Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-23
MAUD S. is DEAD,
The Famous Trotter who Once Held the
High-WheeI Record.

High-Wheel Record.
Maud S. is dead Full of years and of
honors, the grand old mare who by her
performances did so much to make trot-
ting popular, breathed her last at John
II. Shults's breeding farm in Portchester,
n. Y, Saturday. Fifteen years have
passed since Maud S., hitched to a high
wheeled sulky, established a new record
for the world by trotting a mile in :0Sa.
Her sensational performance was the
theme of every man who is interested in
the trotter, and from Maine to Mexico
and coast to coast her great mile stirred
the enthusiasm of everybody who Is in
terested in good horse. 1t was in Cleve-
famed daughter of Harold and Miss
Russell, with w. W. Bair holding the
reins over her, reeled of her mile in
, 0Si. She was then the property of the
late Robert Bonner, who had purchased
her from William II. Vanderbilt in 1884.
Mr.. Bonner paid $4,000 Tor Maud S.,
the highest price ever paid for trotter
up to this time, and one of the conditions
Of the transfer was that the queen of the
that such price SHOULD be paid for a
horse who could not be- raced, but Mr..
BonGer's keenest enjoyment was to own
and drive good horse, and those who
knew him SAID that Maud 5. was more
precious to him by far than $4,000.
Maud SIS mile in 2 :0S2 stood as a
worlds record for six years. In 1861
tbo Coliforpia mann Cunol With Cborlnc
Marvin behind her, reduced her record
half second, trotting a mile at Stock
ton. Cal, Oct. 20, 1891, in , :0Si. Maud
SIS record days had passed, but Mr..
Bonner coveted the new turf queen, and
soon after showing This record perform
ance SunOl became his property. Then
came improvements in harness and
sulkies, if not In drivers and horses, and
;he records of SunOl and Maud 5. were
cast in the shade. In 1892 Nancy Hanks
trotted mile in Chicago in = :07i, and
two years later. at FGalcsburg, H., she
established a worlds record for trot
ters-2 :03f.
To the last, howcvcr-long years after
her greatness had passed Maud s. was
she was shown in Madison Square Gar
den at the sale of the horses of the Bon
ncr estate. her appearance excited wave
Of enthusiasm such as never was aroused
by any Of the champions who came after
her. Maud :. was not sold at the dis
pGsal sale of the Bonner horses, but
while in the Garden she contracted a
,.O1I ,t,h in Satu
dav. She WAS shipped to Mr., Shults's
farm 70 be bred to Axworthy, and was
sick when she arrived there. She was
% wears old.
When she as two ycar-old Captain
George y Stone of Cincinnati bought
Maui : from a Mr.. Bughcr of Glendale,
Ohio. The price was nominal. She won
her first honors as q four year-old by
trotting mile in 2:l7f at Lexington,
Ky. Her next mountaineering mark
was in Chicago, when she trotted in
, :l3!. As fve-year-old she still fur.
Their reduced this to 2:1li and 2:l0s, and
IN Buffalo to 2:l0t.
Then began efforts by other horses to
beat her record. Finally, at Narragan
sott Bay, Jay Eye See made the then
startling record Of ;09i, and depOsed
Maud $ from her position as Queen of
the Turf. But the reign of her rival
was short Twenty.four hours after
Jay Eve See made his record of :09i,
Maud :. in Cleveland made the new
record OF POSE, and regained her lost
title.-New York Press.