New-York tribune., 1900-03-18

bility. due TO old age. Maud s. had reached that
age in horse flesh. twenty-sx years, which is
computed by experts in the trotting world
being equivalent to eighty years Of age in the
human race.
The death of Maud s. came as a severe blow TO
the members Of the Bonner family. They felt al
most as If a member OF the Bonenr family had
gone. Robert E Bonner, when seen at his home,
No. 5sS Madison-ave last night, said
OF course. there is great difference between the
death OF horse twenty-sA years 0ld as Maud >
uTnph, but feel keenly the loss of the old mare
She alone was saved at the recent sale. 7 decided
was in good flesh and apparently good health Mr.
everything he could When he took her back to
and have everything fit. She did not seem any the
worse for the trip, ana We hoped we would be able
eba hararI 70 ,egIeor her food TiIen Yesterday
morning. about o'clock. the veterinary VINO looked
at her saw that she had slight f TeyeT ana ana 7 9sa
TO general debility arising from old age Nj Schultz
has kndy aranged to cut @ of her a tan 70 tor orr Us ar 10
and buried in the plot alongside Of Dexter. This
plot has been reserved for her and Dexter and
Maud S. the two greatest horses Robert bonh5r some
ever owned, If not the TWO greatest in the world
she had an afrecti6nate jisposition and was at
tractive She wiful in d way, showing the
Pilot Jr strain in her p!ooq She was Ieat f+. al
than she went 10 the first half-Tnne pole We IeeI
the loss deeply.
AT the recent sale of horses belonging to the es-
Garden. Maud S. shown admiring thou
sands. She put up for sale. however. She
d champion for long, and her feaIs hau
been brilliant that she commanded the ao-
miration of horsenen as trotter ever dld be
fore. L fifteen years ago that Maud 5 made
her famous record Of 2:0Ss4 at Cleveland since
then she had given 4 public performance The
death of Maud s win bring a pang of sorrow 70
lovers Of the trOtuer all over the country.
After the exhibition at Madison Square Garden
Maud 5. taken the farm Of Mr.. Schults
VINO was by Rysdyks Hambletonian. She was
raised the farm Of A J. Alexander, near WOOD
burn KY. W. II. Vanderbilt purchased the mare
81 600 As four-year-O!d she 3stOnSheo me
by rroUting a mile III 2;l7i2 at Lexington, KY
Mr.. Bonner bought Maud :. at Saratoga. paying
Air Vanderbilt $4,000 for her. Maud 5 made her
records when attached the Old style sulky, not
her Maud s. raced for money after she
came into the hands Of Air. Bonner.
Cincinnati. March E--Cdptaln George \. stone,
of Cincinnati. the purchaser Of Maud S WheIl
she was a tWo-y -year-od. owned by Mr. Bugher, Of
Glendale Ohio. The price nominal. il was at
q four-year-old by tTotting a mile IN 217@4. Her
record breaker al Chicago. when she made
il in 2:I31z a dve-year-oId she SIN further re-
this 2:lla4 and 2l0s4, and at Buffalo 10
2:l9Ia Then began efforts by others 70 beat her
record Finally, AT Nauagansett Bay. j. l. c.
posed Maud = from her place Of queen of the turf
But The reign Of her rival was short. Twenty-fouT
hours after J. !. G.. made his record Of 2o9s4 Maud
( at Cleveland. made the record OF 2G8s. and
Ter title. After she passed into Mr.
3onners hands still further lowered her record.
by pneumatic tires and other devices for increasing
s0eed