Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-08-18
THE RECORD BROKEN.
Nancy Hanks Makes a Mile in 2
OF 1-4.-By Bud Doble.


CHICAGO, Aug. 18.-Maud S is no
longer queen of the trotting turf.
The proud position which she held
so long has been rested from her,
an d Nancy Hanks reigns supreme.
Yesterday afternoon in Washington
park, in the presence of ten thou
sand spectators, Bud Doble drove
the beautiful mare to beat her re-
cord of 200. She not only beat her
own record, but lowered the worlds
trotting record from 2:G8f, Maud s.
time, to 2:09l. The day was an
ideal one for trotting. The track
was trifie dusty, but as fast as it
well could be. The mare was in ex
cellent condition, and before she
made the trial the general opiuion
was that if Nancy Hanks was ever
to equal the record of 2:09, this was
the occasion. She WIS without boots
or trappings of any sort, and hitch
ed to one of the new sulkies with
ball bearing and pnuematic tires.
AT the second trial the mare was
sent off. For the first sixteenth mile,
Abe Lincoln, pace maker, lost ground
steadily. Then Starr urged him on,
and at the quarter he was on Nancy's
wheels There was no sound in the
denseiy packed grand stand as the
mare flew past the quarter pole in
80, 2:O6 gait. AS Nancy started a
long the back stretch, ,trotting as true
as die, head well up, feet striking
the ground with the regularity of Il
pendulum,a "a man in the grand stand
called out, "1:04 at the half" and a
mighty yell went up from the crowd.
Not a sound was heard as the mare
passed the three quarters pole and
turned into the homestretch. Abe
Lincoln, under whip, moved up to
Nancy's throat latch. Doble spoke
gently to her, and her feet flew fast
er than the eye could distinguish
them. "She'll do it; she will do it,
by" yelled the irrepressble
spectator, and there was faint yell
as the fastest quartette of Gathering
hoof= ever heard on trotting track
swept under the wire. A moments
pause,a hasiy consulting Of watches,
and then umbrellas went sailing in
to the air, accompanied by loud
lunged howl and then bedlam broke
loose. Hats, canes, and coats, were
tossed wildly into the air. Men slap
ped each other on the back, while
others shook hands in sheer delight.
The loud cheers which went up told
Doble, even before he slowed up, that
the record was broken. Three cheers
were given for DobIe and Nancy
Hanks. The official time for the
mile hicb was the lowest mile ever
trotted, was 314, l.038, 1861, 207i;
the last quarter in 30a seconds.
The exhibition was given for a
certain sum to be paid by the North
western Breeders association, under
whose direction the trOtting meet
ing is being held. An additional
sum, the amount of which Doble de-
clines to disclose, was to be paid If
the record was broken.
After the excitement had subsid-
ed, Doble waxed enthusiastic In
speaking of the mare, and said: "In
my opinion she Is without peer on
the trotting turf. She was not dis
tressed in the slightest degree at the
end of the mile, and finished fresh
aud strong. She trotted from wire
to wire, never lost her head, aud 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 entered
the home-stretch. She did the
trick SO comfortably, I'm sure she
eau beat it ia the future"