The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-31
The Queen of the Turf Re-
duces Her Own Record,
AND MAKES A MILE IN 2.o8 8-4.
Review of the Case-Appointments-
Paris Points-A Collision
General Notes,
QUEEN OF THE TURF.
Fleet-Footed Maud s. Lowers Her
tll 5 Own Record
Maud SIS Time.


CLEVELAND, July 3O.-Maud s.. at $50
o'clock, went mile over the Glenville
track in 2.oSsz Her time by quarters
was 32szi 1.O411 and 1861.
CLEVELAND. July 3O.-Maud S. re-
newed her claims to the title of the
Queen of the Turf at the Glennville
track, to-day, in the presence of 10, 900
people The fleet little mare trotted a
mile over slow course in 2.OSz4. This
beats her previous record by half a
second, and is one second and a half
faster than the best mile ever trotted by
any other horse. The trial was
for cup and the time goes
on record. The day was warm, there
had been heavy showers during the
night, and the dawn broke with
great bank of damp-looking clouds
fringing the western sky. The heavens
gradually put on a cheerful aspect, the
sun grew hot, and the air murky.
These conditions seemed favorable to
fast time, but the track was heavy.
The quarter stretch was muddy, but
sun and a half dozen drags improved
it as the day wore on, and when Maud
S. started to break her record the course
was in fair condition. 1t was not, in the
opinion of the management, fast one.
The understanding was, that Mr.. Bon
ner requested no pools to be sold on the
trial and a bulletin to that effect was
posted up. There was great deal of
private betting, though, the odds being
about S25 to So, that the mare would
fail
Sporting men bet heavily on the
record not being lowered. The wagers
were taken she would not make 2 IL. 1t
was O'Clock when Orchard gate was
lifted and Maud s. was seen coming
down toward the wire with Bair in the
sulky. As soon as the mare was
recognized the applause began. and it
was continued until she had passed
beyond the grand stand. Barr drove her
slowly around the track, and then gave
her warming up mile in 28H. She
was then taken to her stable. When
brought out an hour later for her trial
mile, she seemed to be in good condition.
John Splan drove a runner down
the stretch, and turned just behind her.
Maud began her work before the dis
lance stand was reached. She struck
splendid clip. and twenty rods from the
judges stand Bair nodded for the word
Splan held the watch, and followed four
or five lengths behind, more to post
Bair as to the speed that was being made
than as help to the mare. The Queen
went away fast, and the first eighth
post was reached in 16 seconds. She
rounded the turn and headed for the
quarter. The turn was a triae too
sharp. and she went into the air. Bair
stopped her and went back for another
start. When she came down the stretch
for the second time, she appeared
to be unsteady, but Bair wanted
the word and it was given. !
The mare recovered herself before
she bad gone far and settled down into
an even clip that was Ike q wbirlwind. !
She reached the first quarter in 321I, a |
2 10 gait. T. EN- Bair began to urge her,
and she trotted the next quarter in |
thirty-two seconds, a 2.OS gait, reaching
the half in 1.0415. She flew |
in like bird and old
timers began to declare she was
breaking her wonderful record. Passing
the half, she increased her speed, and |
went over the back stretch at a terrific |
gait. The third quarter was trotted in
81 seconds, the fastest one of the mile.
On the lower turn she was seen to raise
her head suddenly and it seemed eer-
tain that she would go off her
feet. Bair caught her, however,
and on she flew. Coming up
the home stretch the awful strain
began to tell on her, and she slowed up.
Bair applied the whip, however, and she
quickly. She dashed under
the wire at tremendous clip,
having finished the last quarter in
S3H seconds, and the mile in
,.0Ssl. No one except the judges
md reporters knew the record had been
broken. There was great excitement in
he Judges stand. The watches of three
official timers. President VIM. Edwards,
). F. Emery and n. L. Hunting, had
stopped at 2.0834. Edwards made the
announcement, and a wild scene fol-
owed. Bair was loaded down with roses
md the mare was presented with q
beautiful floral collar. Edwards hastily
wrote the following telegram: 4
To Robert Bonner, New York:
Cleveland Association congratulates
you most heartily and thank you most
sincerely for allowing your peerless
lueen, Maud S., to show the people
low easily she beat her record in the
wonderful time of 2.083<, on a track
one second slow, having had
hard rain at micnight.
(Signed,) WIN. EDWARDS,
President.
After Maud s. went to the stable,
clingston was brought out and at
tempted to lower his record Of IA with
4 running mate. He failed, his quarters
being s311, 1.06s+, l.4ll4, and IA.