Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-20
ROBERT ]. LOWERS THE RECORD.
The Great PAGER Makes q Sensational Per-
forinancc on the Terre Haute Track by
Doing Mile in =. O2H-Other Records.

The Great PAGER Makes a Sensational Per-
forinance on the Terre Haute Track by
Doing Mile in =. 02J5-Other Records.
TERRE HAuTE, lSD., Sept. l4.-This was
day reveling III sensations at the Terre
Haute track, and when the evening shades
fell on the famous race course three worlds
records had been broken. Robert j. paced
q mile in the phenomenal time of 20ld,
the fastest time ever gonein harness; John
II. Gentry, in the second heat of the free
for-all pacing race. beat the worlds stall
lion record held by Direct, cost, since
the fall of 1892, aud Carbonate of the
Dubois string, again reduced the world Is
2-year-old pacing record, this time from
2.l0 to 200.
Alix. 2.o4, started against her own record
and that of Nancy Hanks, and made the
mile in 2.0i4, the second fastest mile ever
trotted, and Directly, 2.l0, the black son
of the great Direct starting to beat the 2
year-old pacing record, made the mile in
2l0.
Joe Patchen. 2.06, starting to beat the
worlds stallion record, paced in 2.04, q
great performance, overshadowed slightly
by the fact that but an hour or so before
Gentry had clipped the worlds record to
2O33.
The quarters of Robert US marvellous
mile were JOY, l.00s l.3U4 and 20l1. How
evenly gainted this mile was may be seen
by glance at the quarters, paced respec-
lively in 3la 30, 29t and Sit seconds.
Robert j. finished strong and the great
mile did not seem to have tired him.
Robert ]. is trotting bred, and shares the
same strains Of blood that course through
the veins of kremlin, 2.073, and Pixley,
2.0St. Robert j., now u years old, was
sired by Hartford, sire Of one trotter and
two PAGERS in the $50 list son of Harold
by Hambletonian 10. Harold sired Maud
s., 20S4. and Lord Russell, sire of Kremlin
2,074. Jay Gould, son of Hamblet0nian
10, was the sire of Pixley and Of Gerald
inc, dam of Robert J.
Robert j. made his first start in 1892,
when he was distanced by Glendennis in
30, but he beat Glendennis the next week
in 2224 and later drove Flying Jib out in
2091 and 2.0Sl. His 4-year-old record was
2.00i. He was not beaten in his many
races last year, and made record of 2.O54.
JOHN R. GEYTRY's GREAT HEAT.
The freefor-all pacing, carried over
from yesterday, with one heat won by
| Hal Braden, developed the great mile by
| John r. Gentry in the first heat paced to-
| day. This event was the first called. Fly
ing Jib acted badly, and caused much
scoring by his failure to catch his stride.
Finally Braden and Gentry We're sent
| away, leaving Jib in the rear, to make the
greatest race ever paced by stations. The
| two PAGERS were at the first quarter in 81
| seconds, Braden leading by d bare length
1t took 800 more seconds to reach the half
Hraden leading, but with Gentry only
half length behind, and coming like re
sistless fate. A furlong and half further
there was yell, as McHenry gave Gentry
his head and passed Hal Braden to gail
about length and hold it to the end
They were at the third quarter in 1.3li. ;
| oOl1 rate the quarter being 201 rnt
last quarter was iii 32l, and the mile il
2.03s.
John r. Gentry finished easy. and within
himself, as McHenry did not make
move. The mile was ilawless, without
skip Poor Jlb, who only yesterday fur
nished a temporary sensation by going Il
the half in Lola, was distanced.