Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-08-23
JOE PATCHEN BEAT GENTRY
WON THE MATCH RACE Ar CHICAGO
IN STRAIGHT HEATS.
In tho First Two Heats Gentry Was
Factor In the Race. hut the
Third Heat Was Easy for
Joe ratchen.


| Gentry In straight heats The race took
place on the famous Washington park
! track. but as the wind that amounted al
! most TO a gale. blew all afternoon. sen-
satonai timc Performance was out Of the
| question, Tho three heats were covered In
2;o', 2.o7h 2.o1i,.
! Nevertheless, the contest Is regarded as
! one Of the most important that has taken
| place ON the trotting or pacing turf
| Patchen's victory was decisive and seems
! to put his claim to first place among har-
! ness racers beyond dispute. Twelve thou
! sand people saw the race ard the fact that
| betting was prohibited dil not deter the
crowd from showing a degree Of enthusiasm
| that is seldom oquale.i at a horse race.
| Gentry was undoubtedly a slight favoritc
! IN the public well wishers. but Patchcn
| was cheerod just the same. In what little
! betting there was outside the ira X Gentry
| also ruled favoritc at about ~ TO 2.
| horsomen were rronouncing * tho greatest
race In history In these two miles Gentry
WIS q riose contestant ani o, considering
cl as unprecedentol But the thlrd heat
went to the big black so easily that vet
etans were disposed to qualify their op'n-
Ion IN the pre-emncuce ot the race.
a. .ai,h ne start oi the race. advertised to be at
v.T vin5 Wi ,,,.t taeI33yed IN the, hone that ihe
strong from the western praires, which had
ipnneI u OF rs nvieoratng qualities. so
s,rsi, ~ ,it' ,Hils IN tNorN way Were
40 me Two giants OF speed Were called
u 5aurL I'on ,n" tralk, althouEh there hat been no
decrease IN the gale Curry and McHcnry.
the drivers, stood in the center Of the
,ya,,h ana tossed coin for advantage Of
EG2ssiiiiion: curry won and thus sot the pole.
VINE appearances do not count for
great deal In the case OF horses. patchcn's
Iooks were so decidedly better that It
caused mis siylncs In the minds Of Gentry's
supporters. Fat'hcn appeared full Of life
and spirit. Gentry looked tired ana when
theE scored for the first time Patchen clear
the second attempt and acted ugly. They
We're sent away on the NTH score together.
quarter Of miiS iei bv nsaTiy T iergtb 2SE
the first quarter being OS2 on the second
Quarter they had the wind az their backs
this pole Gentry began to crawl up and nd his his
trends tore sections out OF tho grand stand
as II it was no trouble az ain. The third
quarter was covered In O:3O nat the fastest
Of the race. Turning into the stretch Gen
supporters we're bdoy1nt, but ION on the he way '1'
to IN" wire the crowd was surprised to see
ratchen, without being touched by the
whip, come up on the outside. and on his
own gameness beat Gentry out 10y a good
the whip in this heat and # 1ool,ed 10 bs
"a fair test Of their speed
to the stretsh Th"n cnsuaG '; l NaE ion aronS an3
furious drive. McHtnry using the Win
GENTRY "a n
but about three feet Of tho two lengths
difference that had separated them af the
head of the stretch: bilt pafcber Mad hctb
speed and erduramte. ana Won Time bv
quarters. O:S3a4 O.S2 6:Sli5 0:30ia
Never did a horse show greater game
ness than Gentry diSplayed in this nllar-
ter. For a quarter of a. mile he stood la an
stt2fininE sti,fi! every nerve and being appar-
once did he show the slirhtest, incIinatiSn
to break
The third heat was easy all the way for
Tie for quarters, O:3Ia O3gts. N:3lts 0:Sis,
The only explanati6n offered after he
race by Driver Mcilenry and Owner Scott
was that their V,rs.e vas not in COndi- ton
I'VE made mis- take" they said 'in not
sending him to Cleveland after the Free
port race. The other horse was on edge,
ours was not.
Colonel Taylor, owner OF HatChen, said:
~ knew that my horse could heat him
any part Of IL from 100 yards to a mile
Had the race to-day been on the Terre
Halitc track with no wind the first heat
would have been in less than two min
utes."
Both horses will go to FleetW park
10 race next week. An attempt is being
made 70 get a match between Joe Patchen
ana FidUl here on SATURDAY. If this is
not done, Patghcu may 20 against time
only once race in addition 20 the special
was completed. That was the a-Vear-old
trot, in which Pat l., surprised the ex-
hbnst " Pat I H. made ' Fatal Fatal break in the S