The record-union., 1892-08-18
Special TO the REcoRp-uSIoN.
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CHICAGO, Aug. I7.-Maud S. is no
longer queen of the trotting turf. The
proud position which she held so long
has been wrested from her and Nancy
Hanks reigns supreme. This afternoon,
at Washington Park, in the presence of
10000 spectators, Budd Doble drove the
beautiful mare to beat her best record of
2:O9. She not only beat her own record,
but lowered the worlds trotting record
from 2:084-Maud SIS time-to 2:073.
The day was an ideal one for trotting
The track was tritie dusty, but fast as it
well could be. The mare was in excel
lent condition, and before she made the
trial the general opinion was that ii
Nancy Hanks was ever to equal her rec
ord f2:09 this was the occasion.
About 3 o'clock Nancy Hanks first
came upon the track, passed the grand
stand while the other horses were scor-
ing, and received but little recognition.
An hour later she went portions of the
track at 2:20 clip. she was warmly
greeted, and after jogging mile Went to
the stable and was rubbed down. prepar-
atory to the trial heat, which was sched-
uled for O'Clock.
Punctually to the minute the gate at
the east end of the track was opened and
Doble drove her out She was without
boots or trappings of any sort and was
hitched to one Of the new sulkies, with
balI-hearing and pneumatic tires. Doble
walked her slowly to the head Of the
lower turn and then came back to the
wire at gentle pace
After waiting until the drag left the
track Doble drove back to the sixteenth
pole and then came down at a smashing
gait. Frank Starr, behind pace-maller
Abe Lincoln, was waiting tor him.
Starter Walker watched Doble's face in
tently to see if he wanted the word. AS
the mare passed beneath the wire Doble
shook his head, and Abe pulled ND to
await second trial
He went back to the distance flag this
time, and at gentle trot. increasing as
she approached the wire, nod from
Doble and $50" flashed from Walkers
lips as the mare shot like an arrow to-
ward the turn. For the first sixteenth
mile Abe lost ground steadily. Then
Starr urged him on, and at the quarter
he was at Nancy's wheel.
There was not a sound in the densely-
packed grand stand as the mare flew past
the quarter pole in 0:31!, 2:06 gait. AS
Nancy started along the backstretch.
trotting as true as a die, her head well up.
her feet striking the ground with the
regularity of a pendulum, the crowd be-
gan to murmur. she'll never do it.
never in the world" but old-timers out
lined Doble's gray jacket against the
picket fence beyond him, and as he
passed so rapidly the pickets seemed to
be going backward they knew the record
was going. AS the mare, still keeping up
her beautiful gait went by the half-mile
IN l:033, man in the grand stand called
out '1:04 at half" and a mighty yell went
up from the crowd.
Keep quiet as she finishes shouted
Starter Walker.
But the warning was not needed. as the
crowd subsidized of own accord. Its own
breathless interest in the event kent it
quiet. Not a sound was heard as the
mare passed the three-quarter pole and
turned into the homestretch. Abe Lin
coin, 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.
shell do it, she'll do it. by God! ;"
yelled an irrepressible spectator. and
there was a faint yell as the fastest quar-
tet Of Gathering hoofs ever heard on a
trotting track swept under the wire.
a moments pause, hasty consulting
of watches, and then an umbrella went
sailing into the air, accompanied by a
loud-lunged howl, and them bedlam broke
loose. Hats, canes and coats were tossed
wildly into the air, men slapped each
other on the back, while others shook
hands in sheer delight incidentally
they kept on yelling. The loud cheer,
which went up told Doble even before he
slowed up that the record was broken.
AS he returned TO the judges stand, his
face was wreathed in smiles. AS he dis
mounted, he was surrounded by men
who wrung his hand. When he had a
chance he lifted his cap in acknowledge
ment of the cheers. There were loud
cries for "Doble, Doble," and the veteran
reinsman, climbing into the grand stand,
again removed his cap in acknowledge
ment of the wild applause that greeted
him.
Three cheers for Nancy Hanksn'
shouted Starter Walker, and they came
from 10000 throats with unrestrained en-
tbusiasm.
Now three cheers for the man who
drove her." and again the air shivered,
and everything available went skyward
1t was fully ten minutes before the tn
multi subsidized.
The official time for the mile, which
was as honest 4 mile as was ever trotted,
was 0:3l@, l:O34, 1851, 2:O74.
ne last quarter was trotted in 0:302.
The exhibition was given for a certain
sum. TO be paid by the Northwestern
Breeders Association, under whose di-
rection the trotting meeting is being held
An additional sum, the amount of which
Doble declines to disclose, was TO be paid
if the record was beaten
After the excitement had subsidized.
Doble WaXed enthusiastic in spes kinp of
the mare, and said: I'm my opinion She
Is without a peer on the trottino tnrf
she was not distressed in the SLIGHTEST
degree at the end of the mile. and fin
ished fresh and strong. Within twenty
minutes after trotting u mile in 2:O7I She
could have gone out and trotted verv
close to it. She trotted true from wire to
wire, never lost her head ard did NOT
show the slightest inclination to leave her
feet. / did not touch her once with the
whip, and only swished it through the
air and spoke quietly TO her as she en-
tered the homestretch. l will not start