The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-09-09
2:O5 IA.
NANCY HANKS BEATS HERSELF TWO
SECONDS.

The Kite-shaped Track mt Independence,
Iowa, the Scene OF the Mares
Great Feat.
Nancy Hanks, the queen of horsedom,
added shining star To her crown on
Wednesday of last week when she trot-
ted the world-famous kite track at indie
pendence, Iowa, in the unprecedented
time of 2:05i, clipping two seconds off
her Chicago mark, made two weeks ago.
She was brought out at $50, and rs soon
as she was recognized in the loop the
cheering began. She looked well, and
her superior condition was easily dis
cernable. She took her first warming-up
mile gently, being only driven on a jog
About o'clock she was brought out
again and received with the same cordial
welcome as 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 APP
plause. A bow from Doble and they
were away to their quarters, followed by
echoes of the 5000 voices on the ground,
At just Sis they appeared on the stretch
again. This time the applause was deaf
ening. Handkerchiefs and parasols were
waived; voices expanded to their ut
most; young and old and everybody
cheered. The old gray pater forgot him
self and let loose one of those yells that
were 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 before her. The
attempt was fruitless and she came back
and scored down again. Frank Starr
had the runner, Abe Lincoln, who
prompted her in her great mile at Chi
cago 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 Ego" Nancy
trotted as only Nancy can trot; steady
clock-work and swifter than a bird.
With her matchless swinging gait she
reached the quarter pole in thirty Sec
onds. "Too fast" is the verdict of the
crowd. "Budd Doble will never drive
her too fast" is accepted by all as the
truth. The half WAS reached in l:0l,
and men who catch the figures on their
dial 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
1874, and fearing 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 voice and whip. As she darts un.
der the wire there is deathly silence.
Watches are consulted, and range all the
way from 2:O5l to 2:06. 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 bell is tapped. Start
er Mccarthy announces the official time
a. 2:05l, and his voice is drowned with
yells.
The grooms give the mare loving Ca
ress as they adjust the blankets, and
willing hands, only too anxious to touch
the queen of the turf, assist in arrang-
ing the folds. Doble is lifted from the
sulky, both arms are nearly wrung sore
by congratulatory friends and huzzahs
sound above the din for Nancy, for Do
BILE and for the kite track.
So dense Is the crowd around the horse
that passage il almost impossible. Nancy
Hanks longs 10 be free from all bonds,
and playfully niPs the shoulders OF her
admirers rs 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 Ms the
kite track is from the half to the home
wire, the force of the wind increases
with every step. Nancy's first quarter