Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-09-08
MAUD y.
How the Crowd Checrcd when She Lew
cred Her Record n Quarter of n second.


Rochester Driving Park IN. " when
Maud s. trotted her mile in 2:10 ii.
Every one was expectant, and every one
tried to get better view of the track
when the mare appeared.
AT B o'clock, William II. Vanderbilt
and party arrived at the track, and
occupied the second story of the judges
stand. After the finish of the second
heat of the 2:2l class the scraper was
sent around the track, and men followed
it and picked up all stones or
chunks of dirt. They went close to the
pole, for Bair, the mares driver, had
told them that she always hugs the pole,
and that she wanted q clean track all
along the rail. At2:45 o'clock the run
ner, Monitor, who was driven by
Charles Green at the wheel of the Queen,
was taken upon the track for timber
up. At precisely 1925 o'clock Bair
drove the mare upon the track and took
the turn opposite to that leading by the
grand stand. Captain Stone saw ber
safely on the track, and then he walked
leisurely up to the Judges stand. The
mare was driven very slowly around the
track, and when she came to the dis.
tance stand, at 1886 she was heartily
cheered. She pricked up her
ears with pride, as is her wont,
and logged around the track
once more. While she was making the
second round every one was on tiptoe,
both in expectancy and literally, for the
crowd was SO immense that it was inn
possible for all to see. When she had
reached the third quarter on the second
round she turned back and trotted a
mile in the reverse direction. The pace
was slow all the way around, during
which the pools sold almost even On
time against her. She came down the
stretch we'll in an easy, steady gait,
with Monitor close behind. When
within the distance stand, and while she
was going at 2;30 gait, Bair nodded to
the judges, and they sent her away for
the first trial. She trotted the first
eighth slowly, but kept increasing her
speed until she reached the quarter in
0:32 3-4. When she struck ont for the
up stretch she settled down into an
easy and very steady clip, and kept a
splendid stride with her feet well uu-
der her, and her driver holding a steady
rein on her. She made the second
quarter in O:32 IL, bringing her to the
half in los IA. That she trotted
evenly the remainder of the mile the
time shows. Bair held her ont well
into the track, and as she made the
third turn without a skip or wayer,
the ordinations Of the thousands
who were timing her were "She'll do
it." She trotted the third quarter in
0:32 Il, the fastest in the mile by q
quarter OF a second, bringing her to the
three-quarter pole in 1:37 IL She APP
peared to trot slow when she came into
the stretch, but the observers were look
ing directly into her face and did not
appreciate her great speed. Bair did
not urge her at all down the stretch,
but let her choose her own clip. She
made The last quarter in exactly the
time of the first quarter r-0;32 81
reaching the wire in 2:10 Ii. There
was intense excitement as she went
home, and many who held tickers de-
clared Immediately that she had beat
2:10 IL. The mass OF the crowd, how.
ever, did not have watches, and
were not proficient enough to know
whether she had varied a quarter of a
second from her record. Therefore
they kept quiet until the judges hung
out the figures, when there was one
long unloading Of lung-power that ere.
ated an echo far away. Bair let the
mare have plenty Of space in which to
come to walk, and then walked her
slowly mp to the judges stand. No one
seemed happier than William II. Van
derbilt. He swung his hat when the
time was announced, and shook hands
with all his friends. When Bair alight-
ed from the sulky Vanderbilt grabbed
his hand enthusiastically, and then did
the same with Captain Stone. While
the cheers were yet being given the
mare was driven to the stable, and she
did not appear again during the day.
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