Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
THE TRACK FLYERS.
Some Interesting Averages and Rec
OrdS of the Great Trotters
Past and Present.
REMARKABLE HEAT CONTESTS.
Not Very Much Danger Of the Present
Marks Being Lowered for Some
Time TO Come.
REMARKABLE HEAT CONTESTS.
ONLY SIX MORE BALL GAMES AT HONE.
The News Of the Turf and Diamcnd-General Sporting
Notes

There have been no phenomenal trottirg or
pacing miles this year and there is no i'm
mediate danger of records being broken,
but the average of fast work has been very
much faster than that of past seasons
Nancy Hanks three heats ut Independence
in PIP, 2:12s4 and 2:12, an average of 2:121[,
far excels anything in the race line ever
done 1t displaced Palo Altos three heats
against Jack at Chicago last year, as the
best on record. A glance at the remarkable
trotting heat race averages is very instruc-
tive. Here are the best, with their dates
and averages:
Nancy Hanks VS. AlIlerton and Margaret
s, Independence, Ia, August %, lssl-s:R
2:l23z, 2:i2: average, e:l214.
Palo Alto vs.. Jack, Chicago, August 20,
lsg0-2:lSiz 2:l5. 2;l3; average, 2:l5 %. This
Is the fourth best average on record.
Phallas vs. Catchiiy, Clemmie u and Fanny
Witherepoon. Chicago, July II, lSS4-2.l9
2:l5s4 2:tt-, 2:l534; average, 2:l613 Phailas
2:i5S. IN tins race is the fastest on record for
n fourth heat
Maud " Tr!nket. Chicago, July "a, 1850
2:l9, 2:2ii4 2:l5}9: average, 2:lS 4-5. Previous
to Nancy Hanks 2:l2 the third heat of this
race was the fastest in Il race.
Harry Wilkes versus Clemmie G. and
Phyllis, Cleveland, o.. July %, 1SS6-2:l6,
Harry Wilkes yers = GCy Wilkes. Ante
Eoio, Charley Hitch and Endyinion; San
Francisco. November %. 1SS6-2:l5l4, 2l61a,
2:l63E. 2:i5; average, 2:l5 OBJ. These are
the fastest four heats in a race on record.
GUY Wilkes won the second heat.
Oliver X. and Belle F.. the Hartford, Conn.,,
$4,000 purse, September2, lSs6-2:l53<, s:I514,
2:IGj4. 2:l6i4, 2ls: average, 2:I6 $40. These
are the fastest five heats in a race. Belle +.
won the first two heats.
Charlestcwn. Independence, Ia, August
rC HAnH OF a. o.. y OIL
The last performance by newcomer In
the 2:s0 list is the third best on record.
o., %loster ter. Rochester August It 4 i sdt-2Is.
WAS dead heat with Red Cloud.
Goldsmith Maid, Hartford, Conn.,, August
81 lS7G-2:lG54, 2:I714, 2:lS, 2:lg34; average,
2:l7 47-j0 The first was u dead heat with
Goldsmith Maid versus Judge Fullerton,
Bodine, Lucille and Smuggler. Buffalo, Au-
gust 3. js76-2:IG, 2:l5I, 2:l5; average,
2:i5 2l-jG.
SMUGGLER'S GREAT EFFORT
Goldsmith Maid versus Smuggler, Fuller
ton and Bodine Mt Hartford, Conn, August
81 ls76-2:l5F 2:I7, 2:I6I4, 2:I714, 2:Is, 2:I934;
average, 2:l7I4. Smuggier won the first two
heats and made his record in the first. The
third was n dead heat.
Snuggler versus Goldsmith Maid at Cleve-
land o., July 81, lS76-2:l5la, 2:I7l4, 2:l6l,
2:lg74, 2:l713; average, 2:I7A. Goldsmith Maid
won the first two heats.
Jack versls Palo Alto, Detroit, Mich,
August >, lsgO-2:l5a, 2:l312 2:15, ZIG; average,
2:l5.
Jack versus time at Independence, Ia,
August 10 iS90-2:l3, 2:l2lz; average, 2:l2 3l-50.
Nancy Hanks Independence miles also
beat Maud SIS exhibition, three consecutive
miles made at Belmont Park. Philadelphia,
July Is, ISL in 2:l2. 2:l3l4, 2:l215: average,
2;l2 IS, but no two displaced jay Eye Sees
fastest pair of dress parade miles also made
at Belmont Park, Philadelphia, August Is,
1854 in 2:ll 2:l0ll: average, 2l0 .6S
The pacing average has fallen wonderfully
though no record has been displaced. The
leaders are Johnston 20jh, 1884; Roy Wilkes,
s:OSlz, 1890; Direct, 2:09l4 1891; Hal Pointer,
2:U9sz, 1890. and Cricket, 2:l0, 1890. The pacing
OF Hal Pointer this season has never been
approach Here are his Grand Circuit
r1erfOrmnces and averages.