Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-09-02
. A NEW MILE MARK.
Star Pointer PAGES the Distance I'm
$50 IA Mt Readville, Mass ssss 4

SOO l~4 AT ktSaOSllIes
Boston, Aug. 3O.-Star Pointer, the
wonderful pacing stallion. owned by
James Murphy Of sChicago,,o on Sat-
urday wiped out forever the two-minute
mark and ended the controversy which
has been going on for years us to the
speed qualities Of the light harness
horse. Accompanied by runner, the
big bay Tennessee bred pacing stallion
went the distance in 1904. 1t was the
most wonderful performance ever made
by light harness horse and was wit
messed by about 5000 peoples. 1t was
the more wonderful because on Friday
Joe Patchen, with the great Geers be-
hind him, had made a shot at the mark
set by Robert J.. and John r. Gentry
and had failed to reach it bysa second
and half. Because of this it was not
thought possible his greatest rival in
the race line would get down below the
two-minute mark. I
The, great event occurred onthe track
at Readville. The track waskin excel
lent condition, and Star Pointer made
the record with hardly an effort. When
he started it was not thoughthe would
do better than 2:O2. When he passed
the quarter post in 80 secondshat, how
ever. there was intense excitement The
half mile was turned in :59A and the
third quarter in 1929. On the stretch
the. horse seemed to fairly fy,~sand
crossed the tape in the wonderful time
of 1:59A. Star Pointer was driven by
McClary.
When the big audience realized the
greatness of the performance mighty
shout went up. Men yelled as though
possessed. In the grand stand the own
err of the horse had his hand wrung un-
til it ached. Over the fences jumped
men who knew horse and driver orwho
were carried away with the enthusiasm
of the moment. Hardly had McClary
got the horse to a standstill before they
had him on their shoulders and he was
borne down the stretch to the Judges
stand, and there, as the band played
Hail to the Chief" he was introduced
to the throng. A tip of theshat, and
then renewed applause for tie horse.
owner and trainer rang out.nfA sfairer
mile was never timed. Not a watch in
the stand but what agreed With the
time announced, while on the other
side of the stretch the watches in. the
grand stand caught it equally fast or
better, not one slower. C. W. Marks,
also of Chicago. and owner of Joe
Patchep, the greatest rival of Pointer,
looked at his watch earnestly and then
remarked: IF anything, the mile was
faster. rather than slower. My watch
barely got over to the fifth of the Sec
ond. It was 1:59 performa nee" s
Star Pointer and Joe Patchen,. the
PAGERS, have been matched for mile
race at Mystic park on September II
for purse of 1000, the winner to take
all.
s Istar Pointer is Tennessee product.
having been bred from pure pacing stock
by 81. =. Pointer, of Spring Hill, Tenn
The horse is noV eight years old and came
prominently before the public in 1895, when
q. Geers gave him mark Of 2:041s In 1896
he was considered unsound, and was sold
at auction to Edward Mills, Of Boston.
for $500. Last year he won the fastest
three-heat race <on record, took a race
mark of 2:02h and defeated all the horses
in the free-for-au brigade with the excep-
ton of John r. Gentry, and the owner
of the latter would not give Star Pointer
chance late In. the season. Last winter
sthe Boston owners found him too valuab BILE
for them and he was sold in February
in New York at auction to his present
Chicago owner for $15,6OO.]
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