The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-19
QUEEN OF RBE TURF.
~" Wonderful Record Of the Trot-
ling NJur,. Maud :.

lram u, Wv orb SUM
Though the recoId q Maud 5. has beer
lowered five seconds -Iy AuX. and forty
other uoters have tW5af.d or beaten Hs'
uarh. many hor emeu. are OF opinion thal
Der equal an things considered, has nevel
.''a. No yoGtr ever defeated ntr IL
'a't. NOT one has ever equaled on an ova
track her record Of 2toS "a to high-whee
~Hios. although such as Alix. 2:O@ "a;
Nancy Hanks, 2;v4 and the matches
b5reetum have tried repeatedly TO 90 1t
go LEI best days she would probably have
commanded a higher price than was ever
paid Tor mare whether trotter or runner
The actual sum paid by Robert Bonner ia
William II. Vanderbilt was $4,000, but II
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 500. Geo,
Maud :. was a chestnut mare. Loaled
March 2S. 1874, at A. J. Alexander Wood
burn Farm, Spring Station. Ky. Her sire
was Harold, the son Of Rysdyk's Handle
tonian and Enchantress by Tredweil $
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 II. VI.
bhSutl- VI I tufluudNl. albHb WIN dhbliA'i
chestnut filly. by Belmont. Capt George
y. 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
2:17 1-2 at that age. Soon after this I'M
precedented performance she was sold to
William II. Vanderbilt for s2l 900. 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 record Of go.
This race was followed by a match against
a-ajor II. G. McDowell's champion four
year-old Trinket. at Chicago on July "a
Maud $. simply played with her opponent.
trotting her winning heats in 2:19,
2:2l IL, and 2:1S 1-2. the time Of the last
heat being the fastest that had ever been
made in race. At Cleveland, four days
later, she defeated Driver, Charley Ford,
and Hannls. in 2:24 2:1S, 2:3l, and at Buff
falo, on August A. she beat the same horses
in the free fora all race, trotting her win
ming heats in 2.l5 IA, 2:l6 ga, 2:16 IL.
The first heat was won by Charley Ford, in
2:17 but it was generally believed that
Bair could have won 1t If he had made an
earnest effort to do so. This was the last
race ever trotted by Maud 5. 1t 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.l1 "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 p, 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 pissed into permanent
eclipse, the mare setting her record at
2:1O "a At Pittsburg on July 10, 1881,
Maud s. lowered her mark 10 2:l0 -. and
at Rochester, on August II, she cut it
down to 2;1O Ia. ..e-
After this campaign Mr.. Vanderbilt drove
the queen of the turf on the road in this
city On June 10. 1888 he hooked her to
pole with the brown mare, Aldine, PIG IA,
by Almont. and drove the pair mile to
wagon in 2:fJ Il, -at-FleetwoOd Park In
1854 Maud 8. went INFO training again 10
defend her title from the little black geld
ing Jay Eye-See. The latter horse trottet
in 10 at Providence on August !, and
was king for day but he had to sur
render the championship within twenty
hours. Maud s starting at Cleveland on
August ?. and setting the record at
2:O9 ga 1t was soon after this perform
ance that Mr. Vanderbilt annoyed by let
ters Offering to match the rival trotters 10
a race. sent William Turnbull over TO the
Ledger" office and informed Robert Bon
ner that he could buy the mare for $4,000.
90 /. oh i'm,
mediat5ly and went into the private stable
Of the man who owned Dexter and Rarus.
This ended all talk about a match. as Mr..
Bonner never raced his horses. He con-
scented, however. TO 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
GROWING triumph Of her career by trOtting
in POS "a at Cleveland on July 30.
Mr. Bonner drove Maud 5 on the road
for some time but she was TOO nervous,
irritable and imperious in temperament to
be a pleasant road mare and she was final
~ 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. Bonner's
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 trouer having much
Of the clean. dry hard look Of her thor
oughbisd ancestors in the maternal line
She stood 4bout l5.3 hands high at the
withers and was trife over l6 hands on
the hips. giving her peculiarly specialize
conformation Her head was remarkably
fine and expressive and her neck was like
that of a thoroughbred. The dip in her
back which was noticeable in her younger
days had become pronounced i'm old age.
Though well muscled. her conformation
was Of the greyhound order and her weight