the best trotting stock in the country by all odds, and at present Mr. Bonner has no intention of parting with any of them. -- Cor. Detroit Free Press. |