New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-12
MAUD s. TRIUMPHANT.
HER RECORD LOWERED IN SPITE OF FROST
SHE TRors MILE WITHOUT MISTAKE IN @'o''i
ENTHUSIASM IN LEXINGTON

SHE TRors A MILE WITHOUT MISTAKE IN ~'0'1
-FNTHUsiAsM IN LEXINGTON.
Jrx,xcroN Ky Nov H. Maud s. has proVeu
bcrsclf n greater mare than her late owner '"
H. Vanderbilt or her present owner, Robert BONNER
ever Thought she was Hiram Woodruff. the oin''ino
trainer of troitng horses laid it down IA an iron
law that YOU could never have lat Ellie "''o' A
had struck gound." Last week ice formed repeaeu'y
and took the elasticity from the soil SOBER neaue"
men like Dr. Herr sad it was too late Tor Aauu o.
otteppt TO do what horse except herself had ever
done Enthusiasts. however predicted mat the reoo''
would he broken. The day was bright for November
There was large gathering OF the best people OF 'o
Blue Grass region the Fair Ground track hun"reu
of church going people were present among 'ncn'
several dyines Mr. Bonner wa grsedt n 10 T hear
Ing the words " No Betting Allowed"
At 1870 Bair came out behind the queen ana eaVd
her q warining-up mile in 2:2634. The Judges hna
timers were Major II. c. Mcdowell, Colonel X. N.s'
and w II. Wilson. In the opposite STAND were ~
Bonner holding a time watch IN hi' hand Sehera, q"
f. Robinson l.. BIodhead. Richard Anderson anu
Hamilton Busby. The conditions under when 'ns
performance made we're written III the reco'o
book oco.ooa,
and should she beat the record Woodourn iia
where she was bied will commemorate the acni" N
ment by awarding to her, through the hen,re NV
Tratting Horse Breeders Association cup Win INC
time made by her engraved thereon" a.,
Bair iogg d the mare around the track went 10 u'e
head OF the sire ch. came down and podeeu Io' Ihe
word Maud - did not make n single mistake me
time of the fits quarter was 323i and the nan in,-o
/ Oh. The three-quarter pole wss reached III l.oa,
and here Mr. Bowcrman joined her win ruIi ,ls
hitched TO o suky. The finish vas strong ain me
Judge stopped their watches at : Uglt. h"Jo''N
of the outside watches made the time W. c
The scene when the mare returned To tIe stshu wi
BAR to be weighed wa Undesirable. me own
filed the quarter stretch and cheeied unih 'hcu
throat- husky 1t was the gleatest perlotilnuo
of The kind ever witnessed. and the kentucklahs
shoutcd a. only Kcnnckians can. Mr.. Bonner VIC
congratulated on every side. Prominent Di9eu.'
General ". T. Nithers. NJ. - S"igert ana 'ir luJ J
hunter prcs-rd forward to take him by inc ha i
When Grant the coloied gioom. was cooling hanu =
on tie lawn. of ladies gathered i"nP' "ii"
y kcd fnr the privilege Of touching her on the me-
Mr. Banners first congratulaory dispatch was u 'i'
Wander hilt. ,..
The mare will nov be turned ont for the winter
THE MARES PEDIGREE AND CAREER
MIR. BoNNnKs pEiIdHr-BuIloM Sol TOUCHED
VT.
The news If Maud SIS feat in beating her
own record QOpel made At Cleveland on August J. 90
toniaheI even the ardent believers that the hwi 81
the tttnu horses speed had not yet been recorded lhe
belief that It l. too late in the season
to attain the maximum If Hpeod eih'I
nom tltof of runner IA general aud that over, ihnf
would need o ua favorable fot the breaking of h" l'"'
ing rccord was equally universal imnuN reporter
called upun A. \ lionnor apn of Robert honh'f' WI"
exhibited The following telegram
"LtAnutuN ~, Soy, ~, = a, ll"nn"t' Leu.
ONCE, ~ iillhh 600 N'm '"lh l'f, so 3D.. ~
b.ul,n her lt,od. the Iu igua made the Tine Iva
mako II -iUy even, IL iHH t,,oid' - ., ...n
Nj iouncrsadi "You win ace b. thir dispatch That
Maud sas shown no fn'oIiusm Father l. car'iW
mor and IL is sold IN he naNos hotHos umo i"'''l
than other timers. especially when II Is m'
own horse that IL trotting just thitk what
a wonderful performance It IS! Eyon If "a Is mhoh
ina ftute nfKp Yea ID A M
against IT, Father tccgraphcd me that Saturdays per
f,rmance 2:IOi2. made on a track that had been
frozen over might and was SOFT hnd
dead. and that they had to drive the mare
some distance from the pole That performance at
least eouacd her record oi 2o9at These performances
must have been great surprise Ia father a lac Thought
the season too late for her to beat her record.
and went 10 Lexington more to make
arrangements for wintcrns Maud than wi,h any eN-
believe the make mile Ia 800 = or better
with ever thing favorable ana Lar her dl'or' THINKS
thr same, as he ha' Iere"ie diy Iona me. ,.,. =,
made lifelong study OF IL; and since he has owned
Maud :. she has been shod according 10 his
directions and It has improved her materially. she
ideal tro'ter. perfect single Or double
the road or on the track. Ihch sac
bred according 70 the --latest aud most approved meth
9 ,,ro ." m ~, od Ilsmnl@onn MS dan being by Al
aih Yoi see he is strongly in bred Mands dam Miss
%,'cn wp Eo.,on by cdrnS%c,a;uenty M S"a D 3
combine the best troting and the best running blood In
America ,,,.,s , u,,,,. n ~,
d.rbilt on August l., pa ING @lO.OpD Tor
her. Sic had previous Ia that made The
nesi time on record. 20tal, at Cleveland
onto uudrr unfavorabc circumstances About the lime
MIR homer bought The mare Jay EycS see was ndslng
,i,t erorfs to wrcst ltr laurcs from her ana Alr
B,nnrr BENG determined that Maud should prove hcr
sun.nrV ANA retain her supremacy sent for her for ncr
,r'it,r Vtlr and IN his cnir-c she was 10
Hartford Conn., 10 be put III condition i"i an "'i"r'
owing 10 severe campaigning Wa, soon pat
ori of training but SIR Bonner adhered 10 his org.
mal inleu ion Of making "a h.t ifial
,titb Maud. Notwithstanding that there remained no
,.oI I'm The field Tie weather con lilunS since me pr
.e liza, not favorable ana Maud = hd~ mace hht
t,ro plbic attempts 10 outdO her own performance
me frst one was made nj Hartford on August
IL The track WAS I'm good condition bal the dai
was cold and SIN wind "'S blowing AM
Size ala her mile In 2.l-ai few days laer she Was
-lIpreI 10 Lc1n. ton. Last saturday she ID IT, h'r
eer,i,l attempt. The weather was pleasant hnl NE
track had frozen Tie night bfore an WIS hrt III
Gr nr-t condition She made ric ~ :lnl2. Nmcl
n The beet t.nc ever made hy horse IN the lnoih ol
November and the fastest nile EVER troed III the Saie
0f KENTUCKY. 49,, a.,
Wand rllt pail 81 900 for her. tuur c-ui she
sh0Ntug mile in 2:i7l2 Though many our-i nf-oiis
haze tried to equal tins time, of them have lcrh
aide to do sO and IL stands pfc-cincnt as does hef
2:O94.
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