Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-18
A RIVAL TO MAUD s.
jay Eye-See TrOts "a Mile in 2.IOsI-A
Wonderful Performance.

"OhNCAAhl performances.
Pro0ideace, RhOde ISEand. SDecial Sent u
The gelding Jay-Eye-See made a record
on the Narragansett Park track tn.dav
that throws a shadow on the best WORT of
st. Julian, Trinket, ClngstOne. and Edwin
IhOrne, 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 Cir
cut trotting meeting. After the usual
trOttlng ana pacing matches, JaV-Eye-Sae
was brought out to make an effort to
beat MS own best record of 2:l4 for a
purse of $4,000. He was in fine trim. ana
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 in
creased perceptibly after be passed the
hall-ihlle post, but his time for the mile
was only 2:2O He was in excellent form
when he got the word CO. the second
time and leaped forward on what was 10
prove the fastest mile ever trotted in New
England, and the most remarkable fear
by tive-year-Old in the history of the
turf.
lie shot along without appearing 10 ev-
ert himself, passing the first quarter in "a
seconds, ana leaplng on, without flavor
break IN his motion, to the half. which he
left behind him in :06l6. Then again II
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 sWiftnese
TO his pace as he shot along the track.
passing the third quarter in 1,89
ana making the finish in 2.10sI
mere had not been skip or
to last, and, moreover, whea he came tn
standstill after shooting under the wire
he exhibited not the least Indication thaf
the feat tad strained his muscles or over
taxed his lungs. The spectators yelled
themselves hOarse. The cheering had
begun when the half-mie was made, and
IL grew louder and louder as the FLYER
skinned down the hOmestretch until
when he passed under the wire the spec
tators had risen to their feet and mounted
the seats in the excess of their enthu-
siasm.
Jay-Eye-See is a 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 Gentlemen's
Driving Park, in New York, as "a five
year-Old, and there beat the crack five.
year-Olds, Phil Thompson, Lucy Gernent.
and Bronze. His fastest time was 2:I99I.
but in Albany he scored 2:l5%. then
the greatest performance by a five
year-old ever known. He improved
upon this with a mile in 2:l4%, and
finally with one in 2:1-the wondrOus
record that he succeeded i'm beating to-
day. His performance Of this afternoon
is considered the most remarkable in the
annals OF the turf, because while Maud s.
covered q mile in 2:10L, it is to be re-
memhered that she is older, stronger. and
not only had had the experience of three
seasons, but enjoyed the advantage of a
better track than this. This track has
not had the working necessary to pro-
duce the best results and place it in the
though it is a very fast track as il is. and
would, ii kept up, have no superior along
the circuit