The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
wa. lie looked a, me l~hIe and then


It was lie looked At me awhile and ,her
said
How fast Is -hr''
Il old him | didn't know.
VIII she show bettcr han 'iO7' said he
told him | thought she would. and hs
said that n she could l-'at ~ ne would take
her ~ NV price We drove quietly over a.
! sent III" Maid around and Jack held tho
watch on her
She made Il in " said he When h.
came round. anil he bought ia. mare. al
though he ieft hcf IN NY custody didn't
know untu a good while after That thai
the mare had tirnei .h" 'rack that day.
not IN ~. hut IN ~ and | hadn't urged
her. AZ that
-Ahom that time lack Nodine wen, to
ia" Albany race with BLACK Douglas. ono
~ IA" great t%rottnrs - that day some
driver ar oWuer var working out horses
every day on the Union ,eoursr Groups
81 hor-cin"n. -pnrting men and others
Interested m trutting we've constant spec
taturs. and ~" Maid seemed alvavs Ia tak"
their eve Una dav ~. driver - Grey
fddv had that Fresi tr"'t"r on the course
and | brushed with MIN and l-r 'he maze 70
Sh" went away from iunt AMI kept hcr
gaii Jim Mcsiauu was there 'bl' day
and he and Nsltermeyrr who afterwarl
owned George VI patohrr. and Ione-.
the hig lo''rry ray held their watches
On her law the hooE ~ amaz"nr.ni un
their fsc'- When the mar" finished tie,
mile Aud It had n righ' a. b. there. too.
for their watches rerurici 'Fe fact ihs' the
unframed Orange county mar. has iurned
the track In is The fastest time then on
r'-Nord, 10 harness Wa ~ LADY Sufplk's.
made ~ 1919
Flora Temple va. then carving every
thing before her on Tho ir"tting TRACK
Hrr i-~i time was :So when Jack
Nodin. went to Albany he authorized
me TO make = match tst w'-.u the MAID and
Flora for t5.gO a side. hut for sutna reason
Flnra's owner wouldn't cons.nt When
Nodine returned. however. a match Tor n
purse Of t2.coo was mate IN" sports
men had wa'chei the Maid. hat had said
nothing. and when the day ~ the rae.
came June ~, 1852 the public were sur
pri~ad 20 Ind the Natl ths f~avorite IN the
hetting against TIE p+-'rle-- Flora Temple
I had told Jack Nodins about IA" Maids
peculiarly regarding her check and cau-
her IN a race 10 must 10 sure aud $50 that
hsr chsrk rein was securely fastened ~ ~
could not come loose. for Il h dos- -aid
to him. She wont trot three rods
Hiram Woodruff drove Flora Temple In
that rae" Jack Nodin- drove the Maid
IN tho first heat the Maid forced Flora
10 trot IN 22s, The Maid won the second
heat. easy. in an The ODDS were then
lon ga 40 on tho Drange county hor-- Wten
they started FOR IN. third heat The Maid'-
Y " ~ WV NNsHNN 49, ~ ~. wv .
hy Flora from that moment The Maid
l~ing Let without IN" familiar balance
of her check. would no. or could not iro'.
and Flora l"mplr won a. sh" pleased,
ia 2r
Not one IA all the thousands ~ -p~ctaiorS
- hat rac, ever knew why the Maid. with
all her -Issd and faultse- gait. vas do
tau~-i ia that heat, hut tho hackers OF
Flora won hundreds Of thousands ~ dollars,
ha MAID losi the chance 10 win the title of
- - .
wac entirely changed hv the simple throw
ing ~ a CheCke~i rein That race was 20
wagons. aud IN none ~ her subsequent
TaC- did any contestant compel Flora
Temple 10 20 hetteT than ~. to wsgon
Jack Nviin" had begun a system Of
severe training II the Maid. and ha per
sisted m il until she went m her feed and
one dav u heavy blanket h. kept strapped
on her tu sweat her came loo-. u etiippe
on II AMI fell. hurting h"r Knee Nodine's
treatment 81 II made u wurSs and he troitsd
her a rae, againsi GrcN tid with her knce
swollen a. hig - = rahhage The knee
neycr GOT well, and Noiire sold tie Maid
10 some ono in Gp,a, harrington for breed
ing. but ih.r. were 40 a. Sirrs. and ia"
Maid l~ft no ~ucC~.-SoT to tier greatness
i have known driver and owned some
~ Tho l-s' specimens ~ The iroitins horse
thai aver s'epl ed. hu' never have ] Se-n
heard II one thar | leliovc VA the equal
81 this mae She had -r--'d enough In her
80 hav. distanCpd Flora Temple ! am "a
sun thai | could hAvr driven hrr In ?I5
" IL had is,en necessary. th" day of that
race. foriv-cight wears 4 ~ ] am that
I am ahvr TO-DAY.
Highland Maid lad = sirid" ~ 'wen'y-
two feet. and she could yu' II in hk"
,ick- ~ = watch She had a swing OF
her hind feet thai threw them seven feet
n ahead Of iIar fore iert ~ every stride
II - he regret of WY life hat fonlishly
of 'hat tuarr 20 The man who got
her. not 80 much because 7 perhaps could
have obtained. u littlc later ~. a. many
thousands for her ~ got hundreds as
lrcause ier iat" Na~ beyond al doubt The
sacrifice 81 magnificent possibilities M the
- tho 'rottlrg hor~"