The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-08-18

ST. JULIEN AND MAUD :. EACH BEAT
THE BEST RECORD, AND THoT MILE
~ 2:11i.

ROCHESTER,. y. V, August r.
The announcement that st. Julien
and Maud :. would each be trotted,
the former to beat his own best
trottin. record Of 2:12, and the lat
ter to beat tins and Sleepy Tom 5
best pacing record of PIP, was
enough to attract the multitude OF
spectators who went in tlrongs tothe
Driving Park to-day. and 13,OD
people were present to witness the
event.
At , O'Clock the California won
der and king Of the turf, st. Julien,
was driven out upon the track and
past the grand stand by Owen A..
Hickok, who is a part owner OF the
great trotter and always handles
him on the turf Prolonged ap-
plausc and loud cheers rent the AIR
.as ST. Julien was trotted around to
get heated for the greatest effort OF
his life. lie went down past the
Judges several times before Hlckok
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 33, the
/ half mile in 1:07, third quarter IN
/ 1:l1 and the mile 2:134-the fastest
/ trotting ever done upon the Roches-
ter track. The crowd cheered, and
those who were betting that both
I horses would lower the best previous
record, now offered to give their op-
ponents the odds in the pools at d
ratio of $50 to $50.
/ Itwas forty minutes later when
Bair, of Cincinnati, drove out the
beautiful six year old mare Maud ;
Deafening cheers eusued. Bair nod
ded TO the judges, and Maud ;. wa:
given a send-of the first time she
came down the stretch. The track
weather and everything was in hel
favor, 10 less then in st. JUlien's 5
She sped away magnifccntly, anC
the involuntary exclamation Of The
many thousand witnesses was beau
tifUl,' She completed her first quar-
/ ter in 32!. second in LOB, third II
/ 1881, and the mile IN Gillian en-
/ tire second lower than the best trot
ting time on record, and half q see
ond better than the best PAGER eve,
went. The widest enthusiasm pre-
vailed. To describe it adequately
would be utterly impossible. Every
body knew that the best time oI
record had been made before th'
timekeepers made their announce
ment or were consulted Bets nov
ranged sol and $50 on Maud, agains
$50 and so on st. Julien, as TIN
better and faster trotter of the two
When st. Julien was brought on
. for the second heat there was les.
enthusiasm than before, but he 90
away in fine shape, troted the enc
Of the first quarter in 81, seconC
quarter in 1:04i, third quarter il
lbs and mile in 2:113 precisely the
same time made by Maud :. in he
first heat The cheers Of the GROVE
this time were strongly mingle,
with expressions of dissatisfaction
ior not single expert timekeeDe
other than those on the judges stant
made st. .Julien's official record les
shan 2:12; but the official recorO
had to stand. Each horse had nov
earned the special purse of $500
offered TO each, and Mr.. Stone, G
( Cincinnati. refused to allow tn
mare to be speedcd again; an,
IIickok took the same position
Handsome testimonials were pre-
sented to the drivers Of both tn,
king and queen of the turf, and thi
terminated the greatest trottin.
event the world has ever known.