Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-08-02
WHEELING, w. VAs SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2 1884.
BEATING TIME.

Jay Eye See Makes the Fastest Time on
Record, Beating His Own Figures and
Leaving MaudS In the Far Distance-A
Wonderful Racing Eyent-The Greatest
in History.
PRov1DEscE, R. l. August l.-Jay Eye
See on the Narragansett Park track to-day
surpassed all previous performances making
mile in 2:lO, thus beating his own pre-.
vious record, of 2:l0s and that Of
Maud s. 2:l0t The Black Gelding,
Fl. B. Winship and Mate beat their
double team record of 2:09f and that Of
Frank and mate of 2:Os4 Among the no
tables present were Fred Vanderbilt, Isa-
aore Cornfeldt, owner Of Mary Cobb and
Helene; Isaac Bell, Jrl, George Peabody
Metmore, George; G. K Lawrence, De-
courcey Forbes, J. II. Bradford and q.
w. Mali, President of the National
Horse Breeders Association. 1t is estimated
10000 people were present At the hour of
starting the owners of the favorite hores,
Jay Eye See and II. B. Winship, Messrs. j.
|. Case and J. B. Bsruaby, were in the mid
die tier of the grand stand with their wives
and watched the events with intense inter
est The pool booths were in active COM
petetition and betting on Ebon, the trotter,
was at odds of $25 to $40 that he would
beat the record, while Winship and mate
were greater favorites. The Judges chosen
were John Shepard, ofBoston, Frank Stevens,
of Swansea Mass, and E. G. Windsor, Of
Providence The first event, the trial of
Jay Eye See, was promptly called at 3
o'clock. Long before the time set for the
beginning of the trials every seat in the
enormous grand stand was filled, while
every point favorable to good view of the
track was occupied Presently there was a
movement in the direction Of the stables,
and Ed Bithers, the driver of Jay Eye See,
was seen preparing to jog the little wonder,
his purple cap md driving jacket making
him
A Conspicuous Figure
in the group in front of the quarters of the
horses. Jay Eye See was brought out
blanketed and was soon hitched to the
sulky Bithers took his place behind him,
and the little flyer, followed by crowd Of
admirers, logged to the gate leading
to the stretch. AS the multitude
on the grand stand caught sight of the
famous horse, shout Of greeting swelled
forth which was taken up by groups in
other parts of the grounds, and as the noble
animal turned into the stretch and passed
down in front of the Judges stand the ap-
plause rose in deafening cheer. The
circuit of the track was made at an easy gait
and after one or two more turns Bithers
signifed the intention to 60 an easy mile to
warm up The announcement was made
by the Judges and Jay Eye See came down
at an easy pace for the word He went
away from the wire trotting evenly and
without flaw, though, of course, Bithers
had to hold him back. He went up
to the quarter post IN. 80 seconds;
the second quarter was somewhat
slower and he passed the halt in l;l2! and
the three-quarter in l:493, jogging under
the wire in 2:22t. After the H. b. Wind
ship race came the great event Of the day,
and the greatest event in the his
tory of the trotting turf Jay-Eye-See
came on the track, and as he swung into
the stretch the judges announced he would
attempt to beat his record. Jim Murphy
behind his own running horse was also
on the stretch limbering out, as he.was togo
a mile with Jay Eye See to give the little
flyer courage and force him to faster
gait if necessary, and after jogging
up and down the stretch once or twice Jay
Eye See turned at the distance stand and
came down to the wire for the word. He
was working magnifcentl5 and as "go" was
shouted by Mr.. Windsor the little gelding
sped away around the turn with the runner
obout eights lengths behind. The scene to
the finish was a most exciting one. And
when the time 2:l0, the fastest ever made
was announced, no words can do justice to
the enthusiasm that followed.