Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-03-18 | Page 4 | Maud S. Dead

MAUD S DEAD Famous Trotter Dies at Port Chester New York New York March 17Maud S the famous trotter died at Schullzs farm Port Chester N Y this morning She was brought lo the farm from New York a week ago and it was intended I lo use her for breeding purposes She was sick when she arrived here and had been under the care of a veterinary veter-inary surgeon She became gradually worse however and all efforts to save the valuable animal were fruitless Maud S waa owned by the Bonnet us tale and was 26 years of age Her trotting record of 203 was made in 1S5 It was at Lexington Ky where she won JUT lirst honors as a fouryearold by trotting a aide in 217t Her next recordbreaker was at Chicago when she made It in 213V As a liveyear old SILO still further reduced this lo Ullft 2104 and af Buffalo to 210Vi Then began efforts by others to beat her record Finally at Narragansctt Bay J > I C made the then startling record of 209 and deposed Maud S from her position of queen of the turf But the reign of her rival was short Twentyfour hours after J L C made his record Maud S at loveland inside the new record of OSTi find regained her lost title After she passed Into the him iids of Mr Bonner she still further fur-ther lowered her record but waa later eclipsed by the Milll lower records made possible by pneSimatlc tires and other devices for increasing sPeed To those who knew her she never lost her place as queen of the trotting turf