The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-04

well, 1 think very favorably of your
proposition. and will send my brother.
David, up tomorrow to Saratoga to see the
mare. II l agree to take her l will send
you a telegram saying: L will take the
wheat hat being the cypher that WAS to
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 buv Maud =, because she was
lame and he did not think she would stand
training. Ny son, Fred, b had been up
to Saratoga with David, said he did not be-
lieve Maud S. was too bad for me to cure, as
/ had cured another horse about which he
knew. in worse condition than she was at
that time On Monday night, the 9Th
of August, l sent the dispatch agreed
upon. and on the 10th the mare arrived at
my stable. The driver said that no veteri-
nary could cure the lameness in her off
hind foot. if she got fast work. but treated
her foot. SCI 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
2:09M as Cleveland on July 30. 1885, she
trotted the quarters in 32113 seconds, the
mile in 1:a5h4, making the middle half
mile in 1929. This is the fastest half mile
ever covered. with the exception of Sunols
in Detroit. in 1:02H, and Marvin thinks
that with a bicycle su!ky, Sunol could have
gone that half mile in ffty-eight seconds.
In 1879 she was again put in the hands
of Capt. Stone for training, and on one oc-
casion she was driven by Mr.. Vanderbilt
himself. over the track At Fleetwood, to a
top road wagon, drawing a total load of All
pounds. Maud and her mate, Aldine. COW
cred a mile in 2:1211. Considering the
weight carried. l consider it the greatest
performance ever made in double harness.
Aldine's record is 2:194, but Mr.. Wander
bilt told nae that Maud carried the wagon.
load and all. about t~hree-quarters of the
mile, when Aldine. being fresh, came up
and finisaed the home quarter with her.
Previous to this great team performance.
Frank Works team, driven by John Muir
ply to a skeleton wagon, had trotted in
2:l6l4. Mr.. Vanderbilt had before made
two attempts to personally lower the team
would always break. Mr.. T. G. Eastman,
the great cattleman, put the toe weights on
Maud 8. himself, just before Mr.. Wander
bilt drove the trIals.
1T is true continued Mr.. Bonner, that
Justina and Bell Hamlin hava since low
cred that record, but taking into considera-
ton the immense weight of All pounds. l
alphabetically say that the performance of
Maud 5. and Aldlne was the greatest dou-
ble-team performance ever made III the
history of the horse world"
Maud S. is at present at Mr.. Bonner's
L GA Jto"h, N. LIZ duu u66 DGbn tWlC6
b. ca to Ansel, by Eleotioneer, out of An
netts. There is no promise of any foal
from all appearance. 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 beRets wonderful speed is SHOWN
by the recent performance OF krem-
lin. the tive-year-old stallion. by
Lord Russell, and brother to Maud
8, in trottinG Il mile over the regulation
track In 2:064. When mp on the farm
Mr.. Bonner showed me a tlottine wonder
in the FIVE year-old Daysthr, out of the
great brood mare Daybreak, by Startie.
Daybreak is by Harold, the sire of Maud
g.. out of Midnight, the dam of that trot-
ting machine, Jay-Eye-See. Startle is by
old HaInbletonian out of n mare by Amer
lean star. that famous CROSS that has given
us so many ~trotters of renown.
Daystar is n beautiful bay with two white
hindlegs, and has the bull dog courage and
wonderful endurance of his sire, with ali
the trotting instinct OF the Harolds. The
best that Daystar had ever done until last
Saturday was a quarter in 374 seconds.
when driven to a pneumatic Hulky, and on a
heavy track he went "A quarter in 15t< SEQ"
onds at a 2:04 gait. Davstar is Just coming
to his speed. and will evidently, from ali
! Appearances. create CONSERVATION among
the record breakers next year. Mr.. Bon
, ner will have him logged along during the
winter under his covered track.