Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-02
ALL TROTT1NG RECORDS BROKEN.

Jay-Eye-See's Wonderful Performance He TrOts a Mile In 2:1O-The Little Animal Moves Like Lightning Around the Track-Winsh1p Breaks the Record For Trotttng With Rum ming Mate.
 PROVIDENCE, R. l., Aug. This = was one of the g1andest days ever seen on the trotting track and it's equal will not be seen for years if ever. Narragansett Park has once more come to the front and now leads the world for speed It seemed when the day broke that old Sol was not friend of the owners of trotting horses, but few hours later, possibly because Mr Case wired the clerk of the weather, he sent some of his warmest beams upon the town of Cranston and the track fairly seemed to drink in speed from the rays. By 10 o'clock it was an assured fact that the track would be in perfect con dition, but when at 3 o'clock the crowd be- gan to pour through the gates MT. Griffin threw up both hands and said he had done hls best and the track was perfect. This was seconded by Bithers, Murphy, Golden, Craw ford and in fact all thu v4,P~-t~, nr,d if was hundred dollars to a lead nickel that if the horses were in even fair condition they would show figures that, to mild expression, would be paralyzing- Soon after noon Providence began to wake up and there was an exodus as it were. Long lines of carriages extended along the | streets leading to Narragansett Park, and in a short time the city was almost de serted The crowd was the greatest that has l been seen at the park for any race since 1 American Girl on June 26 1869, in the 1G l the fastest mile then seen at the track, 2:19 ] against Lucy, Lady Thorne and Goldsmith | Maid
 Long before the starting of the races every
 seat in the grand stand was filled and five hundred carriages lined the fence on either
 side of the track. The judges | of Boston, Frank Stearns of Swansea, and Edgar G. Winsor, of Providence. The events were as follows: 2,50O to Jay Eye | See to beat his record, 2:1O4, and S1 900 ad- | ditiona1 to beat Maud s. s time, ,2:104; $1, 800 | to Phallas to beat his record, 2:134, and | $500 additional to beat 2:13; $1 900 to H. B. 1 Winship and running mate to break Frank
 and mates record, 2:0815, and $500 addi- 1 tional if 2:07 is beaten; $1 ,OO0 to Maxey | Cobb to beat Pha1las' record. The betting
 was, on Jay Eye See, S25 that he
 would not beat 211 against S11 | W S~N
 that he would not beat POS against | s16 that he would show 2:07 or better; Phal- l las, S2O that he would go in 2:13 against $10 that 2:14 would be the figures. There were plenty of takers on both sides, but as will be seen the short enders won out handsomely. Shortly after o'clock Ed. Bithers drove Jay Eye See on the track and the applause ran | along the grand stand like salvos of artillery He was closely followed by Johnny Murphy behind Maxey Cobb, MT. Isi-
 dor Cohnfolds fast and handsome bay stud. l and again the applause broke out. After the 1 warming heat, in which very fast time was made, then came the wonder of the
 afternoon, the little flyer, the fastest piece of l horse flesh that lives, J. l. Cases world re-
 nowned and now champion of the trotting l turf, Jay Eye See. He came out to beat the
 record of Maud s. He shone like a piece of
 black satin, and as he moved easily down by
 the grand stand just getting ready to go, he
 looked like black flash. Bithers handled
 him in beautiful style, while just behind him
 came Murphy behind Cases new sorrel run
 ner, hitched to sulky. The word was given
 and the little horse went away like rocket,
 Murphy laundering some ten lengths m the
 rear Around the turn the wind caught
 him, but he shot to the quarter pole in 1 S31% and then as he turned into the back stretch went along like little black | demon while Murphy handled the runner
 with consummate skill and at the water tank
 
 At the half, which Bithers had made with
 his horse going easy in 1:O6, Murphy let go of the runner and he Tapped the blacks
 wheel. Bithers began to send Jay Eye See
 and he rounded the upper turn and made the
 three-quarters in :39 and then and not till
 then did he call on him to do his best. As
 he struck into the home stretch there was a
 breathless silence along the vast crowd and
 Bithers' voice calling on his horse could be
 plainly heard It was beautiful sight, one
 never to be forgotten, The black was coming
 like whirlwind and yet his action was as
 perfect as if he was only moving at a three
 minute gait. Murphy was urging the runner,
 and the faster a ne 9 new along the raster the
 a length and half from the wire when
 Bithers lifted him and as thousand voices
 shouted, ffHe has done it" the little fellow
 broke and dashed by the line on the break in
 SlO, the na enamPion or the turf, 1i floral col ! wife and everybody cheered '.--I- s'