People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-26
THE RECORD LOWERED.

she Lowers the Record OF Maud = at
Chicago-A Nile Trotted In 2:07 Ia.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-Maud S. is no
longer queen of the trotting turf. The
proud position which the daughter of
Harold has held so long has been
wrestled from her, and Nancy Hanks
reigns in her stead
Yesterday afternoon at Washington
park, in the presence of 10000 specta.
tors, 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:sA, the time of Maud s., to
2:O74.
1t was about o'clock when Nancy
first came up 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 a 2:2O clip.
Doble walked her slowly to the head
Of the lower turn and then came back
to the wire at gentle pace After
waiting few moments until a drag
which had gone around the track close
to the pole had left the track Doble
drove her back to the sixteenth pole
and then came down at smashing
gate. Frank Starr behind the pace.
maker, Abe Lincoln, was waiting for
him. Starter Walker leaned far over
the railing 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. Mr.. Walker drew back and Abe
pulled up to await a second trial
Back to the distance flag this time
and at gentle trot which increased
rapidly as she drew near the wire, o
nod from Doble, and "go" 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 mile he lost ground
steadily. Then Starr urged him on and
he was on Nancy's wheel at the quar-.
ter. There was not sound in the
densely packed grand stand as the mare
flew past the quarter pole in :S11{-o
200 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 murmer She'll never do it;
never in the world" but the old timers
outlined Doble's gray jacket against the
picket fence beyond him as he passed
them 50 rapidly that they seemed to be
going backward, they held their breath
and said nothing. They knew that the
record was going. As the mare, still
keeping up her beautiful gait, went by
the half mile pole in 1:OS4, a man in
front of the grand stand called, "1:O4 at
the half" and mighty yell went up
from the crowd.
The loud cheers which went I'D 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 a smile as wide as
the visor of his cap. He had said that
Nancy Hanks would beat the record
and she had doneit.
Three cheers for Nancy Hanks!'
shouted Starter Walker, and they came
from 10000 threats with wild enthusi.
asm. Now three cheers for the man
who drove herr" and again the air shiv.
cred, and hats, coats, handkerchiefs and
about everything else that could be
thrown upward were sent in that d.
rection 1t was fully ten minutes be-
fore the tumult subsidized.
The official time for the mile, which
was as honest a mile as was ever trot.
ted, is :3l15, 1:O34, 1861, 2:O74.
The last quarter was trotted in 3OA
seconds.