New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-29
HOW MAUD S. TROTTED.
Her DriUer Makes AfdaUit That
SuIky Had Plain Bearings.

In an interview with Hamilton Busbey. and in
an affidavit, William W. Bair the trainer and
driver of Maud s.. has declared that he never had
a ball rolling bearing sulky for the famous
trotter. and that the 2:OS% she made at Cleveland
was a plain axle sUlky.
Robert E. and Frederic Bonner. the sons of Rob
Bonner have offered to grant the request OF
C. X {. Billings for the high wheeled sulky used
at Lexington in 1854 and at Cleveland in 1855, on
condition that Lou Dillon in tritting to 1t, must
carry regulation weight and be accompanied by
only one runner, which must never take a position
directly in front Of her.
In his interview with Hamilton Busbey in PhiIa-
delphia Tuesday MIR. Bair said in part as
follows:
Maud s.. which as a two-year-old was known as
Sadie B.. was first put in harness by dehTy BuI
roughs. She then owned by Captain BuSher
and at his death became the properly or nus son.
| Horace Bugher. Later in 1876 she ran out on d
farm four miles from Chester Park. Cincinnati:
| on February II, 1877, / went to the farm ana Sol
the daughter OF Harold and six other youngsters
and brought them to Chester Park. The story that
Warren Peabody broke Maud 3 TO harness rs nGC
true. Peabody never sat behind heF GIut Marin
5, 1873 when she was four years Old CaP tald
HeDhT, T Pb ndU hams durIng visit that was
making in Kentucky. Peabody did not understand
The suIky to which Maud 5. trotted in 2.O914. at
Lexington and in 2JS34, at Cleveland. was ordered
by me and paid for my Mr.. Vanderbilt 1t went 70
MIR Bonner with the mare. and is no shadow
of doubt as 10 its aAes. 1t weighs thirty-elght
pounds when received 1t It was OF Iead Go1ol'
and l returned it to Cafrey to be painted carnihe
with yellow stripping; when it came back TO me II
weighed forty-tWO pounds. The pant added 10 us
weight. The work was done Dy J. haIneS a. ~
Charles 5. Grant, who was one OF the pest
and looked after the toilet OF MAUD o %neH I Sto
trotted in 2O914 at Lexington did not NlScILaI 30
him, as has been said. He left me 10 become d
trainer at Chester Park. and l was sorry 10 see
nm In iss5 Lyman Redmond was out Of a job and
came for work As he was my brotnGF-II
law made place for him. and he was with me
poor, and 1 did place implicit confidence IN
him. Of his weaknesses was drink H men
Redmond that Charles >. - aSSISleu
in the OF Maud y. at CIeveIa3d ne spediAS
falsely. Dan Bowes who was wis 1e ioT nin9 &c
years and d colored man. were assistant
grooms Of Redmond at Cleveland. id not see
Tanner, and kept pretty close "aIch OIL Nllue
l never had a roller bearing or a bail bearing
contrary. he swears falsely Charles . Grant VA 7
at Cleveland in 1855 with Joe Bunker. ana II 4
had needed assistance i should have called upon
him, as he knew the mare so we'll -, 49,.
The runner at Cleveland was driven Dy Jun i'll
halt-LiIe pos a. RI storv that there were two
runners with Maud :. that day il untrue: me
mare was not good condition for the eHort' anu
y yes sh nome mei in o not being keyed up for
fast mile tired for the last one hur9reu ~
TO e one Geu Of her her FEET i II she had been
that she would have trottod in ~ or Deter, ,z,
| Maud S was not what writer cans a cTazy
hIzzv going any gait but the trot. This is aDso-
ar5 Gould nut children on her back. lock the
door OF her stall and 20 dinner without feenIg
| anxious about the children Maud > was DeIAe04'
| fearless and I could drive her anywhere
Charles S Caffrey began making suIkles TOT m, ne
I b..
bearing suky for me. Maud > had OIt OLlo sI ~
/ M Cleveland and II sent TO Mr.. bonner WIN
he ma 70 when ne ordered her home. The daugh-
ter OF Harold and Miss Russell had the size sy M
| metrv breeding temperament and strength to pull
weight over n distance Of ground, ana these TO-
/ qualities made her. in my opinion the bIeo'0''
/ trotter that the world has seen
| 7 Haines Caffrey. who painted the high wheel
| suII,y Of Maud s.. said Mr. Bushey. in the pres
ence of Mr.. Bair. that heavy coat Of paint woud
ada four pounds to the weight OF the venice ana
dat with age and non-use there would be shrink
| age r about pounds. The sulky that MT YAM
sCrhiI, had built FOR Maud S. and To which she WIS
1 ho1jzaf at Cleveland. is at the Bonner 1aTIn a.
/ Tarry-owu and "A recent examination SHOWS ma
- ayles are plain and that the weight - torty
hounds The weight, az originally stamped on w
SHAFT - Canrey. is there. and X Is thlrty-els1
! pounds. -- u.-ra-o ,Lo.. ,rr1
frru1y concefe the superiority OF Lou Dllon wilen
Sine trots at Cleveland In better than -S+t uHu
1 ~. anne conditions that governed the eiIofI OF
| Sr..,.l As Lou Dillon IS smaller than Maud ,, II
Nr Billings prefers TO have suiky built 20 n ms
! T,.-o thev viii make no objection. PROVIDED tAe
stIlky * ~ the pattern and weight as II.tSS
| with which Maud 5. made the hBh "heeI fecoIN
] T1ly