The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-15
MANY RECORDS BROKEN.
EVERYBODY IA TERRBl HAUTE IS
 WEARING 4 LONG RIBBON.

was the greatest rtcoFu-preahhb e"S
 ever seen on the track. Tonight every
 one is wearing long ribbon with the
 new record miles printed on 1t. Robert
 J. paced a mile in 2:oih; Carbonate
 lowered the two-year-old pacing record
 from 2.10 to 2:O9; John R. Gantry made
 the stallion record for pacers 2:os%' and
 did so in a race Directly tied Carbon
 ate's recYd of sao for two-year-oid
 pacers made earlier in the week; Joe Patchen paced mile in 2:04. beating the
 stallion record of 2:O5A. which held
 good until earlier in the day when Gen.
 try set the new mark, and Alix trotted a second mile In 2:04h In the same week,
 which never before had been done.
 Early in the day the weather was sul-
 try, threatening rain. The track was
 fast, and the horses announced for
 record miles were In first class condi-
 ton.
 In the unfinished free-for-all pace in
 which Hal Braden won heat pools
 were selling Braden $25 and John R.
 Gantry and Flying Jib the field, at $lS,
 Reflector having been distanced. The
 Gantry people were weak in their faith,
 too, because Braden had gone the first
 three-quarters yesterday at a speed
 that gave good hope of as good as 2:04
 at least. Flying Jib was crankier than
 usual this noon, and after several bad
 attempts to get away the Braden and
 Gantry horses were sent away with
 Jib dancing 100 yards back of the wire
 To the quarter the two contestants
 went together in 31 seconds, and at the
 half, which was made in 1:01A, Gantry was half length behind. At the three
 quarters, which was made in 1914 Nc
 Henry drove Gantry to a lead of half a length They came around on the stretch 50 placed, and two hundred feet from the wire Geers gave up hope with
 Braden, seeing which McHenry logged
 in with Gantry in 2,03%, which could
 have been 2:0ah or 2:O3k.
 Then the pool selling changed decid- edly back to Gantry as a favorite as he was before the first heat yesterday The barrel of money originally bet on him was made as near two barrels az his packers could find takers. In the next heat the two went away slowly, reaching the quarter in 32A as team, and were so at the half in 1:02h. Gen try took the lead at the three-quarters, which was passed in 1:S3A. Coming home the race was seen to be over, and
 Gantry was taking his time in 2:O6, Geers with Braden again relinquishing a futile effort to overtake the stallions, The third heat was exactly like the other two, except that the time was as slow as 2:o7A. t-
 It was 2:3O when Robert J. started to beat his own record of 2:02h. The at- mosphere was yet sultry, but the clouds had disappeared and the wind had gone down.. The king made bad break in the second scoring, but on the third attempt got away well in the center of the track, so that he might the better get around the first short turn of the four-cornered track. It was seen that he was at his best, and when the quar- ter was caught in 3O% hope was strong. The runner, who was making the pace, came alongside near the half in 1:00A, and the six thousand people broke into cheers. The three-quarters was reach- ed in 1:03A, making the middle of the mile in the phenomenal time of 59A seconds, or at the rate of 1:59. He came home strong and went under the wire with the apparent courage and effort of his first quarter. The 2:01h was put up at once. ,.-
 There was no dispute among either the official timers or the many expert timers among the horsemen gathered in the stand. The cheering which be- gan with the sight of the figures had not ceased when Geers came back to the wire with the Hamlin entry. The track was covered with the people. Some of them caught him up on their shoulders and carried him to the fence in front of the grand stand, where he was again received with cheers. Start CT Loper announced the mile and the record made and the people again broke into cheers Then President Hams of the Terre Haute Trotting as- sociation got into the stand and said 'The Terre Haute track does not need cheers; it Is always in it." And again | the crowd cheered.
 Soon afterwards Joe Patchen was brought out. He was to be sent to beat the stallion pacing record of 2:05A, held until Gantry's mile was made | earlier to-day. He went the first quar- ter in 3O1s, the half in 1:01X, the three quarters in 1:S2 and the mile in 2:04.
 Alix made 2:041s mile. She WAS not | equal to the task of lowering 1t. She acted badly in starting, and the "good l judges of horse racing" said that per- haps the racing queen was being asked | to do too much. She went to the quar- ter in BIZ, half second faster than on | to the half in 1:02X, Nancy Hanks time on the same track two | years ago and second faster than Alix | arrived there two days ago. She went l to the third quarter in l:sS, just as she did on the other occasion, but she could not come home fast enough. 1 When the 2:O41s was shown there was not a ripple of applause. The mile was 3 great one for the little mare, con- ,idering what she had been ' counted l upon to do this year. but the crowd l was unappreciative. 4
 Directly, the black son of the black whirlwind Direct. went to beat the 2:10 nile, made by the two-year-old pacing ,olt Carbonate the other day and which .:10 took quarter of second from the record made by Directly ] few weeks ago. but he could do no | better than tie the new record. Later