MAUD S.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2345, 8 October 1881, Page 4

MAUD S.

We have an account, from the San Francisco “Sunday Chronicle,” of the latest doings of Maud 8., the fastest trotter in the world. Our contemporary says :—“ Chicago, .July 23rd.—There was a largo attendance at the races to-day. The event of the day was the attempt of Maud S. to lower her own record of 2min lOJseo. After warming up she took the word, and going well out from the pole, made the quarter in 35sec. She settled down and made the half in Imin 12soo, the three-quarters with a slight break in Imin 40seo, and the heat was finished at a jog in 2min 21isec. The two succeeding heats were made without a break or skip, as follows : —Second heat, quarter, 34isao ; half, Imin 6aec; three-quarters, Imin 38seo ; miie, 2 min lliseo. Third heat, quarter, 3seo j half, Imin 6iieo; threequartors, Imin 37500 ; mile, 2min llsoo. The track was about li to 2 secs slow, and her achievement is considered one of the best the mare ever did. Mr Vanderbilt followed his mare from the wire down the quarter stretch to the stable, and while passing the grand stand received the hearty congratulations of an enthusiastic multitude. From the club house stand all the ladies signified their recognition of the mare’s enthusiastic owner by the waving of handkerchiefs, which Mr Vanderbilt returned by tipping hie hat as he walked close behind the mare. Vanderbilt was here to see Maud 8 trot for the first time in a public trial. He was interviewed by a ‘ Times’ reporter, who asked —‘ Will Maud 8 bo kept on the turf to maturity?’ ‘That,’ said Vanderbilt, ‘will depend upon whether her record is beaten or not. I cannot say positively. After this performance she will take a rest, and in September I will drive her on the road at home.’ ‘ To what,’ was asked, ‘ do you attribute her marvellous turn of speed ’ ‘ Her great success is due not a little to her treatment when young. She showed the extraordinary time

of 2 min 17i»eo as a four-year-old. Many horses who showed a first-class capacity for speed when young have been ruined by overwork, after their four-year trials. Maud S was laid by for two years and was not overworked. Her driver assures me that she has never been driven to her utmost capacity.