The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-04

lame, and she was then sent to Carl Burr,
an honest, hardworking and capable driver
on Long Island, for the winter. She was so
bad that Burr blistered her in order to try
to cure her lameness. Burr has always suf-
fered from the printed stories of being IN
able to properly handle Maud, but the truth
of the matter is that Mr. Vanderbilt did not
want the public TO know that Maud was
lame when Burr received her, and Burr
was frequently compelled Co walk her,
when she needed exercise, behind the barn.
30 that people could not see her.
"Maud's first notable performance was on
July %, 1850, at Chicago, when she beat
Trinket out in 2.131S. which stood for many
years as the race record for a mile On
Aug. II, 1881, she trotted at Rochester IN
2:l0l4. In 1884 Jay-Eye-See threatened the
mares record, and Mr.. Vanderbilt again
put her in training, fortunately. as j.
turned out, Cor on July 81 Jay Eye-See
trotted mile in 2:10 a quarter of q second
better than Maud 3. g record. About Aug.
l Maud s. turned the Cleveland track IN
2:09&. On Aug. 10 William Turnbull
came to me at my Office, directly from Sara
toga. and said that Mr.. Vanderbilt was OF
fered 100000 by syndicate headed by
Capt Stone for Maud s., but would rather
sell her TO you at your own price, because II
she is sold to the syndicate people will say
that Mr.. Vanderbilt still owns her.
What do you mean by my own priceF
"'About what you paid for your last great
horse, or little more
lyon refer to RarusT l asked. 4 paid
$50, 900 for him. About $4,000 l think
would satisfy Mr.. Vanderbilt
"'Well, | think very favorably of your
proposition and will send my brother,
David, up tomorrow TO Saratoga TO see the
mare. Ii [ agree TO take her will send
you telegram saying: | will take the
NkaN hafr hn HiphaF wa n
be used to prevent the reporters knowing
that Maud S. was TO be sold. When my
brother returned from Saratoga he advised
me not to buy Maud s., because she was
lame and he did not think she would stand
trading. My son Fred, who had been up
to Saratoga with David. said he did not be-
lieve Maud S. was too bad for me to cure,
as l had cured another horse about
which he knew, ia worse condition
than she was at that time. On Monday
night, Aug. Is, | sent the dispatch agreed
upon, and on Aug. 10 the mare arrived at
my sable. Her driver said that no veter-
mary could cure the lameness in her of
hind foot, if she got fast work, but I treated
her foot, SO that for two years she was
trained, and each year lowered her record.
After her feet had been leveled, Burr told
me that Maud S. had gone around the turn
for the first time without the tendency to
hitch. When she lowered her record to
2:0S% at Cleveland on July 80, 1885, she
trottsd the quarter in 3214 seconds; the |
half mile in 1:0413, and the three-quarter |
mile in 1855 making the middle half |
mile in :028Z. This is the fastest half mile |
ever covered, with the exception Of Sunol's |
half at Detroit, in .0215, and Marvin |
thinks that with q bicycle sulky. SunoI |
could have gone that half mile in SO seconds.
ia 1879 she was again put in the hands OF
Capt Stone for training, and on one oo-
caslon she was driven by Mr.. Vanderbilt
himself, over the track at Fleetwood, to
top road wagon, drawing a total load of
All pounds. Maud and her mate, Aldine.
weight carried, consider it the greatest
performance ever made IN double harness
Aldine's record is 2191<, but Mr.. Wander
bilt told me that Maud carried the wagon,
load and all, about three-Quarters of the
mile, when Aldine, being fresh, came up
and finished the home quarter with her.
Previous TO this great team performance,
Frank Works team, driven by John |
Murphy to skeleton wagon, had trotted In /
9:164 Mr.. Vanderbilt had before made |
two attempts to personally lower the team |
'ecOrd, but one or the other Of the team |
would always break. T. G. Eastman, |
he great cattleman, put the weights on |
Maud s. himself, just before Mr.. Wander
Oilt drove the trials.
ID COub1uuCu MT. bOnHeE, Llhb
Justina and Belle Hamlin have since low
cred that record, but taking into considera-
ton the immense weight of All pounds, l
say that the performance OF
Maud S. and Aldine was the greatest double
team performance ever made in the history
of the horse world"
Maud s. is at present at Mr.. Bonner's
farm, Tarrytown. N. Y, and has been
twice bred to Ansel, by Electioneer, out Of
AM Thara IN M ~
from all appearances. When she dies, she
will go down in history as the greatest trot-
ting mare that the skill of the American
breeder has ever produced. That the
blood of Harold begets wonderful speed is
shown by the recent performance Of Krem-
lin, the 5-year>old stallion, by Lord Russell,
and brother to Maud s. in trot-
track 10 2:OSA When up on the
farm Mr.. Bonner showed me trotting
wonder in the 5-year-old Daystar. out OF
the great brood mare Daybreak, by Startle.
Daybreak is by Harold, the sire of Maud s.,
out of Midnight, the dam of that trotting
machine, jay Eye-See. Startle is by old
Hambletonian, out of mare by American
Star, that famous cross that has given us 80
many trotters of reno n.
Daystar is a beautiful bay with two white
hind legs, and has the bulldog courage and
wonderful endurance of his sire, with all
the trotting instinct Of the Harolds. The
best that Daystar had ever done until last
Saturday was quarter in 37$4 seconds,
when driven to a pneumatic sulky, and on
heavy track he went a quarter In $751;
seconds at 2:04 gait. Daystsr is Just
coming to his speed, and will evidently,
from all appearances, create CONSERVATION
among the record-breakers next year. MIR.
Bonner will have him logged along during
the winter under his covered track.
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