Show S JUST A PLAIN SULKY W we W One Used by Maud S Years Ago Was Ball tearing The controvert over o er the fhe trot tin I ri to high i sulky credited I Maud S lua caused aUed Robert E Bonn r ri i eure c dO an U affidavit from f W W V haIr Bair it t this city ity as US to 0 the style weight and bearing of the sulky putted pulled by the n great trotting mare when sue site placed the th worlds record at on the tee Cleveland track in I 1885 t In n Interview with item Ham Hamilton ilton Hair stales jc aily that the ud by Maui Maud 8 in her worlds r nl rd mite mile wee was not bull ball or roller beards but bat a plain cIte axle sulky Accord to in the statement made by bg Bale Bair s accompanies the affidavit Maud 1 who us a was waa known as aa Sa Ba B was first put in barne by Harry Burroughs She was then owned by Captain Bugher and at his death be became b came I property of his son Horace i Late in 1876 she ran out oui on a farm tour miles from park CUt Cin Cincinnati Feb 11 ii tir went to the farm furm rii iI got the of Harold and six eix ot i t and brought them thaw to park Tie story that Warren broke Maud S to harness is not true Peabody never sat behind her until tutU March 1878 when she was 4 years old Captain Stone who lad had purchased her from Hugher placed her hr in Peabodys hands Curing a visit Ut I fair r was making In k Peabody did dai n nut f understand her eat lair Bair was to take charge of her bet again which he iD did dida a a aThe The sulky to which Muad S in iii at Lexington aJ in it at Cleve Cleveland land tat as ordered by hair Bair and paid for by Mr It went to Mr Bouner with the th mare and Is no shadow ot of as to its ail It weighed thin thir when Hair received it It was ot or lead color an ant 1 Flair Bair returned it to y to be painted armine urmine with yel yellow ye low striping when it came buck it weigh e l pounds the paint ad adding adding ding t us its weight The bc work was done by J 3 Hali s who is a now in business for himself in this city Chati haris e S g Caffrey began making sulk sulkies ie ies for fair fain in 1887 1867 and he never built builta a or sulky for him Maud S had l hut ut one sulky at level 1 and this was vas sent to ti Mr Bonner with the mir marr when he be ordered her horn home lures lares that he tie never had a K or in ii his hi outfit and trai states Mates that when i swears ta Ia the contrary he I swears falsely a a aCharles Charles S spat Grant was with flair Bair for eight years an and looked after Maud blaud S when ti trotted in at I flair Bair did not discharge him aa had been stated ui a he left to ti become a trainer at Chester Park ParkIn Parkin In IL i Lyman Reimond went to i Bair for work and as he hc was his brother inlaw he lie made a place toe for him and he remained four rn Bair in his statement alleges that when Reimond Redmond save sass that Charles haries S 5 Tanner assisted him himin himin in the care of Maud S it Cleveland he speaks falsely Dan Bowls who was with flair Bair for nine years and a negro were th the assistant grooms of Redmond at Cleveland In of the pacemaker used for forth forthe th the record trial Bair air declares that the runner renner at Cleveland was criven by John At Bairs request he kept behind until the pole ole was reached then he tame came never attend ahead the mare The story hat there were two runners with Mauff Mau S B on that day he declares is I C untrue U The mare wee was not in good condition for I the he and yet she pent t to the pole in and came home in Not being keyed up for a fast mile she tired the thelast tact last WO yards Bair Hays Cays he could not key her tip up on account of ot an injury to toone toone one oC of her feet If U she had been fit he feels sure lure that she have trotted In 27 or letter better i Bait Bair takes exception to the statement of one writer that Maud 8 was waa a horse and states that ebe ehe was pure gaited u a aline uline line trotter and he could put children on her back lock the door of her stall and amA and go tn to without feeling ani anxious ious joud shoe About the He say says Mrs Bale Bair sometimes fed her lumps lumpe of sugar Mend Maud 8 S was Fas perfectly fearless and nd could be driven anywhere The daughter of Harold and Miss Misa had the Mae is symmetry breeding temperament ana ano strength to it pull pall weight over a distance of ground sod aad these rare qualities made her in Ba i n a opinion the he t greatt trot trotter t rot tar ter that the world has seen cc The sulky that had built for Maud fl 0 aad to which the was hooked at atI Cleveland I is at the Bonner Bomier farm at Tarry Tarrytown Tarrytown town and a recent examination shows that the axles uala are plain and that the weight is forty pounds pound The weight as originally stamped cLamped on the shaft by Cat Caf Caffrey frey fray is there and It is pounds The identity of the sulky drawn by Maud MaudS S when she made her record of 2 hari ba been completely established The facts as appearing In hi the statement wade trade by W W V Bair have be bet o n sworn to lard and affidavits filed Bair made the tim same statement to P f P Johnston president of the National Trotting asso association In ID reply to a request for description of the sulky C C C CC C C K G Billings owner of Ix Lou u Dillon is La a man nian Wilt who has done to pro promote promote mote the trotting and driving interests and when he auks asks for the use of the high wheel sulky drawn by Maud 6 S at Lexing Lexington ton in 1584 und at Cleveland in he takes A stand that thet will be commended by sAL ail Who are loyal to the best traditions cf sport Robert b i aid aiti Frederic Bonner wilt will cheerfully grant this request with the stipulation that Lou Dilion in trotting to it the plain arixie Bulky of Maud B 5 sall carry regulation weight and shall b accompanied by hut but butone one ori runner which shall shaI never take tak a pot position tion directly in front of he heIt her herC C S C CIt It is nineteen years Maud S t made her Cleveland record arid and the sulky Is I Dot as as st it once OtHi was but if Mr Rulings Billings n really ly wants it fur fir Lou Dillon in 1804 1514 he can have it j It is in generally admitted that the tracks of if today ale faster than those of the past decade deca but the sons sets of Robert Foe Bon Bonner ner iter who believe In pr breeding will frankly concede tv superiority or ii lx lain U Dillon when she trots at in better than hait con coil that governed govern the th effort of Maud Maudi S t Lou I i Dillon is a alter than Maud MauJ 8 d end ind If Mr Failings to have hae a sulky built to fit ft his mate there will be no ot oh I r vided It l lit of the saute same pat pattern pattern tern and weighty that with Maud S matte made t Va el et record July JO o oLed Led e |