The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-19
QUEEN OF pHE TURF.
The Wonderful Record Of the Trot-
Ting hgr- Maud :.

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Though the recoyd u Maud 5. has been
lowered i've seconds Ahy ak. and forty
oihtr uotters have ea;Ialsd OF oeatsn hFF
mark. many horsen,ent are of opinion that
her equal. all things considered, has never
lived. No trotier ever defeated ner IL
race. not one has ever equaled on an oval
TRACK her record of 2sos "a to high wheel
Sulky although such as Alix. 2:tS 81
Nancy Hanks, goa and the matchless
birectum have tried repeatedly TO Go 1t.
In her best days she would probably have
commanded higher price than was ever
paid Tor mare. whether trotter or runner.
The actual sum paid by Robert Bonner TO
William ii. Vanderbilt was $4,000, but 1t
is Wei known among horsemen That Capt.
6. y. Stone and others associated with him
stood ready at that time to buy the great
daughter of Harold for 100000
Maud S. was a chestnut mare. Loaled
March %, 1874, at A. J. Alexander's Wood
burn Farm, Spring Station. Ky. Her sire
was Harold. the son Of Rysdyk's Handle
tonian and Enchantress. by Tredweii
Abdallah. Her dam was Miss Russell. by
Alexander's Pilot. jr.. and her granddam
was the thoroughbred running mare Sally
Russell. by Boston. When Maud 5. was
an unnamed filly she was bought by H. NJ.
Bugher. Of Cincinnati, along with another
chestnut filly. by Belmont. Capt. George
n. Stone, for whose daughter she was
named. owned her when she was four
year-old. and in the hands of Trainer W.
w. Bair she trotted a public trial in
2:1I 1-2 at that age. Soon after this I'M
precedented performance she was sold TO
William H. Vanderbilt for $4,000. who
brought her to New York. She did not
come up to his expectations and, after
keeping her year, he sent her back TO
her old trainer with the request that he
should try TO bring her back TO her old
form. Bair started her in ubplic for the
first time at Cincinnati. July 6, 1880 when
she defeated Josephus and some others IN
straight heats, gaining a record OF 20.
This race was followed by a match against
Aaior II. c. McDowell's champion four
yearold Trinket, at Chicago, on July "a.
Maud S. simply played with her opponent.
trotting her winning heats in 2:19,
2:21 IL, and 2:13 1-2. the time of the last
heat being the fastest that had ever been
made in a race. AT Cleveland, four days
later, she defeated Driver. Charley Ford,
and Hannis, in 2:24, 2:1S, 2:31, and at Buff
falo on August 4, she beat the same horses
in the free-for-a all race, trotting her win
ming heats in 2:l5 IA, 2:16 "a, PIG IL.
The first heat was won by Charley Ford. in
2:17, but it was generally believed that
Bair could have won 1t II he had made an
earnest effort to do So This was the last
race ever trotted by Maud S. II was seen
that she could probably beat st. Julien's
champion record, and at Rochester the fol-
lowing week she started against time, cut
ting the best time on record down to
2:II "a. st. Julien started the same day
on the same track and equaled the new
record made by the mare, according to the
official timers. On August q, at Spring
field Mass. St. Julien Clipped half sec
ond OFF his former record and was once
more in the lead, but when Maud S. start
ed against time at, Chicago, on September
IS, st. Julien passed into permanent
eclipse, the are-serting her record at
2:10 ga. At Pittsburg, on July 10, 1881,
Maud s. lowered her mark to 2:10 1-2. and
at Rochester, on. August H. she cut it
down TO 2:10 IA. .f-ac--
After this campaign Mr.. Vanderbilt drove
the queen of the turf on the road in this
city. On June To-. 1888, he hooked her TO
pole with the brown mare, Aldine, 2;1s ia,
by Almont. and drove the pair mile to
wagon in 2:f5 l., -at-Fleetwood Park. In
1884 Maud 8. went into training again TO
defend her title from the little black geld
ing Jay Eyes See. The latter horse trottet
In 2:10 at Providence on August !, and
was king for a day but he had to sur
hours, Maud 8. starting at Cleveland on
August 2. and setting the record at
2:09 3-4. 1t was soon after this perform
ance that Mr. Vanderbilt annoyed by let
tiers Offering 10 match the rival trotters in
n race, sent William Turnbull over to the
Ledger" office and informed Robert Bon
ner that he could buy the mare for $4,000.
The queen OF the turf changed hands i'm
mediately and went into the private stable
n
This ended all talk about match. as Mr..
Bonner never raced his horses. He con-
sented however. 10 let the mare start
against time for silver cup and at Lex
ington. on November IL. she lowered her
record to 2:09 IA. Bair trained her again
the following year and she scored the
browning triumph of her career by tro'ting
in 2:0S "a at Cleveland on July 80.
Mr. Bonner drove Maud 5 on the road
for some time. but she was too nervous,
irritable and imperious in temperament to
be pleasant road mare, and she was final
ly sent to the Tarrytown farm. There she
trotted some fast trials on the three
quarter mile track, leading her distinguish
ed owner to believe that she was capable
of still further cutting down her wonder
ful record. She was bred TO Mr.. Bonners
stations several years in succession but
was always barren. and she died without
leaving any produce. Her last appearance
in public was at Madison Square Garden
last month, on the occasion of the disposal
Of the Bonner horses. II she had lived
she would probably have been seen again at
the head of the parade of metropolitan
road horses, which is being arranged for
the opening of the driving season at Speed
way Park.
In appearance Maud s was more blood
like than the average trot1er having much