WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT SELLS MAUD S. 



as well as her combined record, has never been 

 approached by any living horse, mare, or gelding 

 in the world. She was bred at the Woodburn Farm, 

 which establishment has furnished not only Maud S., 

 but is represented on every first-class breeding farm 

 in the United States and other countries. Her driver, 

 W. W. Bair of Cincinnati, Ohio, is only a little less 

 famous than the mare he has so gracefully driven. 

 Her owner, Mr. Robert Bonner of New York, is 

 the only gentleman who has ever owned two trotting 

 kings and a queen. Dexter, Rarus, and Maud S., and 

 he only keeps them to fill stalls in a gentleman's 

 private stable. The officers of the Kentucky Trot- 

 ting Horse Breeders' Association wish to thank 

 Mr. Bonner for this performance." 



Mr. Wilson handed me the manuscript of his little 

 speech and I quote from It. It was not Intended to 

 have any speeches, but Mr. Wilson seized the bit 

 and was off before he could be restrained. Scores 

 of ladies, the bluest of Kentucky blood, gathered 

 around Maud S. when she was being cooled out and 

 asked for the privilege of touching her nose and for 

 a hair from her tail. Mr. Bonner's first congratula- 

 tory dispatch was to Wm. H. Vanderbilt, and one 

 of the messages received by him was from the owner 

 of Jay-eye-see: 





Racine, Wis., November ii, 1884. 

 To Robert Bonner, Lexington, Ky. 

 " Allow me to congratulate you on the wonderful 

 performance of your great mare, Maud S. 



" J. L Case," 



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