The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
PEERLESS HIGHLAND Maid.
Az OLD-TfNE TROTTER THAT
FATE ROBBED or 4 CAREER.
The Marc mat, Challenged Flora Tenn
pies supremacy. ana Lost Through
the stipptng % . tbeck Rein
-Es-sherin He,t's stories sf Her
WsDdevfui speed Her on Iask.

CHESTER. n. Y. Oct. 10 Flora Templ.
viii ever hold a place In the history Of trot-
ting a. the wonder Of her dav and genera
tion.- said James W. Hoyt 81 Chester. es-
sheriff Of Orang. county. who. OF -. 10
perhaps the last survivor Of IN. old-,im.
school ~ hor-em@n and drivers. 81 which
Hiram Woodruff and HE famed oontem-
porari~- ~ere the eSemplais. Yet n the
mare that pushed her to her rrst
really great ace and hrt forced her
TO step below The ~ mark had been
Ia different hands the history 81 har-
ness racing would nave been far different
That race l. ancient history now. but the
story 81 how a gr~en and unknown horse
from Orange ounty came Ia enter the
lists against IA. great Flora Temple is an
untold chapter In the history ~ the track
One day va the fall Of 1852 | was driving
Nith NV brother He1ekiah Hoyt along The
road near B,llvale over near tha Jersey
line. and IN passing along by tho Wilson
farm scared up n mare that was pa-tur-
ina In a field and she started N acr,,.. he
field on s pace a. first, hut quickly fell into
n trot. What n gait thc, VAS knew at once
tina, MARI was a good one She belonged
w 0aNaEN NihrRfs " . hdh ~ tNI WIN
inc ] could nave got her for that sum. but
when ! wen back next day Wilson WAnted
ssco for the mare, and ! gave him $3.50 md
NV brother put Ia an old horse - lis FOR
the balsnce.
4 soon found had made u" mi-iak. in
he mare She vas built to 60 Ne matter
how fast ! urged her she never broke unless
her check rein came l"os". TLop she
wouldn't troi a. all She didn't drive 10y
her bit. hut balanC,Ad o. her chnck The
lessi pull on her bit would fro let
could drive her wit hOut veins. holding 10
her tat and speaking 80 her Sh- vas rn.
iir-lv unframed and had never seen y racr-
track In her life
In tho spring ~ ls3 I thought nigh,
H. abb 10 max, a good -als - thls mar
II I took her down among 10" city horse
men lad IN NV mind particularly Jim
McNiaun one of he gr'at--t \"v York
-ppri iug nr'u Of fha' day. who .ept the
famous LAFAYETTE Hall IN Broadway. and
had a. partner George Spic~r. the great
'rptting hor-s driver. who drove tondueror
IN q hour and VI minutes lived NJ Md
dletowu theu. ! hi'ch@d Highland Maid 10
an old Sulky. and he firt day I logged
hcr tn Harken.ack. hf'v mile- Thu NEXT
morning I started an for Hol-okrn ferry.
NrOn i've mils- thiS side Of Hoboken
was a lttl" roadside plac- wher~ tean-ter-
and others driving across The meadows
tl-ssi Ia stop 10 water their hor-s~ aud re-
fresh themselves. stopped there 10 get
a cigar and a. wAs coming out to grt into
the -ulky again a cuupl" ~ gentlemen
going toward Hobuken drove up They
had just got out ~ their wagon when a
numl,-f ~ children came skipping by
one Of them shrrw up his ha' and -carsi
the mar II sprang forward and away u
went down the road on q dead run Tho
man uara ala rfpei az pttIr4s4 hint ttFnF.aN
INTO my sulky and shouted Ia them
Don't worry III catch your horse
for YOU
i spoke To the Maid and she swung into
could equal Tn" runaway bad a long
start Of ~ and was s"ing NJ The hill like =
rac~hor-e We pse~rt him before hs had
gone n quarter of q mile. tho Naid trUtting
by him ~ N he Wa standing still droV"
on q little way. stoprsd the mari. GOT ou'
of the sulkv. and when the rlina wav came
! rnanag,ri 20 grt him nv he hi aud
stop him Therr was nothing broken and
no harm done. and when the men cams"
purins along after him by and by a NOR"
s-toundrd couple u would he dinicnlt tp
imagine That a horse could tro' and
pass within n quarter Of a mile another IN"
that wa running AZ racing speed. and
with a start ~ morn than a hundred wards ~
that. was something that hnrd-red on the
marvellous
No men 'nifiNrl nv NNfN INV uNA
4 well known r'aort. the Bergen Hou~n.
was on one border ~ the meadow hat
interviewed 10; ween that spot ind Hobnken
proprr. n st-c'ch ~ perlsps thr~e-gnarter-
~ n mile. The men inasted hat ] should
got ou, and have a little something with
hem A. we were having something.
and the men were sill wondering and
talking about ,h. exploit ~ m MARI,
n man who-e name" | learned was Met arty. |
= wealthy resident ~ Nevark. drove mp !
" q
with a rattling good hors" and r'oprsh.
That hor~e, he aid. had out-truti~d
everything there ans IN that county and
herr was @ome good ones. he said |
'h" horSe over He was a troti"r.
enough. hut said to his owner that
could TAX the rein- m of my mare and
beat HE horse across the IA EASY. He
,sk~d mo u I wanted to 10, y little -onr-
hine on n. aud ! aid would te' hin tho
and drink for twrn'v tn. l~t
se'i. and ! unbuckled the reins from my
I"are'n lit. snt into tho sulkv, took her bv
he tail and away We went kept long
the hor-~ fo- -ome distance, and h.
going = forty cfp. do ~tcl'ev" Presently
-aid to Nctarty
L. that &c fast - YOUR horse can go7'
He's going fa-I -~nought" clean YOU up
III tight. said he.
'Uhy. ! said. up Our wsy Wa drive faster !
han that when We go Ia funerals And
spoke ia the Maid She left the crack
iruti-r 80 far t.hind that he never
sn.v I've Wa In the uace d
-Mctarty opuld hardly ~lr'l,evs he sycs
md when he came steaining up after !
stopped be- wanted to know where IN
Ia world thar ~ resk Of light ming had ntn
rom We drove 20 the h popular resort
known a. Flysiar fi.lis. now a MAJ" II
tracks. oil docks and s~,ockyards.
md at a famous place kept nv n man named
Irrlnnd We had our feast and a great
pn- II vas, too A. great ~ Mctar'y
10 make me an offer for INV mar,
W ] learned afterwAuh He rememh-red
I neI' day. snd hunted all over New York
~ ind me. ready to give any price I might
,.k for the Maid Unfortunately, he
lid NOT find ina.
We'll. Sit. ! ouldn Get Jim McMann or
George SpiCsar even "a look nj NV marr
had her over Ia Sim Hoaglsnds. near
he Z Mo cour.e logged her ou' every
Law or 80. around tho cOur-s. wherr a lot
y bor-emen and hetting men we're always
yathered picking up points A little
found out hat they weren't missing
NV points about ths' mar of mine. and
ven 20 this day ! feel like thumpin' mysslf
hat ! never once ~aw what was going IN.
One day Jack Nodine. one 81 the ron
Ipicuous horse owners. drivers and dealers
y hat day. came Ia me and said h" had
green horse he wanted Ia work out on
he track. and asked me " wouldn't drive
NV MARI along against her ~ g., her into
he idea that she Wa racing. 40 she might
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