St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-05
BLACK WHIRLWIND.
SPEEDY DfREcTUM BREAKS TEE
W0RLD's STALLf0R RECORD.
GOES AHEAD OF ALL TRoTTEHs

One-HaIf OF His Mile Was the
Fastest Ever Troited by Any
Horse on Any Track = How
Kelly Drove the Lightning
Stallion to His Wonderful
Victory.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-Directum, the
BLACK Whirlwind' from California.
today broke the worlds stallion record,
beat all four-year-old figures and went
ahead of all marks given to trotters of
five years. and one-half of his mile
was the fastest ever trotted by any
horse on any track.
The day was gala one. The holiday,
fine weather and. above all, match
less programme, brought to Fleetwood
park crowd such as 1t has not seen
during its long period OF existence
The grand circuit meeting wound up
with this day i'll glow of radiance.
From shortly before noon long line
OF men and women formed in front of
the two entrances OF the park entrance,
and it had not diminished one whit
when the gong sounded for the first
race.
The great feature of the day, and that
which afterwards attracted the great
majority of spectators, was the exhibit
ton by the mighty Directum. That
wonderful stallion entered to start
against the worlds record. The stallion
record of 2:0715 held by Stamboul. and
made on kite track; the crack record
OF 2:U61 made on last Thursday
by Nancy Hanks. and the Worlds
record of 2:04 made by the same mare.
Ii he succeeded in breaking the track
record he was to get purse of $1,000,
and there were few among the crowd
who did not think the stallion could
win the money. The only thing that
seemed to operate against a phenomenal
exhibition OF speed was the fact that
Dlrectum within six days had trotted in
no less than three hard races.
1t was just 4:23 O'clock when Di-
rectum made his appearance for his
first trial. Kelly was up behind him.
Tie track had been scraped and
everything looked favorable for fast
mile. Amid tumultuouS applause the
stallion trotted up to the distance post.
lie was logged around the circuit and
then scored three times before the real
trial began. When Kelly finally nodded
for the word the black whirlwind was
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running horse driven to sulky by ira
E. Nash. Kelly is far from being record
driver. He sent his horse right on
about his business, and the black stall
lion fairly flew to the quarter in 3014.
The Journey to the half was all down
hill although it had one turn.
The pole was passed i'll 1:001{, and a
wild shout went up from 5000 voices.
William Fasg, the jolly, rOund-faced
vice president of the association, rang
the starters bell, wildly waved his
hands and yelled in VAIN for order.
Now came the crucial test. Nash moved
the running horse up TO Directum'S
neck, and Kelly urged the black stallion
with all his skill. 1t was a hard test, but
Directum stood it. He passed the
three-quarters i'll 1927, and as he
did 50 the running horse was moved
up again. Turning into the stretch,
Kelly began slapplng the record
breaker with the reins. The
horse was pretty well winded, but he
continued on his journey at very fast
and even pace. Thirty yards from the
wire the black whirlwind appeared to
tire out. and despite the claps and
chucks of Kelly he tired to walk as
the watches clicked on the mile. There
was another record broken today. Pas
cal, black gelding, carefully and coll
ScientlOuSlY stepped five miles in l2:45.
The best previous record was held by
Lady Mac, Is minutes, gained Oh a track
in California as far back as 1874.
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