Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-09-23

The son ~ Ncung folfs covered HIM
self With glory lat week, aud not cnly
proved III. truttlns qualities. but slso
hl. ability to ct q. choice lot ~ colts
.. werr ever passed upon by Judge In
New England, st least. Nelson 10 to-
dsy the pride ~ Maine. ss be v Ming ~
the Turf. Tho.s wbo have before gue--
ilonsi. nov believe that be u Que ~ the
most valuable horse. In the country,
aud that b. can, under favorable condi-
tlons, test the stallion recori ~ the
world on . mile track, ss he Ill sstur-
dsy on the half mile ring. when the
length ~ III. stride IL considered, Oh"
performsnc. becomes all the morc re-
msrkshle.
Tho week clo.ei with q .esl ~ sppro,-
Al on the Eastern Maine society. on
whose ground. IN four day. more has
been accomplished than on any other
half mile track In the country, 80 far .
Il known.
When all was IN readiness, John
lIainc., Nelson. trsinsr, came out With
a fs., running horse, waiting "a Join the
record breaker. \. hs came to the wire
for the wor,i he dld not seem 10 be trot-
and none % the watching Thousands cx-
pec,cd that the trial was about Ia COM
mencr.
Hut hi owner looked up at the Judges,
nodded for the word, and shouted, SEQ
for vour llfe."
The beautiful hay seemed 10 fully un-
dersiand what va. .ati Ia him, for his
.ars Strengthened back anil hi. stride
heightened. Like piece ~ machinery
hc rounded the sharp turn, snd went up
the back stretch. Comlng Into the half
mile .trrich, he was going Ike the s'ni,
and herr the running hor.e iolned him q
tribe In the rear. and had to hustle io
k-rp up.
4. d. rounded the lower turn Dc lo.t
hi fcrt. \ long drawn "Oh" escaped
IN. In. ~ Thousands, for they hsd never
before sccn or hcari ~ Nelson making
a hr-sk.
n wa. only two or thru second. he-
fare he vas trottlng again, and With
mar,clou. sp~,d. The crowd knew tha,
b. would make q grand mile, hut hardly
expected after the break that he would
ever touch the record. iIc made the
las, half wonderfully fast. however,
fnI.hIng In s:ls i-s; half In I :0i.
Then the aimlrcr. ~ the stallion In
yestlgsi.i the cause of the hrcak. on
the turn u va. found that the track had
not r-coycrri FROM the effect. of fr'-
dav'. rain. hut there was little place
very muddy and slippery la the middle
that the stallion. foot struck, aid aud
caused him Ca br-ak.
In half an hour b. Was on the track
sgiln amid stunning cheer. from III"
vast crowd.
hi. time h. had M running pace
maker. hut the conditions were had. "
was after 5 o'clock, and thunder show
er SEEMED Imminent. th. air being dull
ani heavy. Chance. were unque.tion-
ahlv against the stallion.
IIis owner occupied no time la warm
Ing him up, hut scnt him almost q. soon
a. he reached the track. without skip
az a break he made the mile, anil ~ q
magnificent rate IL speed. Thundcrous
applause greeted the finish. \ hundred
watches aid 2;is, hut th. judge. were
conservative. aud announced 2;l5 IL.
4. the stallion came back "a the stand
there w,rc cheer. from multitude, aud
ihc air WAS full ~ waving haniser-
chiefs.
The stallion had beaten the rrcori
which va. made by the famou. Jny-Eye-
~cc on q Western track. ani u "a. a.
good a. I'll ou \ mile track. The two
heat. were even morc wonderful under
th. existing conditions, and the horse
men marVrlci a. they .aw them on their
score card. like this
ouarsr Half Thrs quar- Mlls.
Mr., hssi Nit iG u gh ~
SeCoai hat. nif to' leo bl'
m. ,,,cl and the ~,.thrr h,ndIcap-