WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT SELLS MAUD S. 



success could not be hoped for, except in an autumn cli- 

 mate more favorable than that of New England, and 

 Bair was directed to ship the great chestnut without 

 delay to Lexington. When the mare was thought to be 

 ripe for a supreme effort, I went to Lexington with 

 Mr. Bonner, but we were compelled to wait for good 

 day and track. Frost had struck the ground, robbing 

 it of some of its elasticity, but on Monday the 

 announcement was made that Maud S. would start 

 on the following day, November n, 1884, to " beat 

 her own record of 2.09!, and should she succeed, 

 Woodburn Farm, where she was bred, will com- 

 memorate the achievement by awarding to her, 

 through the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' As- 

 sociation, a cup with the time made by her engraved 

 thereon." 



It was a bright morning, and the church-going 

 people assembled at the track by the hundred. Mr. 

 Bonner was President of the Board of Trustees of 

 Dr. John Hall's church on Fifth Avenue, New York, 

 and all good Presbyterians wished him success. Gen- 

 eral W. T. Withers, Colonel W. C. P. Breckinridge, 

 and Captain T. J. Bush were conspicuous in the 

 throng. The gentlemen selected for judges and 

 timers were Major H. C. McDowell, owner of 

 Dictator, sire of Jay-eye-see ; Colonel Richard West, 

 who introduced Dictator to Kentuckians; Major 

 P. P. Johnston, and W. H. Wilson. The little stand 

 on the opposite side of the track was occupied by 

 Mr. Bonner, General J. F. Robinson, Mr. Lucas 



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