The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-18

CMIcAdo, August l7.-Maud S. 10 mo-
longer queen OF the trottins turt. The
proud position which the daughter Of
Harold has held so long has been wresi-.
ed from her and Nancy Hanks feigns in
her stead.
This afternoon at Washington Park
in the presence of 10000 spectators.
Bud Dobie drove his beautiful mare to
beat her record Of 200. She not only
heat her own record, but lowered the
worlds trotting record from 2:os2 the
time of Maud s., 10 2:O7i.
The day was an ideal day yfor trotting.
At4 o'clock she was out and went /,
portions OF the track at q 2:20' clip. She.
was warmly greeted. and after jogging
a mile she went to the stable and was
rubbed down preparatory to her trial
heat at 5 o'clock. Punctually to the
minute, Doble drove her out. She wae
without boots or rtrappings Of any sort
and was hitched to one Of tho new sul-
kies with ball bearings and pneumatic
tires. Doble drove her back TO the six-
teenth pole and then came down Of Q
srnashing gait, Starr. behind Abe Lln-
coin, the running mate, was waiting Tor
him,
Starter Walker had his eyes on Doble's
face, watching to see II he wanted the
word. Just as the mare shot beneath
the wire Doble shook his head. Back
to the distance flag this time. and at Q
gentle trot which increased rapidly aa
she drew near the wire. A nod from
Doble and Ego" flashed from Walkers
lips as the mare shot like an arrow
toward the turn.
There was work for Abe Lincoln now,
and for the first sixteenth Of q mile he
lost ground steadily. Then Starr urged
him on and he was ON Nancy wheel at
the quarter. There was not q sound in
the densely packed grand stand aa the
mare flew past the quarter pole in 81 i,
40 ;06 gait. She started along the back
stretch trotting as true as adie, head
we'll up, her feet striking the ground
with the regularity OF pendulum.
The crowd began to murmut Shell
never doit; never in the world but
the old timers outlined Doble's gray
Jacket against the picket fence beyond
him, and as he passed them 80 rapidly
that they seemed 10 be going backward
they held their breath and said nothing;
AS the mare. still keeping up her
beautiful gait, went by the half mile
pole in 1904, o man In front 81 the
grand, stand called, 'I:04 Of the hall,
a mighty yell went up tromthe crowd.
Not sound was heard asshe moved
past the three quarter pole and
turned into the home stretch.
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 Il; she'll do i'll"
yelled an irrepressible, and there was
faint yell as the fastest quartette OF
pattering hoots ever heard on a trotting
track swept under tho wire.
There was moments pause, O hasty
consulting OF watches and then an UNI
brella went sailing into the air from
near the grand stand. II was accom-
panied by loud lunged howls and then
bedlam broke loose. The loud cheers
which went up told Doble, even before
he had slowed up, that the record was
broken, and as he came back 70 the
luuRe y HLhuu u1s LhG0 Was SSYNSSe SSesStA 49,
a smile as wide as the ylsorot his cap.
The official time for the mile as
honest mile as was ever 7trotteol is
3la l:03a; 1851 /; 2:01f.
The last quarter was trotted IN SOt
seconds.
Nancy Hanks, the queenot the trct-
ting turf, is bay mare, six years old,
15S hands high. She was sired by
Happy Medium, out OF a Dictator mare.
Over the gateway Of the Cleveland,
Ohio. driving park, hangs one Of the
shoes won BY Maud s., when she made
her record there in 1885. Tonight
President Wheeler, OF the Washington
Park club, wired President Edwards, Of
the Cleveland driving park:
"Take down your shoe. We head the
record now"