Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1879 — Why Bonner Bought Rarus. [ARTICLE]

Why Bonner Bought Rarus.

Since the purchase much curiosity has been expressed as to the use which Mr. Bonner Intends to make of Rarus, but I had it last evening from a gentleman whose opportunities for knowing the facts in the case are not to be doubted, that Mr. Bonner’s object in paying 136,000 for the hero of 2:13J was to secure a mate for Edwin Forrest, and that the team will be used to beat the 2:23 of Vanderbilt’s teams, made two years ago this foil at Fleetwood Park. Contrary to general expectation, Rarus and Forrest hook up well together, and Mr. Bonner believes that with a little handling they can beat 2:20 to the pole. At all events he is going to make the trial. —[New York Correspondence Chicago Tribune. Getrid of the runts. It does not pay tofkeep an inferior animal.