The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-01
A GREAT TROTTING EVENT.
The Contest on Saturday Between Jay
Eye-See and St. Julien.
The Latter Defeated in Three Straight Heats
The Time Not Very Fast Because of
Heavy Track.
JAY-EYE-sEE AND ST. JULIEN.
The Latter Defeated by the Five-Year-Old
in Three Straight Heats.
New York Special.

in Three straight HEATS
New York Special.
A rather bony little black horse, scarcely
so far from comeliness as to be ungainly, and
yet beast that would not sell well on his
looks, logged leisurely out into the view of
10000 persons this afternoon, at the Gentle
mems Driving Park. He looked at this null
titude as if they excited his lazy curiosity,
but he took only small interest in them as
compared to their eager scrutiny of him.
They were simply a mass of human beings,
including many well-known men, but on
the average, of far less public account than
ne, for he was the suddenly famous trotter
Jay-Eye-See. The spectators were there to
see him race with st. Julien, and never be-
fore had two horses of as good record been
matched. 1t was for a while doubtful
however, whether the show for which
these people had paid an aggregate of
$4,000 would haYe to be postponed. Rain
had recently fallen heavily, and more was
promised by clouded sky. The track was
moist and all hopes of this proving an occa-
sion of unprecedented performance was
gone, The cheering was loud when the two
horses drew alongside OF each other for the
start. On the first attempt Jay-Eye-See
flung his head uneasily, and Bithers pulled
him back. On the second. he was disinclined
to do his best Immediately But on the
| third he came up as steadily as ST. Julian had
done each time, and the commencement of
the heat was on perfect equality. This
caused an outburst of applause at the outset,
but the excitement at once became silent as
the horses stayed head and head round the
first quarter of the course, or until they got
| beyond the point where their relative posi-
tions could be discerned When they got
| around to the back of the track it was seen
| that first one and then the other was nosng
ahead, and at the end of half a mile they
| we're right together. Between that and the
| three-quarter pole st. Julien led most of the
way, but at no time decisively, and on turn
| ing into the homestretch-a particularly
| sharp turn on this course-the best glasses
! did not make it appear that either had the
advantage.
| In this head-foremost view of them the
wrenching and violent character of the trot-
| ting gait was illustrated in all its contrast to
| the sm0othness and grace OF running. Here
was what turfmen regarded as beautiful trot-
ting-regular, steady and hard, but it was in
no sense graceful. Jay-Eye-See was neither
| finging nor swinging his head now, but it
| stretched forward eagerly, and his forelegs
were striking the ground so rapidly that it
seemed impossible considering that another
| pair was stepping almost in their tracks that
quadrupedal tumble should not occur. But
there was no such mishap nor the slightest
| indication of desire to run rather than trot.
| st. Julien had different and more formida-
| BILE look in 'front.' His head was higher and
freer action of his forelegs made it seem as
| though he was throwing his feet forward in
| stead of sturdily placing them.
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neared the multitude and it could be seen
that it was still others heat. Jay-Eye-See
| did his very best without urging, but Hic-
| kok deemed it necessary to use the whip on
| st. Julien, thus making him break right
| under the string. That was the first lapse
| from steady trotting. From the eyes of the
majority the horses were nose and nose at
| the end and the placarding of the judges
! decision was awaited with almost breathless
| concern; but to those on line with the finish
| it was clear enough that Jay-Eye-See was the
winner of the heat
| The figures in that announcement some
what quelled the enthusiasm, however, for
| they gave the time of the heat as 220H. The
heaviness of the track had necessitated that
| degree of comparative slowness The betting
at the park had, up to this point, been brisk
| by means of auction pools, with ST. Julien
| favorte at about 500 to $40 The odds would
| have here changed to the reverse ratio but
| that the police arrested all of the gamblers
and marched them off the grounds. During
| the twenty minutes allowed between the
| first and second heats therefore, the usual
means of backing opinion on race-tracks
were missed.
| In one group on the steps of the club
| house, from which So throng saw she race
were the owners of the fastest three teams in
America, and all had ridden to the place be-
| hind their famous trotterS. Frank Work
| had been drawn thither by Dick SNIveler
and Edward; William Rockefeller by Cleora
| and Independence, and William H. Wander
| bilt by Early Rose and Aldine. Vanderbilt's
railroad employees had apparently run the
| excursion trains on the public be damned"
principle, the facilities of his Harlem line
proving wretchedly inadequate to carrying
| the half or so of the concourse who trusted
| to them; but he was himself rather more
| loouacious than usual He said that he would
! give $50 600 on the spot for Jay-Eye-See,
| which proposition struck Case as so humor-
Gus that he had to laugh very loudly at it,
| Harry Hills and Billy McGlory's presence
proved the unusual nature of the days pro-
| ceedings for the sports had never before been
admitted to the house itself, but there were
| plenty of judges and even minister to keep
up the average responsibility. The upper
| part of the building was reserved for the Ia
| dies brought by regular members, and upon
| their champagne luncheon no intrusion was
| permitted.
The response by the horses to the bell for
| the second heat was prompt, and the racing
was going on before the people were ready
| for it. The horses were started at the first
time trying, though st. Julien was fully a
length ahead. This looked unfair to the I'M
informed, and there was great deal OF hiss
ing, but the fact was that Bithers had given
the signal of all uplifted hand to be started,
a thing which he had right to
do as the hindmost driver His reason
for using his privilege was that jay
EyeSee had begun to trot so squarely
that there was no object in risking further
delay Bithers let his little horse out with
an encouraging word as he swooped around
the bend into the back-stretch, reaching st.
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