The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-14
MAUD SIS LAST PERFORMANCE.
Bottom Not Touched Yet-Great Delight of
Her Owner, Mr.. Bonner.

Her owner, Mr.. Bonner
New York Tribune.
The news of Maud s. IS feat in beating her own
record 2:093, made at Cleveland on Aug. Z, as
tonished even the most ardent believers that the
limit of the trotting horses speed had not yet
been recorded The belief that it is too late IN
the season to attain the maximum OF speed
either from a trotter runner is general and
that everything would need to be favorable Tor
the breaking of the trottng record was equally
universal. Tribune reporter called upon A.
A. Bonner, son of Robert Bonner who exhlD'
tied the following telegram:
LEXINGTON Ky, Nov Ia A. Bonner, Ledger
Office 1872 William street. New York City: Maud S.
has just beaten her record The judges made the
ROBERT BONNER"
Mr. Bonner said: You will sec by this dis
patch that Maud was shown favoritism.
Father is careful timer, and it is seldom he
makes a horses time faster than other timers,
especially when it is his own horse that is trot-
ting. Just think of what wonderful perform
ance it is. Even if it is much warmer there
than here, the time Of year is as much against
it. Father teiegraphed me that Saturdays per
Torrance, 2:10}, was made on a track that had
been frozen over night, and was soft and dead,
and that they had to drive the mare some dis
tance from the pole. That performance, at
least, equalled her record of 2:094. These per
formances must have been great surprise to
father as he thought the season too late for her
to beat her record. and went to Lexington more
to make arrangements for wintering Maud than
with any expectation of witnessing an eXtraor-
binary performance L believe the mare can
make mile in 207l or better, with everything
favorable and Bair. her driver, thinks the same,
as he has repeatedly told me-"
Father is an enthusiast on horse -shoeing he
has made lifelong study of it, and since he
has owned Maud 5. she has been shod accord
ing to his directions, and it has improved her
materially. She is an ideal trotter, perfect
single or double, on the road on the track.
Then she is bred according to the latest and
most approved methods of producing speed aud
lasting qualities. Her sire Harold is by old
Hambletonian, his dam being by Abdallah. You
see he is strongly inbred. Mauds dam, Miss
Pussel, was by Pilot, jr,, and her dam by Boston.
Consequently Maud S combines the best trot-
ting and the best running blood in America"
Robert Bonner purchased Maud S. of William
II. Vanderbilt on August Is, paying $4,000 for
her She had previous to that made the best
time on record, 2:09f, at Cleveland, o., under
unfavOrable Circumstances About the time Mr..
Bonner bought the mare Jay EyeSee was max
ing great efforts TO wrest her aures from her,
and Mr. Bonner being determined thai Maud S.
should prove her superiority and retain her
supremacy sent for her former trainer, Bair,
and in his charge she was sent to Hartford,
Conn, to be put in condition for an effort.
Jay-Eye See, owing to severe campaigning, was
soon put out of training, hut Mr. Bonner adj
hered to his original intention of making fast
trial with Maud, Notwithstanding that there re-
manned no rival in the field. The weather con
ditions since the purchase have not been favora-
BILE, and Maud S. has made but three public at
tempts to out dc her own performance The
first one was made at Hartford on Aug IA. The
track was in good condition. but the day
cold and stiff wind was blowing aud she did
her mile in 212a. few days later she
shipped to Lexington. Last Saturday she made
her second attempt. The weather was pleasant
but the track had been frozen the night before,
and was not in the best condition. She made a
mile in 2:l0R, which was the best time ever made
by horse in the month of November, and the
fastest mile ever trotted in the State of Ken
lucky.
Maud S. is ten years old; stands 15s hands
high. Mr.. Vanderbilt paid $2l, 900 for her, as
| a four-year-old she showing a milo in 2:l74.
Though many four-vear-olds have tried to equal
this time, none of them have been able to do so,
and 1t stands as pre-eminent, as does her 2094