Show MAUD S V Honoring the Quecn of the Turf LEXINGTON Ky 11Maud S has proved herself a greater mare than ever her late owner Yanderbilt or her present pres-ent owner Robert Bonner ever thought she was Hiram Woodruff an old time trainer of trotting horses laid it down as an ironclad law that you could never have a fast mile after the frost had struck the ground Last week ice formed repeatedly and took the elasticity elas-ticity from the soil Soberheaded men like Dr Horr said it was too late for Maud S to attempt to do what no horse exceut herself had ever done Enthusiasts En-thusiasts however predicted that the record would be broken The day was bright for November but the expert does not look for muscles to be flexible when Indian summer come There was a large gathering of the very best people of the Blue Grass region at the fair grounds track A placard was conspicuously con-spicuously posted on the grand stand No betting allowed At 1130 Bair came out behind the Queen and gave her a warming up mile in 226g The judges and timers were Maj H C McDowell Mc-Dowell Col R West and W H Wilson In the opposite stand Mr Bonner and his watch flanked on both sides by Gen G F Robinson Mr LF Brodhead Mr Richard Anderson and Hamilton Busby The conditions under which the performance was made were written writ-ten in the record book Maud S will start to beat her own record of 209 i and should he beat that record Wood burn farm where she was bred will commemorate the achievement by awarding to her through the Kentucky Ken-tucky Trotting HorseBreeders Association As-sociation a cup with the time made by her engraved thereon V Bair jogged around the track went to the head of the stretch came down and nodded for the word The great mare did not make a single mistake The time of the first quarter was 32 the I half mile 101 the three quarter pole 137 and here Mr Bowerman joined her with a runner hitched to a sulky V The finish was strong as the Judgesstopped their watches 209g The majority of outside watches made the time 209 The scene when the Queen returned to the stand for Bair to weigh was indescribable indescrib-able It was the greatest performance of the kind ever witnessed in the world and Kentuckians shouted as only Kentuckians Ken-tuckians can do Mr Bonners first congratulatory con-gratulatory dispatch was to Vanderbilt The mare will now be turned out for the winter I |