St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-02

q ] e: \ ! j
,EY ~ morning but for a
@ XII Vtim ely discovery.
(ssk MT,AA q The little black
Ik&V M gelding stepped on
AN$gyMSN NV piece. of glass and
EySSANlY <MW cut an artery and
< NssESW was fast bleeding to
Au% - death when found.
VIZ 81; + ; ; S;;; !. 4; IL; 4:
nick of time, and
the fast trotter is now On the road to
recovery. The history of the wonder
full animal is one of the most interest
ing of the many remarkable horses OF
this country. In 1879 Mr.. Case visited
Kentucky, the home of the thorough
bred and bought of Col. Richard West,
of Lexington, number of colts and
FLIES. Among the number from which
he had to pick was
PLAIN-LOOKING BLACK ONE
which after some hesitancy he bought.
This was Jay-Eye-See, the wonder of
the age and the first horse to trot a mile
in 2:l0. The lot was shipped to Racine
and placed in the Case stables. The
little black gelding was not worked
until the fall of 1880, when Ed Bither
harnessed him to a break-cart. When
the horse was three years old Bither
commenced to drive him, and very
shortly discovered that he had speed.
He had worked him less than two
months when he sent him half in
1:1S14, and then turned him out to pas
ture for the balance of the summer.
Late in the fall Bither took him in
hand again and made him show half
in 1:143l. During the winter he was
hitched to cutter in company with
Edwin B., and was kept in good form.
Bither had, by this time, seen enough
of the horse to recognize that he was
speedy, and in 1882 commenced to work
him in earnest, preparing him for the
great four-yearOld race, trOtted IN Chi
cago in July of that year.
TRlS MEMORABLE RACE
is probably still fresh in the memory of
horsemen now living. At that time
good horsemen recognized that they
had probably seen the greatest four
year-old of the age, and their opinion
settled into conviction when he re-
peated his performances later in the
season in 2:19, feat unprecedented.
The race in which the little gelding Sc
cured his record of 2:19 was trotted in
the fall of 1882 over the Chicago track.
In 1883 Jay-Eye-See did remarkable
work. Commencing at Louisville early
in May he defeated Charley Ford in
straight heats, and then went on to a
succession of conquests the most won
derful ever accomplished by a five
year-old, and never equaled by per-
former of any age. In this year he
trotted seventeen races, with twenty
heats better than 2:20, winning in
purses, premiums. ETC., nearly S25, 600.
1t was at Providence, R. l., the 18th
day of November in that year, that he
made the greatest trotting performance
ever achieved by making the unparal-
leled fve-year-old record of 2:10I. In
that event he was sent to lower his rec
ord of 2:i4 for a purse OF $4,000. Bither
had ali the confidence in the world in
HIS LITTLE RACER,
and when he sent him a warming-up
mile in 2:2O the action of the horse
proved to him that the time had come
for speed. When Bither nodded for the
word thousand watches were held on
the whirlwind. He went to the quarter
1863. Many thought that he had
reached the limit Of his speed, but
Bitber called upon him and he re-
sponded at the three-quarter pole i'll
1:39. finishing the whole mile in 2:10&,
the last quarter being trotted in 3lI
seconds. No such ovation was ever
given before or since to a horse or
driver, and the news sped all over the
country. Sept. 80 Jay-Eye-See met the
great st. Julien at Gentlemen's Driving
park, Morrissiana, n. Y, aud wrested
from him the victorious laurels so grace
fully won by the eX-king Of the turf.
This he did in three straight heats, MAX
ing the miles in 1905. 2:1S15 and 2:19
on very heavy track. The eyes of the
world were now turned upon him. and
all waited anXiously for the season of
81 to demonstrate
HIS REAL ABILITY.
The anxiety of his friends was re-
warded, in part, by his actions. In this
year he was started eight times, and the
LIST day of August, at Providence, r. L.,
he accomplished that which has maze
his name familiar to every one in the
United States-he trotted mile in 2:10,
as follows: First quarter, :3311sa; half,
;05; thTee-quarters, 1876; mile, 2:10.
This remarkable performance was made
without skip, and was done in the en-
deayor to lower his previous best record
of 2:1094. When the result of the fast
mile made by the famous little black
became known the crown was placed
on his brow and he was acknowledged
king of the trotting track. He became
the lion of the hour. The glory of bis
victory was somewhat paled by the al
legged performance of Maud at Cleve-
land on the following day, but mile in
2:10 when but six years old was glory
enough for any horse. In but two years
TIE GRAND CONQUEROR OF ALL
arose from the obscurity of pasture to
universal prominence. Shortly after
thic axbihitinp of cnpnd and tho 18th
day of August, Jay-Eye-See was sent to
Belmont park, New York, to beat
2:093l. He made two unsuccessful eff
forts in this behalf, but succeeded in
turning out the fastest two consecutive
miles ever trotted or paced, i'll 2:11 and
2:10L respectively. During the season
he trotted ten public heats in various
cities of the United States in better
than 2:20, and four of these were be-
tween 2:1O and gil inclusive. He re-
turned home late in the fall and re-
ceived a welcome from over 5000 people
On the fair grounds. During 1855 and
1856 Jay-Eye-See appeared in no large
races or exhibitions, but last year was
sent fast several times at meetings
throughout the country. 1t was during
one of these meetings. and at Lincoln,
Neb., on or about Aug. IL, that he ac-
credited himself with the fastest mile
ever made on half-lnile track-2:1515.
During the past season he has been in
the pasture at Hickory Ridge farm.
Jay-Eye-See was sired by Old Dictator.
the sire OF Phallas, and is the best of
all that great sire's get.
Racing at New Orleans.
Special to the Globe.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. TRACK