The Portland daily press., 1896-08-22
WORLDS RECORD BROKEN
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the air and while his delighted grooms
were blanketing him and absolutely hug
ging him with delight, he acted as if he
understood it all and maintained his
kingly dignity although the crowd of ex-
cited men crowded about him
to touch his glossy skin, his blanket
or. even the sulky, Joe Patchen knew
what it was all about and took it as his
royal dude. A stallion of his breeding
cares naught for waving hats, yelling
men or jostling crowds
But Jock Curry came in for his share
Of the glory. He was fairly lifted out of
the sulky and would have been carried
to the judges stand on the shoulders of
the crowd, but Jock would not have it
SO. lie turned to smooth the neck of tho
wonderful stallion moment and then
occupied himself with shaking the hands
OF two hundred or more men who
crowded about him to offer congratula-
tions.
When Curry came into the press box to
send telegram to Col. John S. Taylor
of Chicago, who owns Joe Patchen, his
face was flushed with excitement. He
looked and talked like the happiest man
in the world, and there is little doubt
but that fer the moment ne was. He said
he felt sure that with perfect day he
minutes, statement which all were
ready to believe at the time. rD
Next to Jock Curry the happiest people
at the track were Manager Farnham, the
track directors and above all Mr.. J. E.
Barrett of Deering. The latter gentle
man had two reasons for feeling elated.
In the first place he owns Emma Vest
land, In whose veins flows great
amount of the same blue blood that dis
tinguishes Joe Patchsn. This stallion is
by Patchen Wilkes, dam Josephine
Young by Joe Young. Emma Westland
is by Westland, who is by Col. West out
of Ida Patchen by Mambrino Patchen,
the latter stallion being the sire of the
dam Of Patohen Wilkes, who is the sire
of Joe Patchen.
The othsr reason for MIR. Barrett's
elation lies in the fact that he was the
prime mover in the building of Rigby
park, and helped to build it. Rigby
park once bog, now one of the 4 most
famous racing tracks in the country.
Rigby was built in 1899, and opened
that fall. 1t has always been a fast
track. Nelson went on it in 2. 90 in 1892,
Directum placed the track record at 2.OS
and fraction two years later and there
;,,a
2. 03 and probably will remain there for
some time.
Joe Patchen's record of yesterday
should not be confounded with that of
the famous pacing gelding Robert j.,
who holds the worlds record of 2.01A.
Robert j. is gelding while Joe Patohen
is stallion and that is where the differ
enee comes In.
Joe Patohsn is seven years old and
very handsome black stallion. This is
his third season of campaigning. He
made his mark of 2.04 at Terre Haute
Ind, in 1894, and equalled it again at
Sioux City last year. Last week at Com.
park he went over the tack In
2. 0o14 beating the world g record for half
mile tracks. He is owned by Col. John
S. Taylor of Chicago, wealthy man in
whose family Joe Patohen has ALWAYS
been owned. Today Joe Patchen will be
shipped to Readville park the new track
near Boston where he will appear next
W eek with John r. Gentry, Robert J..
Frank Agan and other famous ones in
free-for-an race. Last night, however,
the most famous stallion in the world |
slept az horses sleep at Rigby park. His
dreams must have been of the rosiest
kind for to be horse with q mark o
LOB is something that few horses have
'ven dared to dream of.