Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-17
NEW ENGLAND.
Rhode Island.

A Rival to Maud s.-JRy Eye See TrOts 8
 Mile in 1I 8.4-A Wonderful Perform.
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 PROVIDENCE, Sept. 16.-The gelding Jay Eye See madea record on the Narragansett Park track yesterday that throws shadow on the best work of St. Julien, Trinket Clingstone and Edwin Thorne and belittles the extraordinary best time by Maud $. Five thousand persons witnessed the great per formance. the occasion that drew them to the park being the grand circuit trotting meet ing. After the usual trotting and pacing matches Jay Eye See was brought out to uake an effort to beat his own best record of 2:14 for a purse of $2,OOO. He was in fine trim, and his appearance provoked loud applause His driver sent him once around the track to warm him up and put him in condition for the ordeal before him. His speed increased per- ceptibly after he passed the half mile post, but his time for the mile was only 2:20. He was excellent form when he got the word Geo" the second time and leaped forward on what was to prove the fastest mile ever trotted in New England, and the most re- markable feat by fve-year-old in the his tory of the turf. He shot along without ap- bearing to exert himself, passing the first quarter in 34 seconds, and Ieaping on, with out flaw or break in his motion, to the Then again it seemed to the spectators, and the record afterward proved it to be the case, that the marvellous animal put forth new energy and added strength and swift ness to his pace as he shot along the track, passing the quarter in 1:39, and making the finish in 2:1O4. There had not been skip or break in his gait from first to last, and, moreover, when he came to 8 standstill after shooting under the wire, he exhibited not the least indication that the feat had strained his muscles or overtaxed his lungs. The spectators yelled themselves hoarse The cheering had begun when the half-mile was made, and it grew louder and louder as the flyer skinned down the home stretch until when he passed under the wire the spectators had risen to their feet and mounted the seats in the excess of their enthusiasm.
 Jay Eye See is black gelding and was named by spelling the initials of his owner, MT. J. l. Case of Racine, Wis. His sire was Dictator. He opened this, his second. season, at the Gentlemen's Driving Park, in New York, as a five-year- old, and there beat the crack fve-year- -olds, Phil Thompson, Lucy Gernent, and Bronze. His fastest time was 2:19 3-4, but in Albany he scored 2:15 ?, then the greatest performance by a five-year-oId ever known. He improved upon this with mile in 2:14 1-2, and finally with one in 2:14-the wondrous record that he succeeded in beating to-day. His per formance of this afternoon is consid- cred the most remarkable in the an nals of the turf, because while Maud S. covered 6 mile in 2:1O4, it is to be remembered that she is older, stronger and not only had had the experience of three seasons, but enjoyed the advantage of bet ter track than this. This track has not had the working necessary to produce the best results and place it in the same rank with that in Rochester, though it is 8 very fast track as it is, and would, if kept up, have no superior along the circuit.