Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-11-14
MAUD s.
The Noble Mare Beats the Fast
est Time on Record.
Kicking Mugwumps Out of
the G.. O. P.
John kellyS Observations on
the Count.
her News.
The Fastest Mile on Record.

LEXINGTON, Ky, Nov. 1.-The rec
ord Is broken ana the queen of the
turf has made the fastest mile on rec
ord as follows: Quarter S24, half 1;04,
three quarters 1:37, mile , :09t.
Maud S has proved herself great
er mare than even her late owner,
Mr.. VIM. H. Nanderbilt, or her pres
cut owner, Mr.. Robert Bonner, ever
thought he was. Hiram Woodruff,
the old time trainer of trotting horses
mas laid it down as ironclad law that
you could never have fast mile after
the frost had struck the ground. Last
week the ice formed repeatedly and
took the elasticity from the soil, and
sober headed men like DIR. Herr said
it was too late for Maud s. to attempt
to do what 40 horse exceps herself had
ever done.
The enthusiastic crowd, however,
believed that the record would be
broken. The day was bright for No
vember, but the expert does not look
for the muscle to be flexible when In
dian summer comes. There was a
large gathering of the very best peo
pie of the Blue Grass region at the
fair grounds and track. Hundreds of
church and young people were pres
ent, among them several dlvlnes, and
Mr.. Bonner was gratitied to see a
placard conspicuously posted on the
grand stand, mo betting allowed at
half-past eleven" Bair came out be-
hind the queen and gave her a warm
rng up and made the mile in 1868
The Judges and timers we're Major
Ell. G.. Mcdowell, Colonel r West and
w. FL. Wilson. In the opposite stand
Mr.. Bonner held his watch, hauked
on both sides by Gen. S. [. Robertson,
Mr.. L Brodhead, Mr. Richard Ander-
son and Hamilton Busby The con-
dltions under which the performance
was made were written In the record
book: Maud S. will start to beat her
own record of 2:09s; and should she
beat the record, the Woodburla farm,
where she was bred, will commemorate
the achievement by awarding to her
through the Kentucky trottlng horse
breeders association, a cup with the
time made by her engraved thereon
Bair logged around the track, went
to the head of the stretch, came down
and nodded for the word. The great
mare did not make single mistake
The time OF the first quarter was 323
seconds and of the half mile / :04; the
three-quarter pole was reached in l ~,
and here Mr. Bowerman joined her
with a runner hitehed to a sulky. The
finish was strong and the judges stop
ped their watches at 2:094. The ma
iority of the outside watches made the
time 2 :09.
The scene when the queen returned
to the stand for Bair TO weigh was in
describable. The crowd filled the
quarter stretch and cheered until
their throats were husky. 1t was the
greatest performance of the kind ever
witnessed in the world, and the Ken
tuckians shouted as only Rentuckians
can do. Mr.. Bonner was congratu-
lated on every side. Prominent
breeders like Gen. w. 7. Withers,
Mr.. d. A. Swigerts and Mr.. Tod Hun
ter pressed forward to take him by the
hand
When Grant, the colored groom
was cooling Mand S. out in the lawn,
scores of ladies gathered around and
asked for the privilege Of touching
her on the nose. Mr.. Bonner's tilst
congratulatory dispatch was to Mr..
Vanderbilt. The mare will now be
turned out for the winter.