Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1881 — Maud S. in Retirement. Turf. Field and Farm, Dee. 10. [ARTICLE]

Maud S. in Retirement. Turf. Field and Farm, Dee. 10.

Mr. Bair, the trainer of Maud 8., dropped in upon us Friday last. He had been spending a few days at Harrisburg with old friends, and came to New York for the purpose of seeing Mr. Vanderbilt. His first thought of building a paddock in Chester Park for Maud S. was abandoned. He reasoned that she would be better contented with company, and so she was given the run of a field with Kate Middldton. The first time she was let out she made straight for a small pond, waded in and laid down. Bhe seemed to take great delight in the bath. She and Kate Middleton are very fond of each other and get on very well together. They are given the freadom of the field at 11 o’clock each day, and taken up at 1 o’clock. A groom always watches over them. The shoes of both have been removed, but Maud 8. wears tips. She is kept strong with grain and is in the best of health. Mr. Bair has ordered a light wagon for her, and he says that he will easily beat next year the wagon record of Hopeful. He think she can drive her, rigged In four wheels, in 2-13. He also says he would like to see her matched against St. Julian. He argues that she has as good speed as he has, is a good rater and will step better. On the first of January he will take the young queen up and commence jogging her. He says he made a mistake at Chioago, when she trotted in 2:10 3-4. He should have driven the first quarter in 22 1-2, insead of seconds. Had this l>een done he claims that the half mile would have been trotted in better than 1:04 and that 2-10 would have been beaten. He says that Maud S. is as sound now as she was one year ago. When he first broke her she was inclined to amble but she never paced: and she does not amble uow. He believs that she would tret without toe weights but claims that it would be risky vo leave them oft when starting for a big performance, as the weights are light, four ounces, the strain upon her is not great. Katie Middleton is doing very Well. She has recovered her temper and acts like a sound mare. If she stands up next year Mr. Bair hopes to drive her a very fast mile. She is a mare of wonderful speed. She and Maud S. wil be hooked double some time after the Ist of January. A New York correspondent of the Medical Record writes to that journal that he has lost the practice of many families by aceeeding to the law which compells physicians to report to the Boatd of Health all cases of contatageous diseases. We have never quite discovered the way to reconcile the law with the pledge of secrecy, which is an understood thing between ail physicians and their patients. Every physician on graduating, if he takes the Hippocratic oath, as most of them do, pledgee himself not to reveal the matters confided to him by his patients. Fortunately we are not called upon to come to any practical decision aatowhiehof these laws should have the preference, for our practice does not include the cure of acute contagious diseases.— Dr. Foote's Health Monthly. A man threw a couple or superannuated eggs at an actress in a PhiladelKhia theatre, and he was fined SSOO for is little diversion. This is $3,000 a dozen for eggs, and not. very good eggs at that. We seem to he getting back to war prices.