, 1881-08-07
OWNED MAUD S. Il WEEK.


The afternoon mail had arrived on Thursday
and brought. among other things the pittsDurg
papers. When opened my copy OF tho Post and
saw what Maud S. had accomplished at the new
driving park turned to Il gentleman beside me
and said: "Maud S. has beaten her record, and
his trotted in lO:." . You don't mean it?'
said he. "Let me look at the papcr.'' Tho
gentleman who said this WAS Nr. ". F. Hubert,
OF Cincinnati He is one Of the noted men Of
that place, and is worth 4 million OF two. Mr..
Hubert laid tho paper down and said:
IL owned Maud s. for q week once. Capt j.
Bugher, an old river man, who came from up
the Monougahca River, WAS friend of mine.
He was q great horseman+ and one day
VIC went over to sule of blooded colts
ut Aiexandcrs farm at Woodburn, Ky.
Hugher bought eleven colts. and thcu it
begun to rain iu torrents. We stood under np
umbrella us the last colt on tho catalog was
brought out. She was pretty, bright-looking
thing, and told j}ugher he had better buy her.
lie saul he had bought enough, and 1 concluded
would take her myself. aud 60 gave $l45 for
her. put her in with Bugher's colts, and they
were al! sent to his farm. About week after
this went to the farm and asked where my colt
WAS Bugher showed me little, neryous-look-
ing sorrcl colt, which had piece of string tied
around its neck. He said that was my colt. aud
that the string had been put Oh in order TO dis-
tinguish it. 1t did not look to us if it was
the colt had bought. and said So but Dugher
was positive, and let it until the next time
VIC went our 10 the farul. remembered then
that my colt was bay, and not sorrel. and I
told Bughcr SO, and he confessed that he hnd
been mistaken; SO [ took the buy and Dugher
took the sorrel, and that's where maue mis-
take. The sorrel WAS Maud s., and the bay WIS her
sister Maud bus trotted in ::uH, and the sister
can't trot under three minutes. Bugher put the
colt under BARS hands to train when she WAS .
years old and in u short time she did magnificent
work. Old nun Hugher died, aud his son gave
orders to Bair to sell the tnlre Tor $3.50. nair
came to me dozen times and wanted mo to buy
her. He said she was the fastest thing in the
way OF horsetlcsh there WIS in the country, but
didn't care about making the purchase. After
While Stone bought the mare for $.i5U and Ill
lowed Bair to manage her. She showed SO much
speed that Vanderbilt heard Of her and wanted
to buy her. Stone said he would sell for $2l, QUO,
SS0,OUo for himself and u ,00 for Bair, provided
the mare trotted in 2:lS. She was put tho
Lexington track and made the mile in 2:l.A.
which was just Dexter's time. Vanderbilt
bought her and put her in charge of IMAM who
could not do anything with her. He treated her
roughly and she would not trot- Vanderbilt
wrote to Stone and said:
~ bought that mare for $40 and she can't
trot in 2:j5. don't want to be called an ass.
What shall l. do about it?'
"Stone replied that il the mare was sent to him
to train ne would make her the tustest trotter
in the world. and he did. Only a few weeks ago
n man named Woodmausee, who represented
Sb En- hoos sr1o so %snt nt to ~ S1 M ad
Maud. but Vanderbilt only laughed and said she
WAS not for sale. And that is the nervous lit
tie sorrel colt that he would not keep; and Mr.
Hubert softly rubbed his chin. and looked at me
With queer smile that spoke volumes.
" You said she trotted in 2:0s, +" said l; "do you
not mean 2:10t.?"
No. sir" SAID Mr. Hubert promptly. ut ts
well known that the mare can trot in 2:0S. and,
what is more, she has trotted mile on regular
track on TWO different occasions. OF course 1t
was IN private, and not On record, but she was
timed by competent men with stop watches"