Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-08-10
THE III YER.
a STORY OF THE YOUTH OF MAUD s.
QUEEN OF TnE TURF,

A correspondent 10 the Pittsburgh
Post, writing from Deer Park, Garrett
county, Maryland, under date of July
l7th, writes as follows;
The afternoon mail had arrived on
Thursday and brought, among other
things, the Pittsburgh papers. Whom
] opened my copy OF The Post and saw
what Maud S. had accomplished at the
new driving park, turned TO gen.
tleman who sat beside me and said
"Maud 5. has beaten the record and
has trotted in 10 l.2." "You don't
mean it p said he "Let me look at
the paper" The gentleman who said
this was Mr.. W. $. Hubert, OF Gin.
cinnati He is one Of the noted men
Of that place, is worth million or two
and is largely interested in the Cincin.
natl Gazette. Mr. Hubert IL very
interesting talker, having travelled OK.
tensively and he always is u pleasant
person to listen to, but after reading
the description Of the trot be laid the
paper down and said "I owned Maud
S. for a week once" Then he was
especially interesting
"lIow did that happen?" Was my
very natural question
"lt was in this way = said he. "Capt.
j. Bugher, an old river man who came
from up the Monongahcla river, was
friend of mine, He was great horse.
man and one day we went over to u
sale of blooded colts at Alexander's
farm at Woodburn, Kentucky. Bugher
bought eleven colts and then it began
to rain torrents, We stood under an
umbrella as the last colt on the cata-
logue was brought out. She was a
pretty, bright looking thing and told
Bugher he had better buy her. He
said he had bought enough, and con.
cluded | would take her myself and so
! gave slI5 for her. put her in with
BQghers colts and they were all sent
to his farm About week after this
] went to the farm and asked where
my colt was. Bughcr showed me "A
little nervous looking sorrel colt, which
had a piece OF string tied around its
neck. He said that was my colt and
that the string had been put on it in
order TO distinguish il, 1t did not louk
to me as if it was the colt | had bought
and said 50, but Bugler was positive
and ! lot 1t go until tie next time we
went out to the farm. | remembered
then that my colt was bay and not a
sorrel, and told Busher so and he
confessed that he had been mistaken
so took the bay and Bugher took the
sorrell and that's where made mis-.
take. The sorrel was Maud S. and the
bay was her sister. Maud has trottod
in 2:0s and the sister can't trot under
three minutes. Bugher put the colt
into BARS hands to train when she
was three years old and in short
time she did magnificent work. Old
man Bugher died and his son gave
orders to Bair to sell the marc for $3.50.
Bair came TO mo and wanted me 10
buy her. He said she was the hstest
thing in the way Of horsenesh there
was in the country, but did not care
about making the purchase After
awhile Stone bought the mare for $3.50
and allowed Bair to manage her. She
showed so much speed that William H.
Vanderbilt heard OF her and wanted to
buy her Stone said he would sell ior
s2l, 900, $4,000 for himselfand 81 ,00O
for Bair, provided the mare trotted in
2;lS. She was put on the Lexington
track and made the mile in 2:17l
which was just Dexter's time. Van
derbilt bought her and put her il
charge Of man who could not do any
thing with her lie treated her very
roughly and she wonld not trot. Mr.
| Vanderbilt wrote to Stone and said
'I bought that mare for S2l 900 anC
she cant trot in 235. | don't want
to be called an ass. What shall | dc
about ii 2" Stone replied that if the
mare was sent TO him to train hC
wUuiu make her tine 1ustcst trutter II
the world, and be did. Only q few
weeks ago a man named Woodmanset
who represented come St. Louis men
wont 10 Vanderbilt and offered him {
certified check for 100000 for Maud
but Vanderbilt only laughed and sale
SHE was not for sale--and that is the
nervous little'sorrel colt that he would
not keep"--and Mr. Hubert softly
rubbed his chin and looked at me with
a queer smile that spoke volumes.
"You said she troited in 2:0S," sale
| "Do you not mean 2:l0l 2"
"Nosir;" said Mr. Hubert promptly
at is well known that the mare car
trot in 2OS, and what is more, she ha:
trotted mile on regular track or
two different occasions. OF course il
was 10 private, aud not on record, bui
she was timed by competent men with
stop watches"
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