The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-02

tern being q notably fast horse. but hss
mate was no match for him Ia point OF
Sped and % course this was source
OF disappointment To me ! paid tor
Lantern and mate o. sA
Talks AASss NssA q
OF his purchase Of Maud = Mr.. Bonner
sad In tbs same interview. Last J1iy
Dsss9 M. TssrrSuyl who In an Old friend
81 mine and who 10 intimately acquainted
with Mr.. Vanderbilt. came TO my Office
and tod roe In few words thar Mr. Van
dsrosH had oe~n smpcrrured 20 sell Maui
8. ~ various parties. and had n@en Oder
ed BY one man sfaa.ae for her. bot that
be Was not Disposed TO transfer her 10
asycne who would trot her In pofssc races.
The nan who made the cffer was George
y. Stone. OF Cincinnati. from whom the
mare was purchased for 81 .@s by Mr..
yan6erhsis when she was 4 years old. AMI
who after that time had the management
OF her so long she remained Mr.. Van
der6iiss property ard MAS not In his pm
vate stable OF course. I Was much sur
prtsed that Mr.. VANDERBILT desired 10 part
with Maud 9. ~ any prise. but amer the
reason which irdac~d him 20 DO 50 had
been given me which was that ne was
tired u being impcvruned to match her
against other horses. feff that he had
paid me q great compliment In offering
the mare TO me. especially AZ Mr. Turn
ball told me that NJ. Vanderbilt had in
sirucred HIM 70 say that could have me
mare at my own price asked him what
he meant by my own price. and he said
that II meant the same price that Said
for another morse. or thsreaoouts. msan-
ting Rarus
1T was then agreed that In case want
ed the mare. which cf course ! did. she
was 10 become my property on payment
OF Sse00. and ] sent my brother David 70
Saratoga TO conclude the negotiations with
Mr.. Vanderbilt. They were soon over as
YOU knov. and the mare was transferred
TO my stable. OF course l am proud Of
owning her. believing as I do that she ID
the fastest trotter the world has ever
seen. and the result OF her Efforts last sea-
son prove this In a most convincing man
ner. as she trotted a mile late in the fall
al 2SS,x. and this was done after the
elasticity Of the track had been taken
away by a severe froa, and after her
coat had become long and she was In A
measure unit 10 display her greatest
speed OF course we hope TO lower
her present record Of :.osk II has been
secret. and q well guarded one. that
for the last five years Maud 8. has been
lame, and was lame when she came into
my possession. Improper shoeing caused
this difficulty. ! was aware that she had
been troubled some with lsmeness and
was particular that every known fact In
regard to the mare and her condition
should be fully communicated to me be-
fore I had taken her. But I knew that
the lameness and weakness was ore that
could be renedied by q proper ieveiing
OF her feet. and that much good was done
during the short time that I owned her
before che trotted at Lexington Is shown
by the fact that she went faster there
than ever before. and anished the mile
with greater resolution than had BEEN her
custom She is now a. sound as a new
m!lled dollar, and while do not want TO
make any rash predictions. I arm stili. I
think, justified In saying that should no
accident befail Maud 8. she will trot next
season faster than she has ever done be-
FORE
No Use for the PAGER.
Mr.. Bonner's antipafhy 20 the PAGER was
well known among harness horsemsn He
had no use for horse 81 this gait and
two years ago, when Star Pointer paced
q mile under two mtnutes--she frat time
the feat ever had been performed by
harness horse-Mr. Bonner. so far from
growing enthusiastic over the perform
ance. made II the occasion once more 10
denounce the breeding OF pacing horses.
Mr. Bonner Was a good church member
He never drove his horses on Sunday, and
never allowed them 10 be worked on sun
day.-chicago Tribune.