The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-22
MAUD S. In TRAINING.
Preparing to Show Her Speed Some Time
in August, Probably.

PHILADELPHIA, April 21-''What does Mr..
Bonner intend that Maud S. shall do this sum-
mer2' was asked of W. W. Bair, her trainer, at
Belmont Park.
That is more than know was the reply.
All that can say is that am getter her in
condition, and when she is just as she should be,
which will not be until August, presume he
viii let me know
The conversation took place in the box of the
little mare. and, as her groom rubbed her down.
she prlcked up her ears and looked around at
the questioner as though as anxious as he about
her future. She is little high" in flesh just
now, her weight being about 1850 pounds
When ''ft" for fast tire she will be at least
ninety pounds lighter, II am jogging her now
six or seven miles day Bair continued. "and
am giving her slow mile two OR three times
week l gave her her first mile this season
on FRIDAY, and she made it In 307. Last
year L gave her her first mile at Chester
fark near Cincinnati, on April 5, aud she made
II In 5;oo; but then that was on haf-mile track.
Few people seem to know that Belmont is a fast
track, but it is. Jay-Eye-See made the fastest
second mile on record on it, his time being 110l
maud has trotted on it in 2:11s. There is one
thing about her you can depend on-she never
loses her speed feel sure that when fit she
0oA ucdt 1.US, anu UO-uay can take Eer out ana
show that gait for short distance. Of course
she can't maintain it; that is the object of train
ing her, to give her strength and wind enough to
do so. There is another remarkable thing ABOUT
ner, and that is, when you get her just right,
she stays SO. Some horses are like men. they
tire after while. Maud does not When you
get her hit she stays so until the snow flies She
Is great eater. too, and not bit dainty, either.
You often see men who complain that they can't
get their food cooked properly, and they are
al hon %hNSw
Well some horses are just the same. You have
TO De tempting them, or they are off their feed
before you know it. Maud can eat ali the time,
and she has to be watched to keep her from eat
ing too much"
do you have many visitors to see her?"
well, no. not yet. The weather has been so
bad that people don't care to come out but /
think we will have steady weather now, and then
we will have plenty. If I could exhibit her on
Sundays crowds would come, but Mr. Bonner
Will not permit her to be logged or exhibited on
that day. He says the public are welcome to
visit her on week days. but he does not want her
shown or logged on Sundays, and so / keep her
fastened securely in her box, merely walking
her little in the morning and the evening.
Next Tuesday will have her full sister, Rosella,
here She is five years old, but has no record.
Unlike Maud, she is not d chestnut but full
gray. She takes after her dam in color, while
Maud resembles her greatdam. A son of Rob-
ert Bonner has q colt at Belmont, Almont bud
ley by Mambrino Dudley, out of an Almont
mare. that. last year, as a twoy ear-old made a
mile in 2:334"
"Doyou believe in letting two-year- olds trot a
mile2"
Certainly, provided they are not forced be-
yond their strength / believe in breaking and
trotting horses at as early an age as possible
When you begin early they are more tractable,
and are not so set in their ways. They take
their education more quickly and kindlier. The
great secret is in not overworking or everlasting
them. You must study their strength and dis
positions just as you would a child's, and work
and teach them accordingly"