Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-01
TROTTING RECORD AGAIN LOWERED.
Nancy Hanks Adds q Star to Her Crown rs
Queen of the Turf.


Queen of the Turf.
Nancy Hanks added a shining star to her
crown yesterday at Independence, Iowa. when
she trotted on the kite track there in the I'M
precedented time of 2.051a. clipping two sec
onds off her Chicago mark made on a regula-
ton track two weeks ago. She was brought out
at 230 O'Clock and rs soon az she was recog-
nized in the loop the cheering began. She
looked well and her superior condition was
easily discernible.
She took her first warming-up mile gently,
being only driven on jog. About o'clock she
was brought out again and received with the
same cordial welcome before on the part of
the spectators. When she passed the stand this
time even the band stopped playing and joined
with the others in the applause. A bow from
Doble and she was AWAY to her quarters. fol-
! lowed by echoes of the 5000 voices on the
grounds
At 5:l5 the horse appeared on the stretch
again: This time the applause was deafening.
Handkerchiefs and parasols were waved.
Voices expanded to their utmost: The mare
was logged up the loop and turned to face the
kite before her. The attempt was fruitless. and
she came back and scored down again. Frank
| Starr had the runner, Abe Lincoln. who
| prompted Nancy Hanks in her great mile at
| Chicago. near the mare, while Williams. with
she reached the wire she was going well and
| Doble nodded for the word From the word
! Go Nancy trotted as only Nancy can trot,
steady as clockwork and swift as bird. With
her swinging gait she reached the quarter pole
in thirty seconds. TOO fast" was the verdict
! of the crowd.
! The half was reached in 1.O1, and men who
catch the figures on their dials found it hard to
| believe the truth.
! The third quarter flag went down at "a, and,
! fearing that Nancy might be tagging, Williams
closed up with his runner. Ned Gordon.
| The act was useless. Doble had loosened
Nancy's head and urged her on gently with
whip and voice. As she darted under the wire
there was dcathless silence. Watches were
/ consulted and ranged all the way from 2O5A
/ to 206. Cheers were sent up as the great horse
was driven back to the stand.
/ hush fell over all as the bell was tapped.
Starter Mccarthy announced the official time
| OF 2.054 and his voice was drowned in yells.
The grooms gave the mare a loving caress az
they adjusted the blankets, and many hands
anxious to touch the queen of the turf, assisted
/ IN arranging the folds. Doble was lifted from
the sulky, both arms were wrung by congratu-
latory friends and hurrahs sounded above the
/ din for Nancy, for Doble and for the kite
! track.
"A noticeable thing" says Doble, "was the
condition of the mare after her mile Within
| fifteen minutes after she reached her stall she
was as fresh and lively as a young colt, and
no one would dream she had made the greatest
! trial of her life''
| On Wednesday, August II. Budd Doble
drove Nancy Hanks mile in 2.07A on the
Washington Park course at Chicago. The best
previous record, on a regulation track, was
made by Maud S. at Cleveland in 1885, when
she trotted mile in 2.0S34. Sunol trotted q
mile in 2.OSl4 on kite-shaped track:at Stock
ton, Cal, in 1891. The regulation track is con-
coded to be from one to three seconds slower
than the kite-shaped track
Flying Jib performed another feat in the
afternoon He did the mile in 207, breaking
the worlds pacing record in a race.
Nancy Hanks, the queen Of the trotting turf,
ia bay mare, six years old, 1874 hands high.
She was sired by Happy Medium, out OF Die
tator mare. She is owned by J. Malcolm
Forbes of Boston, who purchased her last year
/ for S35. 900.