St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-13
Co,uuodore X t,som,s Horses.


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Commodore Il ttsOn's Horses.
correspondent OF Wilkes Spirit u the
Times, who attended the races at Chicago,
and saw Johnston, Minnie Il. and Fannie
Nitherspoon lower their records, gives the
following interesting account OF the same:
PRIV an1 Wi.herspoon were started first,
The Marc WAS right ri herself and did up the
three heats in 2:IoM, 2:l9H and 2:l6A.
The last heat as tney went away, the boys on
the club house steps shouted, Look at the
mare co. AT the half mile pole she was
moving at whiriwind gait. II she comes
at that clip her record Is smashed was the
CRY. On and on she came, never fa!terin Z
nor wavering. she flashes BY the three
garter post and heads down for home.
Listessly / lean over the fence, without
a timer, to mark the fash Of the
living machinery. Hurrying footsteps greet
my ear. ! turn to catch the meaning; it is
Dan Woodmausce rushing to get on the
stretch. HIS eye Is rvcled on his watch. By
GlorLcl he means 10 stop the mare; il he
uOu'J she viii be cut OF the seventeen class,
dead sure. Splan is stiIl driving. Inside
the distance hc urges her on. WOOdmansee
runs out and throws up his hands. The
Watchful eye OF John catches the gesture. lie
sets the mare down on tue cross-b bar with all
his s@ill, but she is there in 2:lGH. close
shave Had she been sent along 2:l5A or
2.1515, at the outside, would have been her
mark to-day.
Now Johnston is brought out for warm
ing up heat; Kchball, the beauty, is with
him. ''Knapsack" seats himself alongside
OF me on the steps "What are you study
ing about alone here!' he asks Trying
to figure out JohnstOn's chances" well,
I'll give you pointer-he'Il do it, certain"
Just then Parker Wineman came along. /
sounded him we'll. sin my judgment,
Johnston will beat 2:10-easy enough, too"
/ thought to myself, Cant find anybody
that thinks favoraby Of time!" Down the
space in front OF the stands | drifted. Two
or three of the far western delegation were
backing time. Most Of them had been here
but day, and had not heard anything as to
the way the horse was moving. l did not
want them TO lose their money, and | Clipped
IN with, "IIold on, boys. Every posted man
says Johnston will win. We belong too far
west to know anything. Take pointer
don't bet" The warming up mile is fin
ished. Splan hurried by. Only one word
can hurl him-"Well, John" / get no
further-'I can do it, my boy" In few
moments the two PAGERS come out
again. Mr.. Hesing announced that they
would be started six lengths apart. john
ston turucd first and with a steady, even
stride he shoots away on his journey against
the Spectre. lie flies around the turn He
is not on his tip-tOes any part of the trip; he
is square as a die. At the quarter dozen
men call out, ''thirty-two.n He begins
well; can he keep it up? The econd quar-
g. IL II II,
to do up the work. Pete Jonson stands near
by. l overhear him remark, IL tell you
he'll do it," Billy Boyle and friend White
are under the wire. III he gets to the
three-quarters in :3G he's safe" shouts an
excited cuss. zone thirty five and a quar-
ter" said Boyle. The third quarter is the
same as the second. "Will he stop coming
homei' is asked in whisper, as men lean
with their heads together. mol with the
steady, terrific pace he started with he
finishes the mile the last quarter the fastest
of all, 3l4s. Hardly had the horse passed
the wire when a long, hearty shout went up.
The ladies joined in the hurrah, merrilv
clapping their hands. AS Splan return to
dismount, Mr.. Hcslng calls out 2:061i
John gets down, and see that he has car
ried his timer. 1t marks 2;063f. Said he,
81 thought could do 1t in 2:0S. When |
got to the threc-quartcrs | saw l had that
beaten, and raz-zeed him a little. but did
not touch him with the whip. Suppose |
could have gone that fast at Minneapolis,
they never would have let me get away
Several watches made it 2:06iS but most Of
the reliable timers stopped at :061. 1t was
right without quibble or cavl. There is the
mark for the trotters to shoot at, aud many
long day will pass ere they hit the center.
The official time to the three quarters was
1885.
Where was Campbell and Richball all this
timel Lost in the demonstration over the
victory OF Johnston. Yet one man in that
throng watched him and sympathized with
him. Kindly do l feel toward him, and
earnestly did l hope that he might make a
chaik-mark OF 2:l0 or better IL was not TO
he-at least that day. The best mile he
made was 2:14. He seemed to me TO be ali
tied up. He had not the speed that | know
him to possess, and | needed no talk with
any man TO convince me OF the fact.
Minnie r. and Firebraud were brought
out TO wind 10 the day. No one offered any
comments, aud but little interest seemed to
be awakened. Men sat dazed over the per
Torrance of Johnston, and did not appar-
eutly rouse out OF their lothargy. Time and
again the pair came 10 the wire, only To have
Minnie e. leave her feet wildly. Finally she
came steady and with rush; the word was
given them in the charge, and they sailed tn
the quarter In 3ilS seconds. Down the
hackstre;cA ;hoy gathered speed, aud saw,
ar thought | saw, Minnie l. on wild run
they went So fast. Not so; she was on her
feet, aud they are at the half in :O3s, -
MANY make it just one minute-and home
In ,0&i. \ great day Tor tue kittsun sta
hl,s ami For Sllsu, and also for the vehicles
OF TIE Novelty Carriage Works, as Johnston
made his wonderful performance to Brown
sulky, an improved NSveity. Weighing forty
eight pounds. Minnie K. With running
mate, in their great mile Of e.0Si4, used a
skeleton wagon Of the same manufacture -
Toa,S, PILGRIM.
Editorially the Smrs thus speaks OF the
races Again Father Time has been forced
20 suCcumb to the onslausbts Of Johnston
aud Minnie r. with running mate Fire
brand, as graphically described by our cor
respondent Pilgrim. The king Of PAGERS has
now placed tEe record tGyce aud half sec
onds lower than TIE iastest trottiog record,
which strongly confirms Che opinion that has
been gaining ground Of late years that the
pace is q faster gait than she trot The day
was extremely favorable, and the track was
e2Ccisli, pr, pared. Sg,an drove Johnston
- '-'S "..tN' e" ms manu. WHY" tuAbteN
HIM 10 rate him 10 the best advantage. The
h:St oS&rter was paced IN = seconds. the
second "a 5, q, third in SliS and the foaSth
ia Sit4 the mile BEING made In 2:O5is
Johnston Is veriiabie wonder. sNd il WI.
Dc long time before even q 2acsr equals his
mark. Minnie RS performance was also
wei received, although K IS smw casurahlv
beneath that q Johnston, IS she was aided
~ running mate, which
enabled her 70 psee q, least zen