The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-03

Take tho Members Cup.
NEw YoRK, Nov. 2.-The trotting
match between Directum and Mascot,
which it had been said was going 20 be
the most sensational event that ever
took place between harnessed horses,
proved to DO no sensation at all, so far
as the race itself was concerned. There
was but one horse in it. The only SEN
sational part of the days programme
and arrangements was the enormous
crowd that gathered at the Fleetwood
track to see the sport. There were be-
tween 5000 and 1000 people present.
It was perhaps as large an assemblage
as ever collected at that track. Bigger
figures had been given in the matter OF
attendance at Fleetwood, but it is quite
sale to eay'that to-day's crowd was as
large as anythat had before ever assem-
bled on that course. There were visl-
tors present from Detroit, Chicago, st.
Louis, Indiana, and even from places as
far away.as Denver and California.
After the first heat. during which
Mascot broke badly twice, and when
the sports began to see. or thought they
saw, that the champion paceuwHs not
himself, it was hard TO got even money
on the black horse. Alter Mascot had
again shown decided breaking proclivi-
ties in the second heat the odds turned
to 100 to 80 on Directum's winning
three straight heats.
Directum won the toss at pole and
when they were sent away in the ilrst
heat on the second scoring Directum
got pretty nearly half length advan-
tage. Kelly was holding Directum's
reins and Andrews drove Mascot. The
horscs had not made over 100 yards
when Mascot threw up his heels in q
shameful break and lost five or six
lengths by SO doing. Kelly at once took
Directum back and held him close until
Mascot recovered and got within a
length OF him. Mascot broke again
and lost more ground and DiraCtum had
things his own way to finish which he
passed at least five lengths in front OF
his opponent. The time tor that mile
was 2:l0i.
Directum got little tho best OF the
start in the second heat, too, and held
it easily. Kelly working things easy
with Directum knowing that his adver-
sary could never overhaul him, and
while Andrews tried his best, Directum
passed under the wire fully four lengths
to the good. The time for the second
heat was 2:072.
The third heat was the only one that
contained tinge OF interest In this,
ms in the others, Directum was from u
neck to half length in advance when
the racers were told to go, and that ad-
vantage he increased to a good length
before the first turn had been rounded.
Mascot held onand likeagoodgame horse
he would not be shaken off. Andrews
drove him cautiously but at the same
time urged his charge to keep his head
forward until lie was told to do more.
The pair ran for half mile with Mas
cots nose well onto the wheels OF
Directum's sulky and then the PAGER
was called upon to move up. Mascot
Ahowed good heart and steady move
Hlent
He tried his best to do what was bid
den, but as he attempted to improve his
position Kelly madea demand upon the
black horse, whose movement had been
simply perfect from the time that he
first made a scoring under the wire, and
the black fellow shot ahead like bullet,
and within the next hundred feet left
plenty OF daylight between his drivers
back and the horse that was trying to
win $1,000 from him. Going up the
hill on the of side OF the track Direc-
tum increased his lead, always 60
ng easily and smoothly more like
n machine in his perfect motion than Il
living thing.
At point within hundred yards OF
the finish Andrews, although he knew
he was beaten, kept his gelding moving
but could not decrease the lead. and
Directum passed the wire good length
a head OF his opponent.
The time OF the last heat wcs 2:0S3, n
second slower than the second heat.
Another interesting event that took
place to-day was the ten-mile trot OF
Pascal, the holder of the record for that
distance, made at Stockton, Gala, oil
27:23i.
To-day Pascal made the distance in
26:l5, thus knocking off one minute,
eight and quarter seconds from the
worlds record. and that be it remem-
bered on the unusually slow Fleetwood
track.
Another record that was beaten on
the finely prepared track was that for
the members cup to be taken by any
members team that would beat the
record-2:l9i. Matthew Riley's team,
Clayton and Reference, made the mile
in 2:1S1.
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