St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-21
NEW TWO-YEAR-OLD RECORD
OF 2:O7 S-4 Made by the
Youngster on the Gales
burg Track.
ROBERT j DIDN'T SCORE
Failed to Equal His Record by
a Full Seeond--Online
Did Great Work.

GALEsBURG, H., Sept. 20.-But one
record was broken today and that was
by Monroe Salisbury's wonderful two
year-old PAGER Directly, who sent the
two-year-old record down from 2:09 to
2:01$4, and a, the same time reduced
his own record two quarter seconds.
This performance was witnessed by
10000 people, and created intense en-
thusiaSm. 1t was the second special
event of the afternoon, following Robert
Us failure to reduce his record. The
conditions were extremely favorable,
the track being very fast and weather
superb. Directly got away on the
first score, and Mcdowell driving him.
The coli was moving with great speed
and evenly, and needed no other
urging than all occasional word
from Mcdowell. He had the
pole. and just behind him was
thoroughbred running mate. The gait
proved a remarkable one, showing
steady improvement. The first quarter
was gone i'll :32. the half in l:041a. the
three-quarIers in 1861, and the mile
in 2:07X. The gait was perfect from
start to finish. and the result set the
crowd wild with enthusiasm. The re.
ductiOn of II seconds at one clip was
deemed an event worthy of cheers.
When Williams made the announce
ment there were loud cries for Nc
Dowell, and the famous driver was
obliged to 20 up into the grand stand
and acknowledge the ovation. In ap-
nouncing him. Williams said:
II Introduce to you William Mellow
ell, who drove Alix yesterday in 2:OSM,
and has just driven Directly in 2:07s4.
beating the two records in as many
days, a feat no driver Oh earth has here
tofore accomplished" 70 horsemen
the
Remarkable Feat
about the perfect performance was the
increase OF speed and the strong show
ing made in the last quarter. BY quar-
tiers the rating is: :32, 1924, 1914 and
:3115.
1t was $40 o'clock when Robert
was sent off Oh a second scoring. In a
warming heat he had made the circuit
in 2:11. and there was general feeling
that he would pace Il great mile, even If
he failed 10 beat his own record. Ed
Geer was the driver. On the judges
stand was c. J. Hamiin. the owne: of
Robert j. Near by him was John Ii.
Tesh, of Goshen, Ind. the owner Of
Onlne, the fast three-year-old PAGER.
Chandler drove the running mate.
Robert J made the first quar-
ter in 80, and expectation was
high. The half was made i'll 1:20T,
but in the third quarter the great stall
lion slowed up. making the pole in
1:3lM. The mile was made in 2:O2I.
BY quarters the time was, 80, :3015;
:314 and 81. Driver Geers assigned
two reasons for the failure of the PAGER,
namely: The track was trifle too hard
for Robert Us feet and that he was fear
full of the crowd that filled the entire
track, save few feet next the pole.
Online was next sent to beat his rec
ord of 2:0714. He went strong, steady
mile, equaling his mile without appar-
ent effort. Chandler drove the PAGER
and Geers the running mate. The
quarters were made in :3l19. :32, :3l4
and 324, or 2:074 for the mile. The
other events of the afternoon were un-
usually good Summaries: