The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-05
FLYING JIB HAS
BEATEN WIS7NON7.
PAGES a Mile in One Minute
Fifty-Eight Seconds and
a Quarter.
GREAT AUDIENCE
SIMPLY GOES WILD.
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE
OF RACES.
Other Worlds Records are Also
Broken by Onauun and Sidmont-
One of the Greatest Days Ever
Seen on the Turf in America
Directly Driven to Beat His Rec
ord, but Fails.

Chillicothe, O., Oct. 4.-The grand
Island and ground on the fourth dAy of
the Driving Park meeting was filled
Ito overfowing, fully 10000 people being
present The chief feature of the day
was the special in which Flying Jib
was to go against the worlds pacing
Irecord of 2:1034, which was made by
Westmont at Chicago ten years ago.
Monroe Salisbury, the owner of the
lpacer, drove out Jib and a running
mate attached to a pneumatic tire in
the wagon and the famous Californian
land his flyer were greeted with cheers
lby the immense audience. After TAX
ling a turn around the track, Andy
Mcdowell, the only driver that ever
drove a PAGER in less than two min
utes, mounted the seat and took the
reins.
He got away Immediately and it was
apparent to every horseman the chap
was a record breaker if he kept it up.
At the quarter the pace was unbroken
and as he lit out for the half his speed
was manifestly increasing. The flag
man was not at the quarter post, ow-
ling to a misunderstanding, and the
Judges watches were pressed for the
first time at the half, which Flying
Jib reached in SO fat. At the three
Quarters the great PAGER appeared tc
falter, but here the time was also lost
and if any speed was to be made il
/ was on the stretch as the last half was
| made in 59H. When the wonderful
lpacer darted under the wire Starter
iLoper had to ring the bell to quell the
riot of cheering threats. Once it was
quiet again, Starter Lopez said: eve
| have witnessed something which nc
audience in the world has seen before
You have seen the fastest mile thai
was ever paced. Flying Jib has beat.
en- Westmont and made the mile il
1:5SA."
The audience once more broke ou
into cheers and applauded the PAGER
as Andy Mcdowell brought him up il
front of the judges stand He tool
off his cap and acknowledged the sa
lutte that was given him. The mil,
that Jib went and the time is tn
more remarkable when the condition
are taken into consideration. All da,
g. strong wind was blowing and the ali
twas cold and clammy. The wine
caught the horse as it came I'D tn,
I back stretch at the large loop but h
forged ahead.
AhoIHeT WOrlu record was broken b.
OnaQua, the game little Iowa trotter VIII
has been doing battle with Expressive AM
was beaten at Terre Haute She trotteC
under the wire in the first heat of thu
three-year-old race in 2:1154, taking tn
worlds three-year-old trotting record
Still another worlds record was broker
by Sidmont, by Sidney, out of the grea
brood mare Forleaf, the dam of Thistle
2:134, and Gold Leaf, 2:11A Sidmont wen
against time and smashed the three-year
old stallion record, going the mile il
2101s, reducing the record by Brookside
full second
Directly, the champion two-year-ol
PAGER, was driven a heat to beat hi
record by Mcdowell, but failed, comm
under the wire in 2:09A.
Tomorrow, Alix goes to beat 2:03% an
Vassar to beat John r. Gentry's pacin
record of 2:0SA.
2.13 pace purse S600-Coast Boy won frs
fifth and sixth heats. Time-211is, 2:121
2:11M White Line won second and thir
heats Time 2:14s4, 2:13h. Maggie wo
fourth heat. Time-2:1314. Belle ] ais
started.
Three-year-old and under, trotting, purs
81, OG0-Onaqua won .irst and second heat
and race Time-2:11A, 2141a. Red Blu
also started. Dentine distanced.
2:1S class pacing. purse S1,VO0-Patt1e
won in three straight heats. Time-2:l2l
PA 2:1314. Chief Justice and w. l.. ais
Free-for-alI trot, purse $1,200-Burn'
won in three straight heats. Time-2I
2:16, 2:20.