St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-01

playing aud joined with the others in
the applause. A bow from Doble. and
they were away 10 her quarters, fol-
lowed by echoes of the 5000 voices On
| the grounds. ~+it
At just 5:l5 they appeared on the
stretch again. This time the applause
was deafening. Handkerchiefs aud
parasols were waved; voices expanded
to their utmost; young and old and a..
Everybody Cheered.
The old grey pater forgot hImsslf and
tloOSe one of those yells that was
the pride of his boyhood. Even the old
ladies contributed their quota TO the
general chorus.
She was now logged up the loop and
turned to face the kite track. The at
tempt was frultiess and she came back
and scored down again. Frank Star had
the runner, abe Lincoln. who prompted
her in her great mile at Chicago. near
her, while Williams, with Ned Gordon,
was waiting at the post. When she
reached the wire she was going square
and true and Doble nodded for the
word. From the word ''go" Nancy
trotted as only a Nancy can trot-as
u
bird. With her matchleSS swinging gait
she reached the quarter pole in thirty
seconds. TOO fast" is the verdict of
the crowd. "But Doble will never
drive her too fast'' is accepted by ali as
the truth.
The half was reached in :Ol, ,and men
who catch the figures OH their dials
find it hard to believe. Without taking
their eyes from the world beater. they
ask their neighbors his time and are
bound TO accept the mark. The third
quarter flag goes down at / "a. and, fear
ing that she is tagging. Williams closes
up with his runner, Ned Gordon.
The act is useless. Doble has loosed
her head and is urging her ON gently
with whip and voice. AS she darts un-
der the wire there is
DeathIess silence.
Watches are consulted, and range all
the way from 2:054 to 2:O6. No man
dares tell the time caught, and each
spectator assures himself that the time
is gone in 2:06 at least. Cheers are
sent up as the great horse is driven
back to the stand.
But hush falls over all as the be II is
tapped. Starter Mccarthy announces
the official time of 2:054, and his voice
is drowned with yells. The gro0ms
give the mare loving caress as they
adjust the blankets and meny will
ing hands, only too anxious to
touch the queen of the turf,
assist in arranging the folds.
Doble is lifted from the sulky, both
arms are wrung sure by congratulatory
friends and huZZahS sound above the
di nfor Nancy, for Doble and for the
kite track.
So dense is the crowd around the
horse that passage is almost impossible.
Nancy Hanks longs to be free from all
bonds and plavfully nips the shoulders
of her admirers as she walks her way
through the crowd.
The mile is an unparalleled one in
the history of the world and worthy of
study. A strong breeze was blowing
from the northwest, and situated as the
kite track is from the half to the home
wire the force of the wind increases
with every step. Nancy's first quarter
was gone
I'm Thirty Seconds,
the second quarter was out second
slower. and this was gone under a con-
slant effort on the driver 20 talk Ter
back. A minute and second TO the
half was considered little too fast by
Doble. aud he coaxed her to a slower
gait for the next quarter. The
breeze begins to strike her; vt is
a hard thing to rate fast
mile by quarters, and the third
flag is reached second or two slower
than was intended, but here Nancy was
given her head, and she finished strong,
and in the face of northwest wind, in
3114 seconds.
'Another noticeable feature" 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 young colt,
and no one would dream she
had made the greatest trial of her life.
Oh, yes, the kite tracks are faster than
the egulation-shaped track. How many
seconds | would not say, but there is
not the shadow of doubt about it."
Most OF the watches reposing in the
pockets of the overs tonight mark ths
time in which the mile was made.