The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-13
Last Nights Dispatches.
SPORTS.

ROCHESTER. Aug. l2.-The creates
days sport in the history of the Rocheste
Driving Park is concluded. The announce
ment that Maud s and st. Julien woul,
be trotted, the latter to beat his owl
record of 2:l2z and beat this and Sleep,
Toms best pacing record of 2:124, wa
enough to attract q multitude eff specta
tors. who went IN throngs to the track
There were $4,000 people present to wit
ness the grand events of the day and
before it took place some very fine spor,
was afforded in the 2:3O apd free for al
trotting contests, which resulted as follows
Summary: 2:30 class, purse $1,000
divided, Parana wen.. Hector second
Edwin Thorn third. Calamus fourth
Orange Blossom fifth, Time, 2:23, 2:23l
2:233. 2:232. Parana was awarded the
hrst money. Hector second, Edwin Thorn
third, Calamus fourth.
In the free for all. purse $4,000 divided.
Darby won. Hopeful second. St. Julien
1 drawn. Trinket drawn. Time 2:154.
2:l62. 2:I64, 2:l9, 2:22. Darby got the
last two heats By less than one length.
| At 5 o'clock the California wonder
king of the turf. st. Julien, was driven
out upon the track and up past the
grand stand by Orrin A. Hickok, who is
part owner OF the great trotter, Pro-
! longed applause and cheers rent the air
as st. Julien was trotted around to get
heated tor the greatest effort of his life
DE went down past the judges stand
several times before Hickok nodded to
the judges to give the word. Then he
darted around the track without a running
mate or anything else than his driver to
urge him. making his FIRST quarter 10 .33,
the half mile in LOT, the third quarter in
l:4l and the mile in 2:l32, the fastest
trotting ever done on the Rochester track.
The crowd cheered and they who were
betting that both horses would lower the
best sprevious record now offered to give
their iopponents .odds in the pools at the
ratio of $50 to $50 1t was forty minutes
later when Blair, of Cincinnati, ,fdrove out
the six year old mare Maud 8. Deafening
cheers greeted both. Blair nodded TO the
judges and Maud was given the send off
the first time. As she came down the
stretch the track, weather and everything
was in her favor no less than in st,
Julien's- She sped away magniGcently
and the involuntary exclamations of many
thousands OF Witnesses was beautiful.
She completed here first quarter in 323.
second in los. third in I:3S4 and the
mile In 2:ll7, an entire second lower than
the best trotting time on record and half
a second better than the best PAGER ever
went. The widest enthusiasm followed
the performance, Everybody knew the
the best rime on record had been made
before the time keeper had made
their announcement or were con-
suited, The bets now ranged $5l|
and $50 on Maud 5 agains $50 and SIS
on St, Julien as the better and faster
trotter of the two. When ST.. Julien was
brought out for his second heat there was
less enthusiasm than before. but he got
away IN fine shape. trot,ed to the end of
his first quarter in 3l2, second in los
third i; ;384 and mile in 2;l13, precisely
the same time made by Maud iu her first
heat. Each horse earned the special
purse of 81, 900 offered to each, and Stone
of Cincinnati, refused to permit the mare
to be speeded again while ,Hickok took the
same position Maud s, was trotted again
however but she only made her second
mile IN 2:204 and was excused from the
third heat St. Julien trotted third heat
in ordinary time OF 2;244 Handsome testi-
10 onials were pre- sentCd the drivers of the
king and queen of the turf. Thus
terminated the Treatagt trotting event the
world has eve: Known.
CLEVELAND. Aug. l2-Base ball
Clevelands 8, Worcesters 3.
BCFFALo. Aug. l12.-Base Lsii-Troys
3 in the second ipcc::ugs and in the
seventh, Bu+aiios 1. in the first lining.
CHICAGO. sAug l2.-Base ball-Chi-
cagos 4 Providence 6,
CINCINNATI. Aug 12.-Base ball-Cin-
cinnsti II, Bostons 8.