Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-25

onger queen of the trotting turf. The
proud position which the daughter of
Harold has held so long has been
wrested from her, and Nancy Hanks
aeigns in her stead Yesterday after
noon, ut Washington Park, in the pres
ence of 10000 spectators, Budd Doble
drove his beautiful mare TO beat her
record of 200 She not only beat her
own record, but lowered the worlds
trotting record from 2.0S4, the time Of
Maud s., to 2.074.
The day was an ideal one for trotting,
the sun shining warmly, hardly u cloud
IN the sky and cool gentle breeze blow
ng off Lake Michigan directly down
Che homestrctch. The track was tritle
dusty in places, but as fast as it well
could be. The mare was in excellent
condition, fit to trot for mans life,
and before she made the trial it was the
general opinion that if Nancy Hanks
was ever to equal her record of 209,
Washington Park track and yesterday
were the place and time to do it.
WARMING TO HER TASK.
II was about o'clock when Nancy
first came up on the track. She passed
the grand stand while other horses were
scoring and received but little recogni-
ton. An hour later she was out and
went portions of the track at u 2.20 clip.
She was warmly greeted this time, and
after jogging u mile went to the stable
and was rubbed down, preparatory to
her trial heat, which was scheduled for
O'Clock. Punctually to the minute, the
gate at the east end of the track was
opened and Dobfc drove her out She
was without boots or trappings Of any
sort and was hitched to one of the new
sulkies with ball bearings and pneumatic
tires. Doble brought her back to the
10Th pole and then came down at a
smashing gait Frank Starr, behind the
pace-mal1er, Abe Lincoln, was cutting
for him. Starter Walker leaned far over
the rail of the judges stand, his eyes on
Doble's face, watching to see if he
wanted the word just as the mare
shot beneath the wire Doble shook his
head. A nod from Doble and go"
flashed from Walkers lips as the mare
shot like an arrow towards the turn.
PAST THE QUARTER IN .3lI.
There was work for Abe Lincoln now,
and for the first sixteenth Of mile he
lost ground steadily. Starr urged him
on, and he was on Nancy's wheel at the
quarter. There was not sound in the
densely-packed grand stand as the mare
flew past the quarter pole in .31i, a2.06
gait. AS she started along the back
stretch, trotting as true as die, head
well up, her feet striking the ground
with the regularity of a pendulum, the
crowd began to murmur, "Shell never
do IL; never in the world"
DOES THE HALF IN l.03R.
nt;tI 1.
beautiful gait, went by the halfmile
pole in 1.03f, a man in front of the grand
stand called "1.04 at the half" mighty
yell went up from the crowd, which in
creased to roar as the three-quarter
pole was left in 1861
"Keep quiet as she finishes" shouted
starter Walker, but his warning was not
needed. The crowd had subsidized down
of Its own accord into breathless inter
est in the event. Not sound was
heard as she moved past the three quar-
ter pole and turned into the homestretch.
Abe Lincoln, under the whip, moved up
to Nancy's throat latch. Doble spoke
gently to her and her feet flew faster
than the eye could distinguish them.
"She'll do it, she'll do it, by God y
yelled an irrepressible, and there was u
faint yell as the fastest quartet of flash
ing hoofs ever passed over n trotting
track swept under the wire. Hats, canes
and coats were tossed wildly in the air.
Men slapped each other on the back and
shook hands with each other in sheer
delight. incidentally they kept on yell
ing. The loud cheers which went up
told Doble even before he had slowed
up that the record was broken, and as
he came back to the judges stand his
face was covered with smile as wide
as the yizor of his cap. He had said
that Nancy Hanks would beat the record
and she had done it,
1t was fully 10 minutes before the
tumult subsidized. The official time fol
the mile, which was as honest mile as
was ever trotted, is, .3li, l.034, 1861
2.07S The last quarter was trotted in
800 seconds.
Doble waxed enthusiastic in speaking
of his mare after the heat was over
''She is, in my opinion" he said, with.
out n peer on the trotting turf. She was
not distressed in the slightest degree al
the end Of the mile, and finished fresh
and strong. Within 90 minutes aftel
w trotting that mile in 2.074 she could have
IN gone out and trotted very close to it.
t4 don't say that she could have cqualed
ski il, but she could have put in very fast
+ mile without much trouble. She trotted
through from the wire to the wire, never
lost her head, and did not show the
aN slightest inclination to leave her feet
{t She did the track SO comfortably o-day
that am sure she oan beat it in the
future"
@ did you have any idea that you were
breaking the record 7"
M II knew at the half, said Doble, with
quiet smile, "that Nancy was going tc
come very close to it anyhow, looked
at my watch and saw she had done it in
1.04 by my watch, and | knew she could
at least keep up the gait at which She
was going. Then when | heard then
yell as finished knew it was done.
In trotting the heat, the mare, who
weighed to-day $40 pounds, pullet
" Doble, who weighed $50 pounds, and 6
sulky of 62i pounds weight.
N2N Nancy Hanks, the queen of the trot
ting turf, is bay mare, 6 years old, 49,
K hands high. She was sired by Happy
Medium out of Dictator mare.
ft BEST PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES.
The best previous mile record wa!
made by Sunol in 2.0sf, on kite SHAPE
track at Stockton, Cal, October goth
1891. Up to this time Maud 5. held til,
y record with mile in 2.0Sa, on circula
track, at Cleveland, o., July 30th, 1885
Napcy Hanks is owned by j. Macon
Forbes of Boston, who purchased he
last year for $4,000,
As THE PACING RECORD BROKEN.
CHICAGO, Aug. ls.-The worlds pac
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