Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-16


 England, Germany and the United States China has withdrawn her offer of indemnity The same paper publishes along Kong dis patch which states that China has declared war against France.
 and Chinese ironclads at Foo Chow are cleared for action and with steam up are awaiting orders to attack.
 THE LITTLE BLACK FLYER. Jay-Eye-See Fails By Half a Second of Reaching Maud SIS Ttme-He TrOts a Mile Nm 2:IO 1-4 Amid Tremendous Enthustasn-SOme Fast Work By the King of StaIIfons-A Fine Days Sport.
 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15.-Although the staid Quaker city rarely gets excited, yet to- day her people have been moved by little black horse and all that can be heard on the streets this evening are such expressions as clay y-Eye-See," ''Little Wonder" 'tHe's 8 Flyer and kindred remarks. And with reason, for not since July, 1882, has Phila- delphia seen such trotting she saw to-day. When the little black lowered the mares record in Providence on August 1 and then in Buffalo trotted a mile in 2:10A it became the proper thing to have seen him. Philadel- phians began to think they were behind the times and wanted MT. Crawford the mana ager of J. I. Cases string, to come here. J. B. Butterworth, the president of the Belmont trotting association, was the first to write him, and as the track owned by the associa- tion has been one of the fast ones and is now up among the leaders, his offers were ac- ond today was Sat inc lime when the phenomenon, the king of geldings, would make an attempt to beat 2:0934, the time of the last fast mile made by Maud s. at Cleve- land, and when Phallas, the prince of stall lions, would try to lower his record of 2:1334. The day opened superbly and during the forenoon it seemed as if E'old Sop was also trying hard to beat his record for making heat, for he be- gan to send the thermometer into the nine ties until it looked as if two tubes would be needed to keep the mercury from running over Soon after the noon hour vehicles of every description began to leave for Belmont Park, ten miles from here, and long before the time for the race to be called the crowd around the track and stables was simply i'm mense The teams running t@ Elm were packed and extra cars were in demand. At Elm everything on wheels that would hold passengers was pressed into service and own CTS of horses, if some of the quadrupeds used could be given that name, coined money in carrying people to the track, a. mile away from the station. By 3 o'clock there were fully eighty thousand people inside the fence and as they kept coming steadily there must have been in all about twelve thousand before the trials were over.
 The track first gained notoriety as a fast track in 1882 when Maud s. made the three fastest consecutive heats ever trotted- Pig, 2:1215 and 2:13, but to-day it was not as fine as at that time. It was very dry and not springy, but withal in fair condition. The horses were in superb condition. Crawford said: ''Let them go" and Ned Bithers was willing to blister his hands in keeping them steady. The runners which Mir Case brought to go with the flyers showed wrong before the race and so two new ones were brought out. Charlie Meyers handled the lines over the runners, and though he was too anxious and sent the little black to a break on one mile he drove finely. The judges were William Van Osten, Frank Bowers and George Sturges. First Bithers, SO@~o came out behind Phallas and amid loud ap- plause drove him by the stand. This son of Dictator and Betsey Trotwood Jagged around a little to warm up and then came down for the word, showing splendid style and action, every muscle seemingly being full of play and a anxious ;, to a do its it's the quarter in 34, which was slower than he usually gets there, but began to make up for it as he turned into the back stretch. Just before the half he went in the air, but was cleverly taken back and flashed by the post in 1:06 IA. The third quarter up hill was another slow one, being made in 34 3-4, and then Bithers let go and began to lift him and he came home like thunder bolt in 2:15. As he went to the stable he seemed ashamed of himself but as he left the track he looked as if to say, "Ill beat that next time" In his second trial he did, for though he again broke on the back stretch he gained second when he reached the half, and came home in 2:14 IA anxious to repeat. The quarters were 3315, 1:0515, 1:40I. Just after this mile Mir. Crawford asked the reporter of the United Press what the time was and upon learning 1t, said: ''That's good; if the stud can go in 2:144, the little horse will show four seconds better time" His third heat was fine one, for though in this heat he made two breaks on the treacherous back stretch he finished the mile in 2:14, the quarters being g, 1:0614 1:4115 This gives him the fastest first, sec ond and third heats ever trotted by stall lion, and is only quarter of second be- hind his own time, which makes him the king of studs In his fast mile the first quarter was three-fourths of a second slower than in Providence, his half just the same, his third quarter, the uphill, second slower, while the last one was three-fourths of a sec ond faster Had he trotted in the same shape in Providence he would have shown at least 2:1215.
 Mixed in with the trials by the stallion came the heats by Jay-Eye-See and any one of them was worth the trip to Philadelphia to see it. The little chap was as fine as split silk and he knew it, for when Bithers logged from the stables on the track to the thunders of applause that ran along the line he lifted his handsome head and looked on either side with "it's-worth- a-do ollar-to-see- mel air and as he passed the judges stand nodded to them in a friendly manner. The betting was $5 on 2:11, against $4 each for 2:1O and 2:12 and S3 on 2:10 against the same sum for 2:09 and 2:11. Jay-Eye-See was logged around for two miles at road gait and then taken to the stable to be rubbed down and gotten ready for the work and when he came out he was ready. His coat glistened like black satin and he trotted proudly along as if conscious that every motion sent waves of light flashing from his polished back. He seemed to slip along as if greased and made the quarter in 321, @ second and quarter faster than when he showed 2:10 and it seemed as if he were going to break the record to smash. Never wavering he flew up the back stretch at a 2:06 gait and was by the half two seconds ahead of his record. Still his wonderful stride, 4019 feet to the second, was kept up and he rounded the upper turn like meteor and was at the three-quarters in 1854. All he needed to do was to make the last quarter in 3334 to again lead the world and he looked as if he could do it, when the runner, who had been crawling up, was close on to him and he broke. For two seconds he was in the just as Bithers was going to call on him for speed. The break killed him, and though he came home sp1endid1y the watches stopped at 2:11. After being rubbed down and cooled off he came out for an other trial, but went off a little unsteady, broke on the lower turn and came back to tbe start again, as Bithers