The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-04

Charles Fair. Barney schrleber and p,
Dunno.
Few people give much credence to the
report that Emerson Mccargo of Phila-
delphia has matched his recent purchase.
the great road horse Pray Tell t2:o9a.).
to trot race to wagon against the stallion
Oakland Baron (2.0aM) II will be re-
membered that there was great deal OF
talk last spring about matching Oakland
Baron against any stallion In the world.
and nothing ever came of It, His driver,
Andy Mcdowell issued such a challenge,
but when George West called him in be-
half Of Tommy Britton he failed to make
good. -4.l..
At his best the Baron would have little
difficulty in beating Pray Tell three in
five heat race. but rating him by the
form he displayed last year the gelding
ought to easily beat him dash or Ia a
Two In three event.
The stallion was very soft and fat when
andy commenced to work him last spring,
and for that reason or some other ne failed
to show anything like the speed ne dis
played three. years ago, and II Is hardly
probable that his owner would think of
matching him now against Pray Tell.
They say that Mr.. McCargo is a good
sportsman and will give his horse every
opportunity TO capture the wagon record
that his admirers have always insisted
was within his reach.
The only thing in the way OF match
races for next season is the series of spe-
Gals between the PAGERS Joe Patchen and
Searchlight and the trotters Tommy Brit
ton and Cresceus. Ed Mills OF Boston,
who is managing this combination, was i'll
Chicago last week and reported that he
had already completed arrangements to
show over Washington Park, Pittsburg,
Pa. and several other prominent tracks.
There is no visible reason why these four
horses should not draw enormous crowds.
Everybody has, of course, seen Joe Patch
en- at some time or other and he is and
has been for several years the most pop
ular harness horse before the public.
Searehlight is generally recognized as
coming champion. Last year as 5-yeaf-
old he paced mile in 2:02, and his owner,
J. NJ Bronson OF New Haven, and his
driver "Knap" Mccarthy. both firmly be-
licve the horse will bsat two minutes this
year. Both of these great PAGERS are re-
markahly steady just the sort that can
be started together with absolute assir-
ance that they will go a great race from
a spectators standpoint.
Baltimore Sun.
Since Maud s., the old queen of the trot-
ting turf. received an ovation when shown
All Madison square garden Tuesday, num-
Der of stories about her have been re-
ceived. Hon. George S. Boutwell, of Mas
sachusetts is responsible for the follow
ing:
ION certain Sunday In 1884 Mr.. Roscoe
Conkling and / called on Mr.. William II
Vanderbilt in New York. Mr. Conklng re-
marked: Mr.. Vanderbilt, why did you
sell Maud So Mr.. Vanderbilt gave some
reasons aud finally said; When l drive
up Broadway people do not say There
goes Vanderbilt but There goes Maud
S. 1t appears that the author of The
public be - cared something for the
multitude. after all. Vanderbilt sold Maud
S. because he was jealous of her"
The authority is good, as Mr.. Boutwell,
is an ex-senator of Massachusetts. was
secretary of the treasury under President
Grant and is the oldest living governor Of
Massachusetts. q
AS is known, Mr. Vanderbilt sold Maud
s. to the late Robert Bonner for $4,000.
Mr.. Frederick Bonner, son of the lato
Robert Bonner, furnishes the following
version OF the sale:
"Tbe matter was preached to my father
by William Tnrnbull the Wall street
banker. Later Mr. Vanderbilt and my
father came together.
a. I want to sell Maud s. said Wander
bilt. and you're the one man in the
world | want to sell her TO. I'm offered
500, coo by Cincinnati syndicate of rae
ing men. | won't sell her to them at any
price. She would be campaigned, and the
public would say that still had an inter-
est in her You won't race her, and
know you won't allow any gambling with
her, l want you to have her.
The mare was in Saratoga. My father
sent me there to look her over. 1t was
rumored that her legs were bad. found
her perfectly sound.
Her price was then discussed My
father suggested $4,000.
No. said Vanderbilt, you gave 1873,
600 for Rarus. you gave $3.50 for Dexter
have a pride in this; I want you to give
more than $4,000 for Maud s..
"Fll give 100000 said my father, and
the deal was closed"
The stable boys who were present when
her old owner patted Maud S. for the last
time say that the affectionate animal
whinnied as IL she knew a change had
taken place. When her master walked
away his lips We're qulvering; her head
Maud S. was Robert Bonner's pet. When
The great horseman died last July he gave
bef over with tender words TO the keep
ins of his sons, Robert and Frederick z.
Bonner.
Maud S. will be 25 years OF age March
rs. She looks and acts as II she was not
over IL years old Her vitality is mar
velous Her sire was Harold and her dam
the patrician Miss Russell. Her fame was
greater than that OF all the Vanderbilt
millions Mr.. Vanderbilt has been dead
for twelve years, and thousands of horse
men today pay homage to the great mare
Her last public appearance was in 1885
when she trotted a mile TO a high wheel
sulky at Cleveland over an oval track in
2:0S "a
Though Mr.. Vanderbilt. worth $3.50. 900
600. sold Maud S. for $4,000 the money
only emphasized the fact that she was tn
greatest horse in the world. He loved the
mare but Jealousy and love go hand in
hand. Mr.. Bonner has a paddock for
Maud S. which incloses eighteen acres Of