Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-08-28
MISS MAUD $.
The Life of the Eatty Little Roadster How She
 Travels and How She Trots.

4lAftH anu hOH olS AlOss-
 Maud S.'s car was found to be a plain affair, yet containing all the conven- fences that are absolutely necessary for the safe conduct and comfort of the val uable mare while travelling. It Is bag gage car, upon the sides of which are the | initials of the New York Central and
 Harlem railroad. and beneath the words | " Special Horse Car" In one end IS an apartment about eight feet in length by three m width, especially constructed for Maud S., and every precautiOn has
 been taken to prevent injuries. The | sides of the stall and one end are heav-
 fly padded, and no matter how much she may be iostled 1t is always impossible | for her to be injured. The rear portion
 of tke ear is used by her attendants, four
 of whom are constantly employed to
 look after her interests.
 Captain Stone, the former owner and
 manager of the mare, was at Belmont | Park yesterday, and related a number of |
 pleasant facts connected with the illus
 trious trotter. Commencing from the | period when she was no more thought of | than an ordinary piece of horsehesh,
 Captain Stone said: In 1877 Captain | Cugher, of Cincinnati, purchased a num-
 ber of colts from Mir. \. J. Alexander, Of | Kentucky, and sent them to his farm | near Cincinnati. The Captain soon af- |
 terward died, and the son having inher- |
 tied the property, sent them to Mir. w. |
 W. Bair. who was then at Chester Park, ! t0 train, and if possible, to dispose Of I them. Among the number was little ]
 chestnut mare to which Bair tooka great | fancy. ae insisted that ] should buy !
 her, and finally, 10 please MT. Bair, l
 gave the amount asked, $50. Bair at ! once began to pay particular attention l tO the breaking of tine yOungsteT, and al- 1 though she was very awkward to handle, l she showed that season half mile in 1 l:l3ls. She was then turned out until ! the spring of 1878, and after having been
 worked along gently, gradually dropped down from 2:tl to 2:22, over half mile ] track. In the fall of the same year as a ! four-year-old I agreed to show 2:20 with ! her, but she went 2a4 seconds faster, cov- ering a mile over the Lexington, Ky, | track at the first attempt in 2:l7li. This was the eleventh full mile she ever trot- | ted in her life, and no one was more sur prised than myself at her exhibition. ! She was afterwards sold te Mir. Wander ] bilt for S2l GOO, which was at least 9 per 2 sent to MT. Vanderbilt's stables in New i York, and after driving her once or i twice sent her to Carl Bure for further l developments As five-year-old, how ] ever, she was far from being herself, and m the fall of 1879 Mir. Vanderbilt re- l turned the mare, but she could trot very | little, and finally her shoes were pulled ! off and she was allowed to run until Jan | uary l. 1880. This brings her up to the
 year in winch she made her first public 1 appearance as a six-year-old in @CIncin- nati."
 .' Was Maud $. a difficult youngster to !. break?" asked the reporter.
 (" Not at all She was quite tractable, 1 and MT Bair was very careful ill doing
 nothing to irritate her"
 "What kind of a bit do you use on the
 mare?'
 "An y-iointed snafile."
 "What description of a bride" l Sometimes she is driven with an open l bride and often with blinds" How heavy are the shoes she wears: A fifteen-ounce shoe in front and an eleven-ounce behind"
 "Ihe toe weights, Captaln?' "A four-ounce Eureka toe weight" You have been to Belmont before| ''No, sir"
 "Then. of course, you cannot say whether time will be beaten or not on Thursday"
 i "Well, DO, not with any degree of cer- | tainty; but you can say very positively ! that she will make every effort to beat her best time, and if the track Is favora- | ble there Is no reason why she should not do it."
 Maud s. should trot the first half mile very fast, Captain:"
 "I have been told that 1t was fast
 half, and if Maud goes there in 1O4 she
 will come home in 105 She Is great | hill climber"
 "Were the strides of Maud s. ever measured?'
 eYes: at Columbus, this year, when she trotted in 2:17lS. They measured eighteen feet four inches. l think, how ever, when she is speeding a faster gait ! they measure about eighteen feet" Do you expect to see mile trotted | in two minutes|
 "Yes. sir: there will certainly be a ] horse. at C time not far distant, either, | that will show that time. Why, Maud | <. to-day, under favorable circumstances, can trot a half mile in a minute" Expressing a desire to see the world renowned trotter, Captain Stone led the Record man to Maud's apartment m the south wing Of the stable yard. As the l door was thrown open there stood the grand piece of horsehesh looking to- ward the opening, while beside her sat ! her careful colored attendant, who has ! been with her since she first came under | Mir. Stones charge. She Is rather plain | in appearance, but with one of the most | intelligent heads ever possessed by a 1 horse. She has a bright, sparkling eye, large ears. a neat cut and well set neck. | At the wethers she Is l5 hands inches [ high. and at the hips l6l4 hands. Her ! body is long, but she has good set Of 1 limbs. without a scratch upon them. Her ! disposition is of the sweetest descrp | tion. The smallest child could crawl all over her, and she would not show the slightest attempt to interfere. To use the words of Captain Stone, "every lady and child in Philadelphia are partlcu- | larlv invited to visit Maud S., and they
 will be hospitably received" Maud IS good feeder. and her daily supply IS ! twelve quarts of oats a day, with all the hay she wishes to eat. When in condi
 ton she weighs about $50 pounds. Maud s. is now seven years old, of 8 | light chestnut color, without spot of l white, and was sired by Harold, ne Dg Rvsdyk's Hambletonian, dam Miss Rus sell. by Pilot, IT,, granddAm Sally Rus l sell. bv the old race horse Boston. Both
 sire and dam of Maud $. are the prop | ertv of MT 4. J. Alexander, Woodburn ! Farm, Kentucky Philadelphia Record ! IF tallow candle be placed Tn gun and shot at door it will go through | without sustaining any injury: and If musket ball be fired into the water It | will not only rebound, but be tiattened
 as if fired against a solid substance. A 1 musket ball may toe fired through pane l of rlass. making the hole the size of the | ball without cracking the glass; If sus-
 pended by a thread 1t will make no diff | ference. and the thread will not even
 vibrate. Cork, if sunk two hundred feet in tbe ocean. will not rise on account Of tbe pressure Of the water. In the arctic
 regions. when the thermometer IS below
 zero. persons can converse more than mile distant. Dr. Jamieson asserts that he heard every word of sermon at distance of two miles, Exchange.
 THE Tucson CITIZEN is quite right in
 saving that " western desperadoes are eastern-born men, of whose acts the west
 has to bear the obloquy and suffer the 1 damage. Still it must be remembered