mpanion,
"Flatbush Mare," has made a 2 mile heat to a road wagon in 5.01.25. The
"Auburn Horse," a large sorrel, 16.5 hands high, with four white feet and
a white face, was declared by Hiram Woodruff to be the fastest horse he
ever drove. These horses cost their owner over two hundred thousand
dollars, and he would not part with them for double that sum. He will
not race them, though almost every inducement has been offered him to do
so, as he is opposed to racing for money. He bought them for his own
enjoyment, and drives them himself.

[Picture: ROBERT BONNER.]

Mr. Bonner is now very wealthy. He lives simply, however, and detests
and shuns personal notoriety or ostentation. He has the reputation of
being a warm-hearted, generous man, and has many friends. He is short,
thick-set, and solidly made. His hair is sandy, his complexion florid,
his forehead large and thoughtful, his eye bright and pleasant, and his
manner frank, genial, and winning.

LXXI. PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

The Public Buildings of New York are not numerous. Some of them are
handsome, and others are models of ugliness. We shall mention here only
those which are not described elsewhere in this volume.

The most prominent is the City Hall, which is located in the City Hall
Park. It faces the south, and the ground line is perpendicular to
Broadway. It is a handsome edifice, and is surmounted by the best clock
tower in the Union, above which is a marble image of Justice. The front
and ends of the City Hall are constructed of white marble, but the rear
face is of brown stone. The building was erected between the years 1803
and 1810, and the city fathers, sagely premising that New York would
never extend above the Park, decided to save the difference between
marble and brown stone at this side, "as this portion would face the
country." The building contains the offices of the Mayor and city
officials. Some of its rooms are very handsome, and are elegantly
decorated.

The clock tower and the upper portions of the building were set on fire
by the pyrotechnical display in honor of the Atlantic Telegraph of 1859.
They were rebuilt soon afterwards, in much better style.

"Previous to the completion of the new cupola, our city fathers
contracted with Messrs. Sperry & Co., the celebrated tower-clock makers
of Broadway, to build a clock for it, at a cost not exceeding four
thousand dollars, that our citizens might