Bonner's Gray Mare

Mr. Bonner’s gray mare recently did a very great thing upon the Fashion Course. Since last December she was not driven until the third of April, and therefore was not in trotting condition. Nevertheless, on Saturday the 19th, Mr. Bonner drove her a half mile on the above named course, wagon and driver three hundred and forty pounds, 1 minute, 12¾ seconds. This time was taken by Alderman Jenet and James McMann. It is unquestionable, and no more than the naked statement need be given to mark the astonishing feat. – {Wilkes’ Spirit of the Times.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 10, 1862, p. 2