St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-21
MAUD S.
How Vanderbilt Drove Her with
AIdine in 2:15 1.2.

How Vanderbilt Drove Her with
AIdine in 2:15 1.2.
Mr.. Hamilton Busbey. Mr.. William FL.
Wilson of Cynthiana, KY, and other gen.
tlemen who are identified prominently
with the trotting turf, in discussing the
death of Mr. Vanderbilt yesterday at the
Everett house, where the Horse Breeders
association is in session, had good deal to
say about Maud S. Eyes, it is true" said
Mr.. Busbey, ''that Mr.. Vanderbilt was very
much put out when Capt. Stone tagged
81, 900 on the $1,000 which he had agreed,
through Mr.. Joseph Harker, to pay for
Maud S. l was in Lexington the time she
trotted in 2:171a, and in Cincinnati when
he and Stone were exchanging kilograms
about the matter. Stone asked me to call
and see Vanderbilt on my return to New
York and explain the situation. Stone
said that he had promised Bair $1,000 in
case 2:20 was beaten, and that as the per-
Torrance was SO much greater than antici-
pated this $1,000 should be paid by the
purchasers. | saw Mr.. Vanderbilt, but he
was not in pleasant mood over the affair.
He thought that Stone had taken an adj
vantage over him. He put Maud s on
the road but as he did not understand her
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he was seriously disappointed in her. She
was lame nearly all the time. 1t was about
this period that Bair and Stone started the
report that Burr had made her lame, which
aroused the ire of the latter, and Mr.. Van
derbilt denied the report at his request"
'.Mr. Vanderbilt was very much worked
up in the summer of 1884, when Jay Eye
See was threatening to beat the mares re-
cord of 2:104. Mr.. Case had placed SIS. 600
in my hands as forfeit for a race of $40. 600
a side and the confidence of Case increased
his alarm. He sent the mare to Cleveland
to be trained on the quiet. Should she fail
to beat her record the effort was not to
count. But should she get below 2:10 then
it was to stand. Mr.. William Edwards,
president OF the Cleveland track, was in the
seat Mr. Vanderbilt trusted him fully.
Jay Eye See trotted in 2:10 at Providence,
and in fear and trembling Maud S was
brought out next day at Cleveland and
made 2:09%. Mr.. Vanderbilt showed his
great appreciation on the triumph by the
long kilograms which he sent to Edwards
and Stone at Cleveland. He was down on
Blair and would communicate with him
only through Stone He paid Blair So. 900
for driving the mare on that day.
''Stone wanted to keep and train her. but
Mr.. Vanderbilt ordered her home and drove
her at Saratoga few times. He then sold
her to his old rival on the road, Mr.. Bonner
He and Mr.. Bonner, however, had got on
nodding terms again before this. The
greatest performance ever made by an
amateur was when Mr.. Vanderbilt drove
Maud s and Aldine double to a top road
wagon in 2:155a. The other fast teams,
Works, Cohnfelds and Rockefeller's, were
driven to skeletons by professionals. New
York Times.
Local Notes.
Mr.. G. S. Radcliffe has brought from
Michigan one of the most promising three
year-oid FLIES that ever came to this state.
She is by Masterlode, sos. son of Rysdyk's
Hambletonian. first dam by Mambrine
chief. second dam by Magma Charta, third
dam a flea-bitten gray mare, supposed to be
a Messenger mare. Her name is Dorretta
r. and il is the most appronriate name that