Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-09
KING AND QUEEN OF THE TRACK.
Maud D and st. Julien both Heat TN Q
Record I'm All 3-4.


Maud D and st. Julien both Heat TN Q
Record In 2iII 3-4.
The famous trotters Maud and St.
Julien have both beaten the best time
on record at the Rochester On. Y.) Driv-
ing park. The New York Herald's ac-
count of this great racing event says !:
The skies were cloudless at noon and q
pleasant breeze was astir. All tie
trains came in little behind time and
were loaded with passengers. In many
o the cars ladies stood, because they
could not find seats, and blocked the
passage. Tickets were sold Mt excursion
rates on most of the roads and thou
sands took advantage of the opportu-
nifty. Distinguished people were pres
ent from Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo,
Albany, New York and elsewhere. The
magnet, the drawing power, was the
speed programme arranged for st Julien
and Maud s. The three long and
double-decked stands were crowded in
every part by anxious spectators. while
hundreds OF carriages were in the field
and double rows of humanity hung
upon the rails of the quarter stretch.
Not less than fifteen thousand people
passed through the gates.
The crowd was all expectation when
st. Julien appeared on the quarter
stretch. His driver, Owen A. Hickox,
looked nervous and anxious. He scored
three times, then sponged and went
back TO the second distance stand, came
forward level. and nodded for the word.
He trotted without wabble or break TO
the quarter pole in 80 seconds, to the
half in :07. to the third quarter in al
and finished the mile in 2:l3l. When
the time was hung out there was but
little applause. st. Julien scored twice
for the second trial after Maud S had
trotted in 2:lll. He went level and
strong, was at the quarter pole in 81
seconds, at the half-mile pole in | :04l
and at the third quarter in 1881. He
came down. the homestretch with
powerful stride, and the judges stopped
their watches at 2:lll. When the time
was hung up there was another out
burst of cheers. In the third trial St.
Julien made no effort to beat the record.
His time was: Quarter, 0 81; half, l:I5;
three-quarters, so; mile, :245.
SUMMARY.
Three trials against 2:l2i. Purse So 600;
TO trot in 2:l2i or better.
o. A. Hickok's b. &. St. Julien, by
l
4ilno 49,. .......-... ................ |
Time, 2;l3i-2:lli-2:20i.
Maud S came on the track Mt ten min
utes before six o'clock. and in the first
score her driver, Mr.. w. w. Ban, nod
ded for the word and the watches
started. She went fast and was at the
first quarter in 32i seconds. She few
along the backstretch, and the hands OF
the timepieces recorded :05 at the half
mile pole. Around the upper turn she
kept up the winning stride and was at
the three-quarter pole in 1891. The
great throng hung breathless upon her
movements down the homestretch, her
nose reached the wire and the hands of
the watches abruptly stopped at 2:IIi.
When the time was hung out the cheer
ing was tremendous. The 2:l2i OF ST.
Julien over the track at Oakland, CAL,
had been beaten, and the enthusiasm
was boundless. In her second trial
Maud s was not sent for fast time, Cap
tain Stone not wishing TO strain her.
:354; half. I:ll; three
quarters. l:47i; mile, 2:20l. For the
third trial Maud s was withdrawn.
SUMMARY.
Three trials 10 beat the lest time on record
(2;l2D.
w. II. Vanderbilt's ch. m. Maud s,
years old, by Harold, dam Miss
Russell. by Pillory, second dam
Lilly Russell, by Boston n........l 2 Dir
lime ............ l
Time. 2:lli-2:2Qi.