St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-16

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Minnesota State Fair wonderful prestige,
| and inSures another brilliant success next
| Year.
She Beat the Record.
! The Minnesota state fair ground track
didn't exist two months ago. The first
record race ever made ON it was last week
Monday, but yesterday it sprang into the
/ foremost rank among the famous and his
| tOrical race tracks Of the country, it being
| the scene of one of the greatest conquests
over time which has ever been made, and
| of the lowering of one of the most formid-
able records on the boOkS-that of two
miles continuous trOtting in 4:46,
made by Monroe Chief Of Kentucky
two years ago. Several horses on the best
tracks in the country have since that time
attempted to beat this record, but unsuc-
ceSSfully, and it was doubted whether it
would be done this year. 1t remained
| however, for Minnesota horse on a Min
| neSOta track to perform the great feat, and
yesterday was the day. The track was pro-
nounced by experts TO be in an extra first
class condition. There had been consider
able racing before this trial was made, so
that the track was somewhat cut up, but
a sprinkler and scraper were sent
cellent condition. The day was not a
typical horse-racing day-a trife too
chilly, and something of a stiff breeze blow
ing from the west, but WitherspoOn is one
of those horses to which. il they feel like
racing, outward circumstances have but
little influence.
SHE EVIDENTLY FELT LIKE RACING
yesterday. and as she came upon the
track for her warming-up mile those
who are experts in equine physiog
nOmy professed to discover a thought
ful determination in her countenance, like
a horse that had a big job of work before
her, and was resolved to do it or perish try
ing. But however the mare felt, it is GER
tain that her driver, Jack Woodmansee,
had nerved himself up to make the mare
lower the record il it was in her.
He drove up beyond the distance stand,
and sailed down the stretch on a jog to the
turn. He then drove back and started
again, this time nodding for the word
Hundreds of watches were out, everybody
planning to take the time Of the quarters.
THE FIRST QUARTER
! was driven easily. The mare went steadily,
| like clock, reaching the post in thirty-SiX
seconds. The next two quarters around
| the back-stretch, with the wind in her face,
4 half each. The scythe-bearer had
much the best of it so far, but on rounding
the up-turn into the home stretch, Jack let
out the mare, and Father Time found it
wasn't coming so easy for him.
| This quarter to the wire was
| the fastest of the heat, made in thirty-four
| seconds, and second and five-eighths bet
| ter than the average, completing the first
mile III 2:24. This rate Of speed if only
! duplicated in the second mile would make
| the time 4:4S or two seconds below the re-
cord to be beaten, and the timers began TO
| grow anxious, especially when it was seen
that the first quarter Of the second mile was
little slower than the last Of the first
| The quarter was passed in thirty-five and
one quarter seconds and on the back stretch
| Woodmansee urged her Oh to half second
! better time to the half-mile
to go in a minute and twelve second to
equal the Chiefs record, or thirty-siX sec
Onds for each quarter. From the half to
the three-Quarter pole she made in 35 4
| seconds, but shortly after reaching the
| hOmeStretch the cry Went up
SHE'S BR0KEr'
1t was true. She had become disgusted
with the proceedings and gave vent to her
displeasure by running four or hve steps.
But the driver slillfuIly pulled her down to
regular gait again, and as she came
steadily to the wire the word passed
from mouth to mouth, ''She'u do it."
She'll do it, which a moment later was
/ changed TO ''She'S done it, as her nose
came under the wire and the watches were
| stopped at exactly 2:45, the last quarter
being made in 35I Then everybody was
! glad, and Dan Woodmansee, the brother of
the driver, who stood on the track. anx-
| i0usly watching the test, exploded like a
bombshell. He let out a yell that would
have done credit to a Sioux, and threw up
his hat twenty feet in the
air. when it came down,
in the delerium of his joy he threw it up
twenty-one feet, and his cries Of exultation
We're echoed from the amphitheatre, the
paddock and the judges stand. Is the
mare came back to the wire she was re-
ceived with much applause. which was
again renewed when Mr.. Wilson announced
in a neat little speech that Fanny Wither-
| spoon was the most wonderful horse in the
world, having made two continuous miles
in the unprecedented time of 4:45, beating
the record by second.
EXCITEMENT.
Dan Woodmansee was speaking of it
later. Wonderful! glOrious.' he said
! lust think OF II, Deat the world. Won't
the commodore feel tickled when he hears
OF ii, and he seemed to be again seized
with premonitory symptoms of hat throw
ing.
Below is the record of the race, giving in
the second column the time consumed in
reaching the different posts, and the third
column the time Of each individual quarter
The first mile was made in 2:24, the second
in 2:21.
THE RECORD.
Time of
Quarters. Time. quart rs
! ElrSt.. 90 90
| second .l.1oI2 %
Third .....-...............1:5 371a