Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-05


Torrance at Cleveland which Makes
Another Best Record to be Beaten.
Maude S. still leads the list of trotters
as the Cleveland dispatch of the News
stated on Sunday morning, and her laurels
as the fastest trOtter on earth having been
worn but twenty-four hours by her most
dangerous competitor, Jay-Eye-see. Sat.
urday, says a special, in the presence of
at least 5000 people, she managed not
only 70 lower herow record Of 2:IO1l, but
to wipe out as the 'best record, - that of
Jay-Eye-See, made at Providence yester-
day, by trOtting a mile in 2:O9s<. There
IS no dlspuung the record of a perform
ance as unexpected as it was unnrace-
denied. To add to the credit of the nar-
formance is the fact that the mile was
trOuted without skip or break. and the
mare mad no companion in the way of a
runner TO urge her on, an assistance
which Jay-Eye-See enjoyed at Providence.
Three gentlemen in the Judges stand
timed the performance. David Bonner.
President Of the Gentlemen's Driving
Park ASSOCIATION Of New York, made the
time 2;U95<. W. b. Fasig, Secretary of
the Cleveland Driving Park, made it
2;U9 30, and j. Cummings, President of
the Toledo Driving Park, made it 2:O9lL.
Several watches in the boxes opposite the
judges stand made the time 2:09I[.
shortly after O'Clock William Bair, the
driver OF the famous and beautiful little
mare, drove her on the track for an exhi-
DltlOn trot Of a mile. Capt. George N. M.
stone, her former owner, who had watched
the mares actions while being warmed
up, Wagered 500 even with ID. II. Louder
back, Of Chicago, that she would trot bet
greeted with liberal applause on their an
pearance. The track was from IL to ,
seconds slow, owing to the rain Of the
past few days and slight shower TODAY.
just after noon.
Bair drove down the track about 400
wards, wheeled about, and came fyin@
down toward the judges stand. The
mare had at once struck her gait, was
moving perfectly, and Bair. slightly lOos-
ening the reins, nodded for the word. AS
the game beauty. with her coat shining
like satin, swept down the first quarter.
easily, gracefully, and stepping freely and
openly, with no false motions and no skin
veteran observers knew that fast time was
certain, barring accident. That the pre-
dictiOHs Of the cold heads" would be yeri-
ned was assured as the graceful creature
passed the quarter-mile pole in O:32%.
This was the first surprise, for the mare
s
as slow miles 90 with such trOtters as she.
The pace was unabated and unbrOken
down To the half-mile pole, which was
passed In l:O4L. This effort. which. if
the gait could be kept up, meant a mile in
2;Oo1z, caused the widest excitement
among those who were timing Mr.. Van
derbllts pride. There were cheers from
the men and the ladies waved their hand
kerchIefs and patted their kidded hands.
kuf ngtNf 70 hon Irr,. Al. -
encouragement, and on sweeping into the
three-quarter stretch gave the mare her
mead a bit. There is slight upgrade in
this quarter, the slOWest section of the
track as we'll as the most severe on the
horse. Maud 5. trOtted on honestly. She
needed no urging, and the
lVory-handIed whip Blair held
IN his hand never touched her
flanks as she drew him and his sulky ND
the incline with the speed of the wind.
He only spoke kindly to her. quietly
cOaXing and urging her to her best efforts.
Brayely she responded, and flew by the
red pole, marking the th-ee-quarters of a
m le IN 1861, or 234 seconds better than
Jay-Eye-See made the same distance in at
Providence Friday. The easy portion of
the journey, down the stretch, Law before
him. but the track was ''cuppy," and so
the last quarter was necessarily slow.
AAoN tuSAG teCu a EUou TOdu nome the
record the famous trOtter made would have
been lowered by probably TWO seconds.
As it was, with only such urg-
ing as il is Blair's custom
t0 give her, flattering and sooth-
ing words, she came on brave
ly, easily, and acting as prettily as at the
start, and passed under the wire in 2:O93<.
The record had been again broken. The
laurels were once more hers, and Capt.
Stone and "Billy'' Bair embraced one
another, and would have wept tears of
JOY II they hadn't been afraid some one
would have seen them. Such a round OF
cheers as greeted the announcement of
the time made had never before been
heard on Cleve!and's now more than ever
famous track. Maud 5. exhibited no signs
OF distress whatever after her unpaTal-
leled performance.
Capt. Stone is confident that she could
easily trOt on the same track on Monday
in 2:OS or better, and is more than ever
confident she is the fastest trOtter in the
world.