New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-30
MASCOT, KING OF PAGERS.
THE BUFFALO FLYER LOWERS THE
RECORD TO 2 :04.
PUTTING THE PACING MARK BESIDE THE
FIGURES OF THE WONDERFUL TRoT'
TER NANCY HANKs-wINNER5

AT TERRE HAUTE.
,sY TELEGRAPH To THE TKIBUNE.


rarro tJaute Ind Sept. 2o.-For the second
time this week the . O5 mark has been beaten In
harness on the track here the PAGER MASCOT reac's
this afternoon exactly the same notch ths' Nano'
Hanks touched yesterday, when she totted Id = 'of
As the geldng did this in race, starting iioni ''o
outside the performance surpasses that Oh thc he"
tucky mare In point of merit, and of the quarters
WAS trine faster when Mascot stepped from the hah
to the third of the goldpped posts In 20 IL secohus
The effort told on him so much that he DID not get
another heat of the eforal pace, and Frying Jo
who carried the new champion along WAS ai9o ue
feated for the same reason The pair Went lappeu ="
the quarter 81 Ia and mt the haif In :o3 L. h'
cot drew away a little. The Californian closed Iroih
there and the clip became terrific, the three-quaters
heng in I AZ or at 1 $50 clip, and Flying Jib was
NJ Mascot,s shoulder when he finished in = :O4 Ims
IS three seconds below the race record for any Knu
OF a track and places the Buffalo flyer equa "i'h
Nancy Hanks herself.
The second heat was also sensational, but rated
differently Flying Jb carrying Mascot to the quarter
in 90 "a seconds, and the half In :oo 3-4' 10 con
nm the hill at two minute gait tired the pair, put 1io
had enough left to outhnish the other geding In
o:o534 Meantime Mclienry had been laying Guy
nm n the flag and cutting him lOoe In the third neat
had the faster pair at his mercy. Flying JiD maue
the gray stallion pace the third heat In 2:oo of anu
tho fouth in . OS "a. Mascot then tried to redeem
himself and was closing on Guy In the last quarter Oh
fifth heat when lie rusneu 10 tic Poic 81 '-'N
Andrews could not pull him out In time to overhaui
III. leader Guy was under the whip, but came nome
resolutey in :Os Ii, making five heats that paralyze
all previous averages in a race, the rate oens
> .O6 1920 There Is little doubt that II the )u1ges
had forced MciIenry to drive Guy for every neat
he would have been unable to win the race.
Another PAGER entered the . 10 list when Vinette
GOT the first heat of the :13 class in ;O9 IA, out
the mare was unsteady after that and Cievelano
carried off the money. The 2:2S trot was eo'
thing for Chioueriia the handsome mare reducing her
record in each heat till 1t is now ;16 "a The -
rot brought out more speed, Major, big geding III
Dobles stable, getting below 21o twice. WINE fli'"
spragIe scored . % "a in the second heat When
Major lost his stride. There was only dayhgh'
enouQh for one Of the 30 class. the favorte'
Flowing Tide, getting this in moderate time. Inc
horses scored up again but were so unsteady Una, ey
DELAYED matters till II was too dark to start thefh'
To morrow ends the meeting with five classes lncnd-
ng the freefora all trot In which Little Albert Charies
ton and other cracks are named The attendance TO-
day was even larger than Wednesday, and Nancy
Hank, was led down the stretch between heats' sum
marlcS: