Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-03
DIRECTUM THB WINNER.
Mascot Never Showed Front in Either
Of the Three Heats.
MASCOT MADE MANY BADBRE
And Every Break Put Him Furth-
ar Behind-In Only One Heat
Was There Anything Like a
Show of Interest-The Crowd
Numbered 5000, and Was the
Largest Ever Assembled at
the Track.

the Track.
New YORK, November 2.-The trot-
ting match between Directum and
Mascot, which, it had been said, was
going to be the most sensational event
that ever took place between harnessed
horses, proved to be no sensation at all,
so far as the race itself was concerned.
There was but one horse in it. The
only sensational part Of the days pro-
gramme and arrangements was the
enormous crowd that had gathered at
the Fleetwood track to see the sport.
There were between 5000 and 1000 peo-
pie present. 1t 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 safe to say that to-day's
crowd was as large as any that had be-
fore assembled at that course. There
were visitors present from Detroit, Chi
cago, st. Louis, Indiana, and even from
places as far away as Denver and Cali
fornia.
AFTER THE FIRST HEAT,
during which Mascot broke badly twice
and when the sports began to see, or
thought they saw, tnat the pacing
champi was not himself, 1t was hard
TO get even money on the black horse.
After Mascot had again shown decided
breaking proclivities in the second heat,
the odds turned to 100 to 60 on Dlrec-
tum'S winning three straight heats.
Directum won the toss at the pole,
and when they were sent away in the
first heat on the second scoring Direc-
tum got pretty nearly half a length ad-
vantage.
Kelly was holding Directum's reins
and Andrews drove Mascot. The
horses had not made over 100 yards
when Mascot threw up his heels In
shameful break and lost Ave or SIX
lengths by so doing. Kelly at once
took Directum back aud held him close
until Mascot recovered and got within
a length of him. Mascot broke again
and lost more ground and Directum had
things his own way to the finish which
he passed at least
FIVE LENGTHS IN FRONT
Of his opponent. The time for that
mile was 2:104.
Directum got little the best Of the
start in the second heat too, and held 1t
easily, Kelly working things easy with
Dhectum, knowing that his adversary
could never overhaul him, and while
Andrews tried his best, Directum pass
ed under the wire fully four lengths to
tue good. The time for the second heat
was 2:07Z.
The third heat was the only one that
contained tinge Of interest. Ia this,
as in the others, Directum was from
neck to half length In advance when
the racers were told to 60, aud that ad-
vantage he increased TO a good
length before the first turn had been
rounded. MaScott hung on; like a
good game horse he would not be
shaken off. Andrews drove him eau
tiously but at the same time urged his
charge TO keep his head forward until
he was told to do more. The pair ran
for a half mile with Msscotps nose well
onto the wheels OF Directum's sulky,
and then the PAGER was called upon to
move up.
MASCOT SHOWED GOOD HEART.
and steady movement. His tried his
best to do what was hidden, but as he
attempted to improve his position
Kelly made a 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
So, 600 for him. Going up the hill
on the off side Of the track Directum
increased bis lead, always going
easily and smoothly more like
a machine in his perfect motion than a
living thing.
At a point within hundred yards OF
the finish, Andrews, although he knew
that he was beaten, kept his gelding
moving, but could not decrease the lead,
and Directum passed under the wire
good length ahead Of his opponent
The time of the last heat was 2:Os}[,
a 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 mads at Stockton. CAL, OF
27.23L.
To-day Pascal made the distance in
26:15, thus knocking of one minute
eight and quarter seconds from the
worlds record, and that. be it remem-
bered, on the usually slow Fleetwood
track.
Another record that was beaten on
the finely prepared track was that for
the members cup, to pc taken by any
members team that would beat the
record-2:l91f Matthew Riley's team,
CLAYTON and Reference, made the mile