Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-10
2.5OO PEOPLE

AL charter OaK FafR HesterOay-
 Directum and Flying Jib-Bicycle
 vs. Horse.
 HARTFORD. Nov. 9-About 9, 500 people shlvsred in the chill air at Charter Oak park this afternoon in the hope of seeing the great stallion Directum break his rec- ord of 2:054. The weather was too much for the trotters, however, and the best the fast black horse could do was 2:0S Fly ing Jib did a little better in his trial for a new record, making the circuit in 2:064, which equals the track record made by Johnson in 1889. The afternoons sport opened with the local race for trotters of the 2:30 class. There were six entries but only three starters, Minnie T., Lochin- var and John F. Jefferson. Lochinvar was ruled out after the first heat because the driver refused to carry weights. Minnie T. won the race in three straight heats in 2:34aa, 2:Ssa and 2:38t. Flying Jib was then driven against time by John Kelly. A stiff wind was blowing from the northeast, and this with the raw weather prevented any record break ing. The pacer gave remarkable exhibi-
 
 stances. The time for the quarters was :314, 1:124. 1:534 and mile 2:06f The mile was made without single break, the pacer getting down to the work like ma chine. Dick Biumenthsl then drove two year old by Director quarter in All, It was the first time the colt had been driven to suiky, and the youngster showed up we'll.
 Directum was then brought out for his otf at hroo he stallion was ia fine form, but the wind and the weather We're too much of 8 handicap. With running mate he made the mile ia 2:08. The quarters were :324, 1:03a, 1:36, 2:08.
 Sea King, the smallest trotting horse in | the world, weighing but 670 pounds, with | a record of 2:214, took hand at record | trying and did hls work in first class shape. He made the circuit in 2:23f and received ! 8 floral horseshoe of yellow and white chryz zanthemums, as did Flying Jib and Directum. He tro.ted the quarters in 36, Ill, 1:404 and 2:234.
 All three of the flyers went the mile without lifting nose and had the weather been more favorable there is but little doubt that the records would have been shaved down bit, for the track was in | excellent condition. A. W. Warren of l this city, champion of the L A w. of the | state with 8 record of 2:06 then scored
 with Flying Jib in the race between
 the wheel and the sulky. Warren was
 paced by Harry B. Arnold of New Britain
 and Messrs. Clark and McDuffy of Boston on tandem. The horse and the wheel men kept very close together as far as the ! three quarter pole, where the pacer forged
 ahead and came down the stretch several
 lengths ahead. He finished in 2:10, while Warren went under the wire in 2:15t The track was not in the best shape for wheel, being some
 what cut up by the trotters and this with a
 new wheel with which Warren was not fa-
 miliar, handicapped him somewhat. The
 program of the afternoon was brought to
 q close with a race between Charley 0.
 2:144, and Little Albert, 2:10, of the Mon ! roe Salisbury stable and Klick Klock, owned
 by Allen Risk, Willimantio, record 2:15i, Kuck Klock took both heats and the race
 hsndily. Her time in the first heat was
 2:l4a, beating her record; Little Albert
 was second. The second heat was made in 2:194, with Little Albert second also. The
 officers of the course were: Starter, J. A.
 Parker; judges, Morgan G. Bulkeley, Rob-
 ert N. Semms and Neamder Hall; timers,
 M. M. Morse, Morgan G. Bulkeley, clerk,
 Harry Fenn.