St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-10
Wand S AT CIeyeInnd.

and Farm, who witnessed the fast heat
made by this great mare, gives very in
tereSting account of it, together with many
particulars not given in the dispatches, as
follows:
At quarter past Bair came on the
track behind Maud S. He wore Derby
hat, and it was announced that the queen
would be driven warming-up mile
Cheer after cheer greeted the chestnut mare
as she walked slowly past the crowded
stands. She went the reverse way of the
track, then turned and broke into vigor-
Gus jog. The watches were started on her,
and the circuit was timed in 2:2S4. She
was taken TO the stable and rubbed down.
and at o'clock, when the flags were hang
ing mOtiOnleSS, the shout went up, Bring
out Maud 5. We want to 90 home" The
scraper was run around the track, and the
footing looked better next the rail, although
it was conceded by critics not to be the best.
The first turn, especially, was damp and
cuppy. Bair now appeared behind the
mare in full jockey suit, and his face was
pale and anxious. The queen stepped reso-
lutely, and each OutbUrSt of applause
caused her to merely prick up her ears
Having reigned so long the cheers of the
multitude did not excite her. She had
grown used to them. No pools were sold.
but the private offers that the record would
not be lowered found no takers. Fred
Bonner himself had telegraphed his father
that he did not believe there was one
chance in ten of beating 2:O9I.
After slow jog the reverse way
of the track, Bair went to the head
OF the stretch, where Splan, with Mr.. Cor
don'S running horse Dart, hamessed to
sulky, was waiting for him, and, starting up
the mare, came strongly to the stand. He
nodded for the word, and Mr.. Thomas AK
worthy shouted go" and hundreds of
watches began to register the flying feet.
The pace was fast. and Splan drew a little
too close around the turn. The rush of the
running horse and the cuppy condition of
the soil made the queen forget herself and
she sprawled into the air. The I-told-you-
so fellows swelled with Importance. while
the anxious friends of the great trotter felt
as II they had been called to funeral.
Bar pulled the mare up, and came back
With paler face, because he knew that one
of his three chances under the rule had
heensacrifeed. Going to the head of the
stretch again, he came down a little slower
and nodded for the word. The plungers
struck and the hands of the watches re-
commenced the steady remOrseless Journey
around the dialS. Splan was more cautious
with his runner, and the turn was safely
rounded, but the critics pronounced the
pace too slow. In the straight work it was
more Ike flying than trotting, and the
hands split at the first quarter in 323l sec
OndS-a 2:11 gait. Along the backstretcb
the old seythe-bearer was tackled i'm awful
earnestneSS, and EXPLANATIONS were heard.
''See her gO?" The time at the half-miIe
pole was 1:0415, which made the flight of
the second quarter 31}{ Seconds-a 2:OT
gait The terrific contest against the swag-
germg bully, Time, was kept up, and fears
were expressed that BaT would drive the
mare to break. But she Tesolutelv held
her course, trOtting the third quarter in 81
secondS-a 1904 gait-and making the total
time Tor the three quarters 1861. Around
the upper turn Splan drew a lit
tie closer with Dart and the
cloud of suspense deepened. When the
stretch yawned broad and straight before
the peerless chestnut, she seemed to falter
and the cry was heard from excited watch
holders, Lift her! Come onI' With rare
Judgment Dart was brought with gathering
effort still closer to her who was fighting so
earnestly with the grim and staIwart giant,
and at the same instant the whip fell sharply
on her shoulders. The brave Boston blood
in the queen was aroused, and it quickened
the action Of tagging feet. Under the wire
she shot with dO-Or-die rush, the watches
stopped and the crowd held It's breath. The
pent-up feelings then found vent. Cheer
followed cheer, and the crowd rushed
through the gates and fairly blocked the
quarter stretch. With difficulty the path
was cleared for the mare, who walked
slowly back to the stand with bowed head
and thrObbing tanks. The official timers.
William Edwards. y. q. Hunting, C.. T.
Emery and George w. Short, consulted
their watches and unanimously agreed that
the record had been broken. | looked over
their shoulders at this supreme moment and
noticed that Mr.. Hunting's fifth-secOnd
watch marked 1908 As, the others were
full 2:OS%. Leaning over the stand. Pres
ident Edwards said: Ladies and gentle
men, l am pleased to inform you that on
track which the directors do not consider
fast Maud 5 has trOtted and made record
OF 2:06I." The official announcement re-
awakened the thunders of applause, and
the storm did not abate when a
rich floral collar, from the gardens
of Mr.. Gordon, was placed on the neck of
the queen. As soon as the mare was taken
TO the stable the crowd melted awav. each
member of it well satisfied with having
witnessed something that had never been
witnessed before. After the important
HSWS Hau Deen uaSneu TO MI. Bonner in
New 7 ork, he asked me by wire my opin-
ion OF the performance. and L replied that,
while IL was very great one, did not
consider 1t superior to her achievement at
Lexington in November. At Lexington
the judges timed her slow, and her effort
was made on track robbed of its elasticity
by frequent surface freezings. At Cleve-
land the track was second slow, but she
was neither favored nor handicapped by
the judges. While the moisture made the
footing little heavy and elinging, it con-
tributed to the elasticity of the soil. With
all the elements in her favor, think that
Maud will lower the record a second. and
IL IS gratifying to state that Mr.. Bonner
VIII give her another chance at the scythe-
bearer before retiring her. The dinner at
Mr.. Edwards house Thursday night will
never De forgotten by the score or more of
ladies and gentlemen who gathered around
the elegantly table. The health
OF Maud and her owner was repeatedly
drunk standing, and words of elOquence,
inspired by the occasion, dropped from a
dozen lips. What story the walls could
tell II they should ever cease to be mute
Our State Fair.
The Spirit of the Times has the following
complimentary notice of the Minnesota state
fair:
American progress is gradually Illustrated
in the history of the great Northwest. 1t
IS IN the memory of thousands when the
buffalo roamed the Wilds now covered by