Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-01

forgets IL He moves about in nervou,
way. AT every few steps he turns around
and looks behind him. When he talks
he always manages 10 get his back to Q
wall. so that he can see everybody and
everything around him. In his habit,
he is very abstemious. Heseldom drinks
and smokes only occasionally.
And tho woman for whom Fisk was
killed
Josephine Mansfield has time and
again been reported dead. But / am
told she is still alive, fat and prosper
GUS. She remains most Of the time
abroad. Sine created a sensation al
Monte Carlo one night by winning a
large sum Of money. She isseldom seen
in New York. and since the day OF the
famous tragedy Stokes has never laid
ewes on her. he is devoting all his time
to making money, and if his success:
continues, in FIVE years he viii be one OF
tho rich men, even as rich men are
counted in this city.
MAUD S. TWELVE YEARS OLD.
"will you kindly let me have an or
der to see Maud &. ?"
This request is made several times every
day at the New York Ledger Office by
visitors TO this city who regard Mr.. Ro'
bert Bonner's peerless mare among the
chief objects ofinterest to be seen. The
order is always given, and the possessor
Immediately hurries away to the stable
in west Fifty sixth street to see the queen
of the trotting- turf. She always seems
pleased to have a visitor, and when
spoken to looks as though she understood
every word that was being said. She Will
rub her nose against her visitors shout
der as iftrying 70 express her thanks for
the words Of praise said. She is as gentle
as a kitten, never attempts to bite or kick
any one, and will eat any food offered
her. On March 29th Maud S. was twelve
wears old. Her birthday was celebrated
very quietly. Mr.. Bonner visited his
pet to offer his congratulations, and
Johnny Murphy, her trainer, gave her
an extra pat and drank 10 her health.
During the cold weather she is not
taken out much for exercise, bat is gen.
tly walked about under cover. She is
never left alone some one of the grooms
is with her all the time. During the
night a man sleeps in the stable near her.
Only two men ever drive her. These are
Mr.. Bonner and johnny Murphy, the
trainer. Murphy has her out oftener
than Mr.. Bonner. He trains her and
prepares her for the fast spins of the sea-
son. He thinks more Of Maud s. than
he does of anything else in the world,
and she evidently thinks a great deal Of
him. She will do more when he speaks
to her than she will for any one else, and
when she is being speeded and he calls
on her she responds nobly and seems to
thoroughly understand the situation.
Before the recent great blizzard Maud
S. was being regularly logged along IN
order to get her slowly into condition for
speeding. She has not been driven to
beat the record since 1885. Mr.. Bonner
believes she can lower the mile record.
but he does not wish her to be trained
and worked hard for such an event unless
some other trotter equals the time Of
Maud S. or comes very near It, For
two wears she has been in condition and
could be got ready to make en- attempt
TO lower the record in q few Days. This
wear Maud 5. Will be trained in the same
way. She viii be slowly logged along
in fine weather and gradually be got into
condition for speeding. If any other
trotting horses comes near her time she
will be wound up and taken on to some
fast track to prepare her to beat her re-
cord if possible. She is now in perfect
health and looking erandly. Maud 5.
has five records to her credit They are ::
The fastest exhibition mile ever trotted,
2:OS., at Cleveland. Ohio, on July 80,
1885.
The fastest second heat ever trotted,
21Oi. at Buffalo, August :, 1884.
The fastest third heat ever trotted,
2:11, July %, 1881, at Chicago, III.
The fastest heat in a race against other
horses, 2:l33, at Chicago, on July q,
1894.
Tho fastest three consecutive heats, at
Belmont Park, Philadelphia, Oh July Is,
1851, 2:l2, 213l, aud 2:I2s.
Since his retirement from the editor
ship of the Lcdger Mr.. Bonner has
given considerable time to his horses.
He talks enthusiastically about them.
"You have spent great deal Of mo-
ney on horses?"
"Yes," was the reply; considerably
over $500, 0O0."
Then the speaker took upa pencil and
jotted down these facts about the horses
be has owned and what they cost him.
This list only includes the names and
prices of the most prominent of his pur-
chases. The names are given in about
the order of their purchase:
Boston team. 600 Russells. $1,000