Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-19
A RIVAL TO MAUD 3.
Jay.Eye-See TrOts u Mile in 2:1O 3.4-A
Wonderful Performance.

telegram to the New York Sun from Prov.
idence, B. l.. last Saturday, gives the following
account OF the wonderful trotting Of Jay-Eye-
See heretofore mentioned in The SrAR:-The
geiding Jay-Eye-See made q record on the Mar
ragansett park track to-day that throws q
shadow on the best work of st. Julien, Trinket,
Clingstone and Edwin Thorne, and belittles the
extraordinary best time by Maud s. Five thou
sand persons witnessed the great performance.
the occasion that drew them to the park being
the grand circuit trOtting meeting. After the
usual trotting and pacing matches. Jay-Eye-See
was brought out to make an effort to beat his
own best record of 2:14 for purse of SO 600.
He was In fine trim, and his appearance pro-
VOked loud applause. His driver sent him once
around the track to warm him up and put him
In condition fOrthe ordeal before him. His speed
Increased perceptibly after he passed the half
mile post, but his time for the mile was only
220 He was in excellent form when he got
the word 60 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 five-year-Old in the history
of the turf
He shot along without appearing to exert
himself, passing the first quarter in "a seconds,
and leaping On, without a flaw OF break i'm his
motion, to the half, which he left behind him in
1:O61a. 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 swiftness to his
pace as he shot along the track. passing t e
third quarter in 1:39. and making the finish In
2:1OM. There had not been q skip or break in
his gait from first to last. and, moreover when
he came to 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 specta-
tors 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.
Mr. j. /. Case, of Racine Wis., His sire was
Dictator. He opened. this. his second, season
at the Gentlemeu's Driving Park in New York
as five-year-Old. and there beat the crack five
year-olds, Phil Thompson, Lucy Cement and
Bronze. His fastest time was 2:19%. but in
Albany he scored 2:l515, then the greatest per-
1Ormance by five-year-od ever known He
improved upon this with mile in 2:14IS. and
finally with one in 2:14-the wondrous record
that ne succeeded in beating to-day His per-
iormance OF this afternoon is considered the
most remarkable i'm the annals of the turf. be-
cause while Maud s. covered mile in 2:I0L it
is 10 DE remembered that she is Older, stronger,
and not only had had the experience of three
seasons, but enjoyed the advantage of better
track than this. This track has not had the
working necessary to produce the best results
and place 1t In the same rank with that in
Rochester though 1t is very fast track as it is,
and would, If kept up, have no superior along
the circuit