Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-02
ALL RECORDS BEATEN.
J.Y-r,r.S.a rnors m,,s IN g,o
""""'''"i Performance ot the rev King OF
w." lr't on the rTn,i icncs Track
w MlnAIln A

""nd'Tlut t'tiurmanOo ot the Now li,, an,
~" 'nh OF tae rTo't Icncs Track
Ninship Also Lowers the RECORD.
SIX "r seven thousand people saw two of
'He greatest trotting events Of the ccntury
., Na'IaSansott park, ProvidSncc, on
r,i'u'S' Jay Eye 500 was started to beat
1iS record OF 2:lO3, made at this track
,ts' l'l'' lho purse was 81. 500 to beat
his record, with 81 900 extra IL M heat Tho
2IOi made by Maud \. at Rochester, Tbc
militant Eon Of Dictator did both, and Mr..
NAndrrbilt no longer owns the horse
wan tho fastest trotting record in th,
NNi!d lho wet wCa'hOg of tho past few
"AAS' and especially tho raiu of last night.
."'in "orsrmcu aghast NJ tho poor pros
peer Tor last timc bu. the clear skv.
warm wind aud hot sun of this morning.
with excellent troatmCut ur tho track by
tFnckmaStor Griffin, put tho oval course
IN magnificent condition by 3 O'clock.
when tho races were called.
After warming up heats by all the
h'TSes ia no especially fast time Jay Eve
see was sent faS! mile with Gabo Case, a
SGrrcl runner. ut his wheels 10 urge him on.
SLACK Brilliant Of the West" went oil
IN lively style at tho wOrh and Mt the
quarter tho watches showed 33t. Tho
runner oyerhaulCd tho trUttCr midway be
the back let himself out. but never
skipped bit At tho half the time was
l 70, aud thon the thousand or more peo
pie who wcro holding watches became con.
ndeut that the record would be beaten
Inc three quarter pole was passed at | 80,
anu tho turn was safely passed without "A
ore"S. Then came "A beautiful exhibition.
lho little black dashed down tho stretch
win that peculiar spreading action which
makes him look almost like "A PAGER
"heh III mo,lun. AS the people began tO
rcaNza that the record would b.,
beaten wild cheer went up. and amid
Tremendous applause the little wonder
dashed under the wire in 2:lO. a quarter of
. second faster than tho worlds best pr,
yiouS trctting time. A floral collar was
brought out, but tho horse refused tu
allow It to b0 put on.
j /. CaS,, the Racine, Wis millionaire,
VINO owns the horSo, went up ia the>grand
stand and embraced his wife, 70 the great
delight OF tho many ladies' who were pres.
eut anu amid the applause Of tho men.
haNey Cobb was sent a couple Of heats
to break Phallas' record of9l$I for sl. Goa
but he could not accomplish It. Ia the
hrst heat no broke at the quarter and
turned around aud came back. la the
second he trottCd a pretty mile iu 9:l5l
iow1Eng his own record seconds.
IL, Il. WtnShlp aud running mate we're
offered $1,000 10 beat Frank and mates
time Of QS!, with 500 additional if 2.O1
were bcatcu. Winship was in tue feather.
the ruuuCr was fast, aud the driver, Mr.
Golden. at his best. Tho result was that
the horse sped around the track in brilliant
form, astonishing every body by tho fast
time of the various quarters, which were
3p!, lOl., l.3i., aud the wire was passed
III the phenomenal time of O6. Winship
won both purses aud beat tho record for
this class Of events by , seconds.
Maud SIS mile 2.lOi, made at Rochester
y. l., August II, 1851, was tho fastest
time made by horse in harness until
johnston, Commodore Kttson's PAGER.
paced a mile at2 10 at Chicago, October
,, 1855. Jay. Eye Sees performance yes
toEday put the trotting gai. once more on
a par with pacing. the best records at
each way Of going are now the same. Ga
september l3 1883, Jay Eye See ~ a } .
year Old, trOtted a mile in lOt over the
NarranganSett course, and his success in
lowering the record this year has been
confidently prophesied by his admirers.
Maud ;. trottcd in 2lOi as six year old
an! was when she made ,. lOt.