The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-28
MAUD : ADVOCATES.
An Interview with w. II. Vanderbilt OF
the subject.

the subject.
SARATOGA, Aug. CIV. II. Wander
bilt returned to his hotel last evening
from driving Aldine and Early Rose.
He was asked for the particulars con-
corning the sale OF Maud :. "Well," he
replied, 81 had owned hersiX years, aud
wasn't that long e~nOugh?' Then he
added Ia "a more serious veins: 81 was an
noycd by men who by lot
ter and personally We're constantly
making propositions for using her
in some way or other on the track. They
were all the time trying to get her into
matches against time and against other
horses. Now that isn't what own hor-
ScS for. / don't get amusement in that
manner So / asked Mr.. Turnbull to go
to New York and let Mr.. Bonner know
that he could have the mare if he
wanted her.
"Had Mr.. Bonner made any offer for
her?" "No," was the reply, "but |
knew that he was always ready to buy
| a good horse when he got Il chance, and
why shouldn't he take the best trotter
in the world when. the opportunity Of
fcred?'
Have you any objection to stating
the price?' ,
Now, now. mydear sir, this was not
Il dicker between horse traders. Here is
an offer in writing Offering 100000 for
Maud s., but il came irom men who
couldn't have hpu.ht her Tor Il million.
| She went to Ny. Bonner for less than
half that. Mr.. TurnDull had nc figures
given him by me but he fixed on a price
in his owl mind. mentioned ii to Bon
ner and the latter said yes off hand.
There wasn't u lalS OF more than two
minutes about ~ and not II word of lower
terms"
ais if an out aud ont sale?"
"Entirely 50. Mr.. Bonner pays in
cash "A higher price thHn was even be-
fore PAL, Tor a nOrSo.'
"rhe highest price ever paid before,
! believe, was $36,00O for Rartis?"
eyes, ] believe Su,' the millionaire re-
piled. Then seeing that he was being
narrowed down to more than $4,000 and
LESS THAN $4,000,
he declined to be led INTO greater def
u%itenesS rs 10 tno sum PAID Tor Maud >.
SIS it true" was the next question,
''that you accused Bair of jockeying with
the maro?"
~ have made no such charge, and
undertook to beat the record with her.
and did it. You know as well as ] that
she could have done better. She is good
for 2:0S, and Mr.. Bonner will make her
do it; see if hedon't. | will say nothing
about Hair. All | say is that the mare
ceased to be q pleasure to me, and | sold
her into good hands. If she'd gone to
a professional everybody would
have said, "Oh, Vanderbilt really
owns her yet, but pret9nds
to sell her so as to put her on the track
secondhand. | don't Owl track horses,
but roadsters, and | don't want folks to
think otherwise. | have plenty OF good
ones left-cnough to satisfy an old man,
rs | am getting to be. I've placed her
in the hands of a nan who Will keep her
all right-the jOckeys-it's a matter of
business with them. But l don't deal
with hat sort of horsemen. No, it isn't
true that Maud S. won't winter
well in New York. Anyhow, l
don't believe it. You'll see that Bon
ner will keep her, and she'll be
all right. don't know who will train
her for him. / sent down w grooms
with her in the car, and he can keep
them if he wants to. He bought the
bare mare, but i sent her wagon harness
and fiXings along because they seemed
rather to belong TO her. | had a good
by drive it'll her yesterday. She is
Just one of the incest horses to drive in
the World no pulling, no ugliness, no
trouble at all. | have sent her at 2:l5R
with
MY HEAVY WEIGHT
on IL road wagon. Don't you believe it
when they tell you that if | Was light
enough to sit in a skeletons wagon |
could put her to the same speed That
Bair or ANYBODY else can. She'll Go hrr
very best for anybody, hat mare viii.
Yes, sir; Robert Bonner to night owns
the best horse in the universe.