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[preprinted] United States Senate,

WASHINGTON, D.C., Decr 13, 1890.

Robert Bonner, Esq.
8 West 56th Street
New York.

Dear Sir,

Your letter of the 6th
inst is received.

I am very glad indeed
that you consented to leave
Sunol in California for the
Winter. I dreaded a trip across
the Continent for her at this
Season of the year. It was a
disappointment to me that she
did not lower her record last
Summer; the real reason she
did not was, I think, because