Show v THE > QUEEN OF THE TURF ITIniid S Lowers the rrottlng Record Rec-ord Mile in 208 3t CLEVELAND July 30 Maud S renewed her claims to the title of Queen of the Turf at Glennville track today in the presence of 10000 people The fleet little mare trotted a mile over a slow course in 208M This beats her previous record by half a second and is one second and a half faster than the best mils ever trotted by any other horse The triaJUwas for a cup and the time goes on record The day was warm There had been heavy showers during the night and morning broke with a great bank of damplooking clouds fringing the Western West-ern sky The heavens gradually put on a cheerful aspect the sun grew hot and the air murky These conditions seemed favorable favor-able to fast time but t i THE mAck WAS HEAVY The threequarter stretch was muddy but the sun and a half a dozeu drsgs improved ills the day wore on snd when Maud SJ started to break Tier record the course waW 1 infair condition It was not in the opinion I of the management afast one i I After a preliminary warming she struck a splendid clip and twenty rods from the judges stand Bail nodded for the word Splan held the watch and followed four or five lengths behind more to post Blair as to the speedthat was being made than as a help to the mare i i TIlE QUEEN WEST AWAY FAST And the first eighth post was reached in 1G i i seconds She rounded the turnnnd headed for the quarter The turn was a trifle too sharp and she went into the air Bair stopped her and went back for another start When she came down the stretch for the second time she appeared to be unsteady I but Bair wanted the word and it was given The mare recovered herself before she had gone far and settled herself down to an even clip that was like a whirlwind She reached I THE FIRST QUARTER IN 32M At a 210 gait Then Bair began to urge her and she trotted the next quarter in 32 seconds sec-onds at a 208 gait reaching the half in 1OM She flew like a bird and old timers began to declare she was breaking her wonderful won-derful recprd Passing the half she increased her speed and went over the back stretch at a terrific ait The third quarter was trotted in 31 seconds the fastest one of the mile On the lower turn she was seen to raise her head suddenly and it seemed certain that she would go off her feet Baircaught her however how-ever and on she flew Coming up the homestretch home-stretch THE AWFTO STBAIN BEGAN TO TELL ON HEB And she slowed up Bair applied the whip however and she responded quickly She dashed under the wire at n tremendous clip having finished the last quarter in 3V seconds sec-onds and the mile in 203 No one except the judges and reporters knew the record had been broken There was great excitement on the judges stand The watches of the official timers President Wm Edwards C P Emery and N L Hunting Hunt-ing had stopped at 208 Edwards made the announcement and a wild scene followed BALE WAS LOADED DOWN WITH BOSES And the mare was presented with a beautiful floral collar Edwards hastily wrote the following fol-lowing telegram Robert Bonnet New York The Cleveland Association congratulate you most heartily and thank you most sincerely for allowing your peerless Queen Maud S to show the people how easily she beats her record in the wonderful time of 20891 on a track certainly one second slow having had a hard rain at midnight 0 Signed Wai EDWARDS President |