The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-22
POINTER is FASTER
DEFEATS PATOHEN IN STRAIGHTS
AT WASHINGTON PARK.

Undoubtedly the Fastest Fourth Quar-
ter, Which L. Known to = Moral Ger.
tainty to Have Been Covered In :e9, a
1:56 Gait, After q Second Quarter In
80 lie, 1858 Gait-wonderfuI Work
by the Lay and the Black.
Chicago. Aug. 21.-Those who went to
the washington Park course this after
neon, and there were some 10 90 OF them.
saw the fastest first heat ever paced and
probably the fastest fourth quarter. The
| conditions were good for fast time The
track vas springy and fast and the
weather was warm, but during the earl
Ter part Of the afternoon, there was quite
a little breeze, which the PAGERS had 10
breast through the half-naile OF the back
| stretch.
! The chief event on the card was the
match race between Joe Patchen, with a
record OF POI 1-2, and Star Pointer. rec
ord Of 2:01 S-4. The conditions were that
they should pace three heats and 10 have
the inside position alternately. The toss
| Of a coin gave Patchen the pole in the
first and third heats. Notwithstanding
this advantage, and the fact that he
| had a quarter OF second the better of
! his opponent in the matter OF records,
| the race demonstrated that Star Point
er was too fast for him, at least on this
| occasion, for the latter won all three OF
the heats handily, autfooting the black
| horse.
! Fur the first heat they were given the
word and went away we'll together.
| Round the first turn Patchen secured a
| lead OF a length. The first quarter was
covered in 80 1-2, a 2:02 gait, which
! proved to be the rating for the heat.
! Turning into the far side they faced the
wind, but Pointer began to come up
| tapping his antagonist, and the pace was
| increased. the half-mile being done in
100 flat, or 20 1-2 seconds for the second
| quarter, a 1:5S gait. Then the wind and
the terrific pace began TO tell on them,
and the timers caught them at the
three-Quarters post in 30 I-2 or POI
gait for the third quarter. At this point.
Pointer, travelling on the outside. had
fallen an open length behind Patchen.
Swinging into the stretch, McClary call
ed on the bay horse and ne responded
gamely, with one Of the greatest bursts
OF speed ever seen on trotting track.
Steadily, inch by inch, he crept up on
the black stallion. Curry shook up his
horse. lifted him, laid the lash with
singing emphasis on his flank He re-
sponded nobly and let out another link,
pacing without a waver, like a piece OF
we'll balanced machinery. But. 60 ever
50 fast, he could not shake off the big
bay. Inch by inch Pointer crept up on
him. Now the cry was "Patchen wins
as they neared the wire; but It was met
with the answering cry Pointer wins"
and he did win, but it was only in the
last half-dozen strides and only by
nose. The time for the mile was 1902,
and a fast heat record was marked UP.
This made the time OF the last quarter
20 IL seconds II the fact that Star
Pointer was an open length to the bad
when the judges caught Patchen's time
a, the three-quarters post is taken into
consideration, II is evident that Pointer
must have paced the last quarter in
about 20 seconds. or at 1856 gait. which
was probably never before equalled in
the fourth quarter OF a race in which a
previous quarter had been paced at a
1:5S gait.
The strength with which Pointer I'm |
ished IN this heat made IL almost fore |
gone conclusion that he would win the |
second heat and the race, especially as
he would have the pole in that heat. |
When they were given the word. they /
went away at evens, but Pointer was |
never headed, and won at will by two |
open lengths in 2:G IA. The first quar- |
ter was covered in 80 seconds the half |
in 100 3d. and the threequarters in
> 80 ID
The third heat was repetition Of the |
second. and was done in 2:04 flat. The /
first quarter was covered in 80 1-2 sec
onds. the half in LOO and the three-quar-
ters in :33 1-2.
II took four heats to decide the PHI
pacing event, Lady Nottingham taking
three Of those. In the third heat Dick
lost his footing and fell Just as he
rounded into the home stretch, throw
ing his driver, Meagher, heavily 20 the
ground and injuring MIN quite severely.
though not dangerously. The horse es-
capped with a few scratches. Summary
~ the 2:11 pace: Lady Nottingham won |
second. third and fourth heats. Time
III 1-2: 2:11 IL: 2:10 "a. Tuty Wilkes
won first heat in 2:10 1-2. Doc Archi-
bald. Captain Crouch, Thorndine and
Dick also started.
After the first heat o. the Pointer
patchen race. the sulkless. driverless
PAGER, Marion Mills. was brought on
Ind sent against her record. 2.o+ 81.
She PAGER steadily TO the quarter in 30
seconds. a POS gait. kept L up to the
half at the same rate. in 1:oi, and then
stopped. Later she was given another
-isl. but loafed through L. The first
quarter was done in 80 ID. the half in
,05 -. .be three-quarters n Ia. and
ne mile in PIP "a
Thin and impure blood IS made rich
nd heal1hful by taking Hoods Sz.sa-
,ariIla.
ONE BANK ROBBER A WOMAN
ian. That Robbed the PiueviIIe, NO. Bank