Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-20
Hurrah for the Queen.

On the track of the Chicago Jockey and Trot
ting club, last week, the wonderful six yea
old mare, Maud 8, made two attempts to bea
St. Julien's record of 2:ll4. The frat wal
made Thursday afternoon. The weather wal
not entirely favorable for fast time, strong
East wind blowing, but there is little doubt
the record would have bsen beaten had not the
mare left her feet few yards from the wi.e
and lost her opportunity. As it was
she went to the first quarter in
:33A seconds, a 2:lS gait. and to the half in
l:0414, the second quarter being trOtted in
81 or at the rate of 2:05 for the mile. The
third quarter was second slower, 32L, 2:09
gait, the time for the three quarters being
1864, and the last quarter in :34s, 2:l7
gait, and the full mile in 2:1l19s, quarter be-
hind St. Julien as announced by the judges,
though outsiders made the time 2:10L to 2:l1.
The performance was grand one under the
circumstances, but st. Julien's time was not
beaten, and Capt. Stone, manager of the mare,
determined to Emake another effort to accom-
plish that result on Saturday. The weather
again was against the effort, slight shower of
rain falling at 2 o'clock, SO that it was
after 5 o'clock when the mare was brought out
for the trial. and nearly y6 before finally sent
off, with a strong south wind blowing. On the
first effort after being warmed Up, the mare
broke on the first turn, and she was pulled up
and driven back for fresh start. Coming to
the wire this time more moderately than on the
first effort, Blair nodded his head for the word,
the mare being held we'll to the middle of the
track. Around the turn where she broke on
her first effort, Blair pulled the
marc to the inside and began to
let her out a little, though the pace was
still comparatively moderate, the watches
showing 81 seconds at the quarter, only 2:l6
gait, and three-quarters of q second slower
than St. Julien made his first quarter at Min.
neapolis week before last, when he made the
full mile in 2:13. That the record would BIZ
better with such start seemed imosslble. But
Blair rallied the mare for the effort, and from
here home the pace was simply terrific. The
half mile post was passed in :04s11 the quarter
having been made in the unprecedented time of
30% seconds, a 2:O3 gait, and in exactly the
same time st. Julien made his first half mile
at Minneapolis. The third quarter was made
at the same terrific pace, 3lA, 2:05 gait, the
half from the first quarter having been made
in the wonderful time Of O2 2:04 gait and
the three quarters in 1856, leaving
her IS Ia seconds in which to do the last
sast quarter to equal the record. But the
mare did better, making the quarter in S4s41,
thus beating st. Julian's record half second.
The performance is truly wonder, not 80
much that mile has been trotted in 2:1ON,-
men but what were expecting to see that or
even better time made b .ure the end of the
season-but that it should be made after
trotting the frat quarter at a 2:l8 gait, tie
inside half having TO be trotted at the terrific
pace of LOO, or at 2:04 gait for full mile,
to make up the time lost in the first
quarter, makes it most surprising perform
apce, and indicates that the record is yet to be
materially lowered. Can st. Julien do it?
That he will if be can is understood. He has
still several engagements, and if perfect con-
ditions cannot be secured at one of them it will
be very easy to arrange special trial, where
such conditions can be had, Robert Bonner,
too, seems desirous of starting some of his eff
forts in public trial, to beat the record.
Wilkes Spirit has pointed out the way in
which he can do 30, and preserve his consist
ency in his opposition to allowing his horses to
compete for money, and at the same time se-
cure record for his horses under the national
rules. Maud 8. is now queen of the turf, and
q. 2.l0A the record. Will the season close with
the wonderful mare wearing the crown? We
shall see. Hurrah for the queen! Twenty-one
years ago that grand old mare, Flora Temple,
was crowned Queen of the Turf for her per-
formance at Kalamazoo Mich, where she sur
prised the turf world by tretting mile in
2:19%, The old mare held her crown until
1867, we believe, when Dexter. now the prop
erty of Robert Bonner, at Buffalo, reduced the
record to 2:l71. couple of years later, at
Goldsmith Maid won the crown
by reducing the record to 2:l6s, and held it
until 1878-reducing her record in the mean
time to 2:14-when Rarus was crowned king
for his 2:13L IN fourth heat at Buffalo, Aug.
8. Rarus wore the crown but one year, st.
Julien winning it Oct. Is, 1879, at Oakland,
CAL, BY reducing the record to 2:12&, where 1t
stood until Rochester. N. Y, was reached this
year, where both St. Julien and Maud s marked
it down to 2:11l. Then st. Julien, at Hart
ford, knocked it down another notch, 2:11Z,
and uow comes Maud y with 2:l0I half a
second better than St. julien.