New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-24
uP. TAYDERBILTS EASTMlRE.
MAUD s. COMING TO NETWORK.

WHAT HER OWNERS INTENTIONS ARE-TliE IA
NOUS TRoTrER To be DRIVEN TIL MATE.
Maud s. the Queen of the Turf is expected In
this city today or tomorrow, having been sent
East by Bar, her trainer, under Instructions from
heI owner. William II. Vanderbilt. Quarters have
been prepared for her in Mr.. Vanderblts stable no
Madscu-avc. and Fifty-sec0nd-s. Her stall, when
has three sides made OF brick aad is about lSx2f Is
on Madison-ave.. at The north end of the stable.
In one corner, fastened by hinges to the wall,
is an iron bell which will BE- occupied
every night BY one of the stabemen. The
furniture of the stall is handsome. The
famous mare will have for stable companions
Iysandcr, Leander William IT,, and others OF Mr..
Vondcrhlts favorites each one of the three named
taking turns at being harnasscd with Maud. After
visit to the stable yesterday TRIBUNE reporter
called uuon Mr. Vanderbilt TO ask him htther he
intended to retire Maud from the turf
Certainly / do" he sail, q" because | want to
drive her. She holds the record 2:lOlI rs the fast
est mare in the world, and although my stable has
the record of making 2:20 with double
team. | shall probably drive her with
mate because she is So kind and gentle and so
well broken that | think th't either Lysandcr,
William IL. or Lcandcr will 90 well to the pole
wi Ii her She will be here tomorrow or the day
after I received a letter to-day from Bair. her
trainer in which he states that Maud has been
shipped East in chlrgc Of the colorcd groom Charles
Grant.wth her harnesses sulkicS, and all the cloth
inC.bclonging TO her.
Does Bair say in what condition Maud Is"
"Ycs he writes that she is in Just rs perfect con-
dition as can be- She was clipped carly in January,
and her coat 10 ks very well. He
saws that she Ia, boon exercised carefully every
dgy and during the time he has had her she has
never >hOwna mean trick. bat is perfectly KIND
and gentle both in and ont of the stable lie ox-
presses sorrow AZ the parting, because 1t seems to
him ~ if he were losing child.
"What motive have you in bringing Maud to
New-York ~
.'Wcll. ~ have already said, | want to drive her
in both single and double harness. But T. be frank
wi vou, think that the record OF 2:20 made by
William II. and LyslnIcr last !aI vii! De beaten.
do not think At was beaten by Mr. VOTE ;
team. although am well aware that he claimed
for Dick Swivrcr and Edward halt a second fhsier
time | base my claim on the manner IN which my
Trial was made, as against Ina; of Mr.. Work team
n he had no weights and do not think that the time
viii .tand I;y the action OF the National !rottng
Association AT recent meeting the record o. 30
was recognized I'm general resolution, and by that
! claim the record on authority. think 1t may he
lowered 10y Others. but believe that Maud. with
almost anyone of my best horses, vii he able to
bring it down two. three Gr four seconds"
"Who do you think viii be your sharp"st com
petIOrs =
There are several gentlemen who have very fast
teams already aud a number OF others who are IN
Kentucky and elsewhere irving to pick mp some
aroused four year, ago, after drove Lady Mac and
Small Hopes IN 2:2 and to-day there are few cltics
of importance in the country that do not have fast
teams. John Shcp RI, of Boston has Mil Boy and
Blondinc with u record Of 3D.. While they
are promising | do not think the pair
would have made mat time on tne sau
2:2O. Then William j. Gordon. OF Cleveland, has
CingStOne and ,iXycarold that he also calls VII,
one In New-York there ia I. G. EaStmans team,
Captain Jack and Glendale with record OF ~,
ami also Mr. Works team which | have already
mentioned. speak Of these because they occur 10
me al the present moment bat there other pairs
that get over tine road very rapidly
The conversation rrYcrtlnS hark TO MI ahHercc
bills pet. he said, Maud rctires from the turf
with victories That anyone might feel proud to
speak about. But 10 begin back farther and speak
oi her young r days, which are OF course a naiier
of record you know she was born on the great Alex
auder farm i'm Kentucky She was sired by Harold,
her dam being Miss Russell by Pilot, jr In 1875,
AZ Lexington, Kentucky she first came Info promi-
her over track AMI under conditions that
were not very favorable, and yet she made
the uheard-of time Mt that period OF
2:I7I1 taking the quarter in 1914 seconds and pass
ing the half-mile pole IN minute. & seconds, ana
tine thrrr-quar. in minute, IL seconds. The gen
lcmcn who lined her were General Robinson, Dr.
Herr Colo cl Ferguson. and Colonel StrIdcr. There
were about one hundred person. present, many OF
whom held watches aud the time WAS never dis
puird." 80
When did she next appear ?"
"In 1880 when she went around the grand cir
cult from Chicago Hartford In company with 81.
Julien She divided the hOuOrs VITA the horse in
cutting the record down to 2.ll3 untIl n Spring
fed 81. julien closed the season IN >. / l., one
quarter of a srcold faster than the mare, as sle
WIS not in gooi condition. Last sea on she made
the most brilliant performances, ~. Julien not b.
Ing in good condition. At Pl,t,burg she trote i'll
=. lOl2 and at Rochester on August ii IN 2.lOlL
Al Cricapo she trn.t ,d the fas,c,t second heat
ILL and the fastest third heat n oil At Bel
mont Park sh. made the three ia test consecutive
heats on record, 2.12. 2.13l4 and 2.l2'2.