Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-09
MAUD s. VS.. NANCY
now Ne PROPOSES TO DO II
A1ahsugh Maud q u 70 Ysass Old, 6hs
Il 1rss Prom Blsmnh-Why He
Ezrssu - Do Il.

WAns Do noe IN any way wish 10 do
pu19s he performances Of Nancy Hanks
IA obtaining her unparalleled record
hcna. No. West Fifsy-sixth street. 20
- iass svsning. Il believe Maud s.. to
. bicycle sulky. upon the modern kite
shnpa track. would b The fastest trosr
~ ths world has ever seen, and in
orx1sr 10 tess thu hove detesmined 70
Put M2nd 8 In training. and 80 II shs
ennnos lower the record Of Nancy
UnnkA
"a year agn. - you rensnbes.. con-
tinned Mr.. BcnnsT, ~ made IN of2er of
Q,ooo " tie owner Of horss who trot-
~ mils IN 1s06 within two years on
uny Of the grand circuit tracks from
Cleveland to Hartford That offer Was
inclnded IN letter which I wrote TO
Gen- H. T.. Tracy Just = year ago.
furthsr said" reading from the letter.
zone gentleman has stated that will
undoubtetiy have 10 pay II. 70 which
replied, do not believe Gen. Tracy
himself thinks Sd.
In his reply, said Mr. Bonner. Gen.
Tracy says: i have long believed that .
horse would yet appear that would trot
. mile Ia two minutes, but have never
aet any time within which I thought
THAI performance would be NADIA II Is
not likely that you or l viii live 70 SEQ
IL. although hope we may The In
tervirwer said. you thought an ultimate
speed At the trotting gait was 2:oS or
SOS, have forgotten which. and re
piled that believed that would be
beaten In 1--WE years. Ihave never said
A. would b beaten In two years. and,
notwithstanding Arions great perform
ancs. doubt whether he can reach that
figure. while I am obliged TO admit that
he may. do not believe that he viii
troe in sso6 In the next two years
ssWhen made the Offer Of Is. 900 I did
not intend 10 a IN inducement TO an Inn
proxement in mechanical deviceA ! in
tended 10 simply Is an incentive TO pro-
duce dnsr stock do not believe that
Nancy Hanks ever saw the day that on
= grand circuit track before . regula-
tfDo s.,lky. like that used 70 July last,
abe cuuld trot In 2:0o. l may be mis-
taken. but that Il my belief / believe
now hat we are much more likely to
sse two minutes on kitc-shaped track.
before . bicycle sulky, than We were 1t
the time made my offer to SO 2:0o be-
fore ths sunV used. - said. to July
last
ssThe bicycle sulky = acknowledged
TO b q leass four seconds faster than
The old regulation sulky, and the kite
ahape track 10 known TO be from ~ to
8 seconds faster than the regulation
or grand circuit trsckA- Look at the
number Of horses that have trotted be-
low 3-9o this pear. It 10 unparalleled In
ths history Of tho turf Even second
cl.D horsea when pat before . bicycle
suElxy, hsvo been able To knock of from
thzss 20 dRhAseconds from THAR record.
The track ~ Terre Haute, on which
Macy Hanks made her time Of 2. %,
: 6w<ng 10 tho elasticity of The prairie
go - at ksss . minute 70 minute and
. III fastrr than the grand circuit
bDcAA Taking Nancy Hanks time of
80 and adding minimum Of Eve SEC
ondnI vhirh - an allowance for the bi-
cycle silky and Tevrs Hauts track, you
have 9ro0 fak
TT II true" sid Mr.. Bonner, "thst
Maud s. u eighteen years old. but, -
you know. abe has had tho vcsy best Of
oasa. and I believe has still strength
on1s>amina to stand training. havo