Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-15
All Records Broken by the Great
Horse.
cARsoNATE's FAST MILE


Terre Haute, Ind. sert. 1.-THE
worlds records went glImmerlng over
the Terre Heu,e track today, which
tonight holds all but two OF the fast
est three heats paced and sht fastest
two-yoar-old pacing records. There is
hung tonight the fastest mile ever
gone by a horse in harness, Robert
j., 2.Ol IL. The mile OF Nancy Hanks
an Alix each In 2,Ot. the worlds
record for four-year-old trotters made
by Fantasy In 2,O6. the fastest six
heat race ever gone by three-year-
old, Exprcssive's great race three
weeks ago; the fastest two-year-old
trotting race, oakland's BaroHs mile
In 2lGi WhirligiFs threc-year-old pao-
ing record OF 2IO; the stallion pacing
record of 9'O3 "a by John X. Gentry
and the stallion record OF 300 by joe
Patchen; the marvellous mile by
two-year-old PAGER. done by Carbonate
Ia 300 and his previous record OF 2iO
tied by Directly. That Is wlty the
town is wild tonight
Geers was up behind Robert j., and
at the second trial the word was
given The clip was SO fast that the
pace-maker fell behind, the first
quarter being done ia 80 50 seconds
Up the hill he went at even a faster
gait and WIS at the halt IN roo 81.
Down the third quarter the unbeaten
a 4 %
seconds marked his time for that
quarter. and he was at the three
fourth pole In 1880 ~ Goers with
rein and voice gently reefed the geld
ing, who came true and sironh, never
for a moment waverng under the tor
rife trial and moment Liter Gccrs
landed Robert j. under M Wire IN
2.Oi 10.
Pandemonlum broke loose. Men
shouted themselves hoaSse. tossing
hats and canes la the air. women set
aside dignity, waved handkerchiefs
aud parasos TO the melody Of their
more resonant applause. There were
choCrs for horse, for driver and Tor
the owner. Mr. Hamln. and Geera
was lifted from the sullNy and car
rled up the stretch on the shoulders
/ Of admitting friends,
Scarcely less marvellous was the per-
/ Torrance OF the twu-yenr-old PAGER
! Carbonate. Half mn hour before his
Z only rival, Directly. had gone TO lower
I the mark made by Carbonate ON
/ Wednesday. But the fast son Of Direct
/ was unequal to the task. and could
! do no better than tie II, Then came
/ Carbonate, the son OF Superior. He aid
/ the first quarter IN ~ i-2. went 10 the
half In at 2.0S clip. doing the half in
| .03 L.. In tho third quarter he was
] going az going at 200 gait. doing the
/ "a In 1896. His tender mouth cauHed
| him TO falter when Curry took the
reins TO reef him. II was but for a
moment and again he was away and
/ landed the heat In 300 FIAT. and lower
! ed the worlds record for 2year-old
/ colts.
The marvellous mile Of Gentry was
made In the opening heat OF tho free
/ fOr-all pace. carried over from Wodnca.
I day. when he did a mile In 203 i-2 and Il
/ caught the mile as fast 209 i-2. aud Il
was believed that had the pace maker
gone after the black a-year-old lit
tie harder. the Patchen wilkes horse
| would have done the mile IN goo
There was great disappointment over
! the performance uf AK with 80 per-
feet day and track, u was thought
the mare could make new worid'a
record for trotters. But she had tied
the Nancy Hanks record on Monday.
/ and IL was too much 10 make Sec
/ Ond effort the same week Besides, she
seemed nervous. She did not get away
strong. taking 81 10 seconds to do the
first quarter. When the half was reach
ed In l.02 ~. the crowd dropped back.
The Gown-hlll third quarter was reachl
ed IN the same time os the second. Then
hope was abandoned by silent crowd.
on she came At stlll slower rate, and
did the mile In 2:Oi 10.
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