The evening world., 1894-09-01
A MILE IN 200 3-4.
Robert ]. Breaks the Pacing
Record at Fort Wayne.
This Also Makes a New Record
for Harness Racing.
A Table Giving tho Work of Cham
pions Since 1891.

pions Since 1891.
All the turf world is talking this
morning Of Robert Us wonderful rec.
| ord l., eaking mile at Fort Wayne, Ind
Robert J. is gray gelding. by Hart
ford. dam by Jay Gould. and he paced
| a mile in 203 GA yesterday against time,
breaking the worlds pacing record and
also making a new record for harness
| racing.
This performance was fitting climax
to what has proved a most wonderful
| month in the matter of record breaking
and marks another step toward the
| two minute mile, which is SO widely pre-.
! diCtcd Records have been smashed at
sea and ashore. and during the past week
| two track records were beaten by crack
| runners at Sheepshead Bay All over
| the country, during the month OF Aug
| ust. the totting and pacing marks have
been steadily lowered until an almost
new list of champions have been re.
corded
Robert Us wonderful mile yesterday
| by a swift running mate The track, 1t
| is said, was not in the best of condition,
which makes Robert - work all the
more praiseworthy: The gelding came
al
and Geers nodded for the word.
The starter shouted Go" and the
echoes had hardly died away when Rob
ert j. was at the quarter in 30 "a sec
| onds.
The watches clicked at the half in
| l,ol IL, and this was "A reCordhreakine
clip. It seemed impossible that the geld
ing could keep 1t up. The three-quarters
ing kept up the terrific pace. His &C
ton was perfect and he was going with
no perceptible effort. He swept into the
stretch like whirlwind and flashed by
the wire In 2.O3 "a, beating all previous
records made to harness. The best rec
ords up to yesterday were those Of Mas.
cot adnt'lying Jib, both of whom had
| of trotters, also held a record of 2.04.
The following table. furnished by
| The Spirit of the Times" will be found
names. breeding, date and place of per-
| Torrance of the champion trotters and
PAGERS in races and against the watch
| also whether made on kite or regula..
| ton track, up to the present date. All
records made since 1891 have been made
to bicycle sulky:
TrOtt"rs.
FASTEST YEARLINGS-COLT AND FILLY.
rlnsy McGreggor, chestnut ally. by Robert
Kan nov. IS, 1888, race Rtts.' o.o" 2a'.
| AIdell b. e, by Adverttscr-Beoutiful Bells.
| by The Moot; Woodland, cal, Aug. 7,
'' Two-YEAR.oi..Ds- COLT AND 'FiiIN.
Arion bay coli, by Electionser-M
by Nutwood; stockton. tai, Nov. TO- 1891;
silicon bay aliy. BY Silhouette,
Il lses; race, regulation; 2lSs
Fantasy, bay hlly, by Chimes-IIomora, by
iSo5; race regulation. ..,'''.,.,..,..'', 2Osa.
Arion bay colt by Electioneer-Mannette,
1897 time, regulation. .:1O'4
piregtnm. bach stallion. by D!rGc,or.stCm-
winder by Venture, Nashville. Tenn,
oct Is 1893, race, regulation. ........... 2o5L
Aim"nar'hi Fort wayne Ind Aug 81 ~
| FivE.YEAR. oiDs--coIT AND MARE
Krcmlin. bay stallion, bv Lord Russell
Evcntide. by woodford Mambrn1 Nash
Mc, Tenn. Nov II. 1882: time, regula-
AK bay mare by Patronage Atlanta. by
Auorney Chicago H. Sept a. 1898;
'"'' ''S"' woRlns RECORD. -V'''
Nancy Hanks, bay mare, by Happy Me-
dium-Nancy Loe h y Dictator Terre
lIaute Ind, Sept Is, 1892; time, regua-
w." ''''''' STALLION RECORD. ''''''''' -''
pitcctum black stallion by nircrtor-
| Stemw ndcr by Venture; Nashville,
| Tenn, oct, is 1893, race regulation.... 205i.
GELDING RECORD
| RNland T., bay gcldinE, by Ledger. jr-
| May, 10y INVERSION; cleveland, o. July
RECORD TO sl'I.KY.
| nrcrtum black stallion, hy Drector-S'em-
Oct IS 1898 regulation ''' 2O5,4
| To WNGuN-RNCE
| AlN, bay mare. hv Patronage-AtIanta by
Attorney; Tcrre Hhutc, Aug. Il, ls9i.,. 2O5i.
PAGERS.
YEARLlNG COLT AND Fully.
ward; Lyons NeD oct, ii, isl: time
RD H,eS n,y coli, sos,.p,oossc, Ian, 22oN