Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-28
BUMPS GREAT PERFORMANCE.
Beats Worlds Record for Mile to
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Louisville, Sept. 2S.-Bumps. brown
geiding owned by c. *. G.. Billings, OF
Chicago. lowered the worlds record to
wagon yesterday afternoon at the track
OF the Louisville Driving and Fair AS
ISOLATION. Nearly 5000 people saw
Bumps pace the mile in 2:05t. one and
on,-half seconds faster than any horse
ila@i ever gone the distance before un-
der similar conditions. He Went to the
first quarter in 50 seconds and the half
in one minute, a two minute gait for
the mile.
The best time Bumps had ever made
previous was 2:oAL., and no one had amy
idea that he could even lover his own
record. especially as he was attached
TO a four Wheeled wagon, whereas his
previous record had been made TO a two
wheeled sulky.
Every condition favored the attempt
The track was lightning fast-faster
that ii ever was before there was no
wind to speak Of and Bumps WAS eX
actly tit for the race of his life.
Bumps performance, OF course. was
The star feature of the afternoon. or of
the meeting for that matter. It was
20 O'Clock when Driver w L. SNOW,
OF Buffalo, brought him out. After a
couple of warming-up spins, Mr.. Snow
nodded to the timers that he was ready
and the geiding shot down the brown
path. Immediately a cheer went ur
from the crowd, for 1t was seen and
understood that If Bumps kept up the
pace he started with some records We're
sure to fall. Around the turn he sped
as true as a bullet, and half a dozen
watches clicked off the time for the
first quarter as 0.2ssz When the official
time was announced at 0:3o a roar went
up from the crowd.
Far across the track Bumps was
speeding to new glory. AS he dashed
past the half-mile pole the time regis
ter clicked out the numerals ZOO.
Bumps had gone to the half mile in
one minute fiat, a two-minute gait fol
The nile and several seconds better
lhan any other horse had gone the
same distance attached to a wagon.
AT the half-nlile pole a running mate
attached to a sulky. picked up the pace
and set a furious clip down the bach
stretch to the three quarter pole. which
was reached in the marvelously fas
time of l3i Here another running
horse joined Pumps and both runners
raced each other and Bumps to the
wire.
II was thrilling sight they pre-.
sented as they came down the home
stretch. Bumps was close in near thu
RAN. He was little in advance of thu
runners. his body being low, while his
/ legs spread out With great ground
covering strides AS he came on ant
Ion his hoof-beats on the hard tract
sounded like the roll of a snare drum
Those symmetrical legs worked up anc
down like the piston-rods of an engn.
/ set to its utmost speed. The driver.
behind the runners We're whipping thei
\ charges With might and main, and the,
/ We're running as if lives depended on it
1 Then, with men and boys throwing
their hats and caps in the air and ever,
/ person VINO looked on yelling, Bump
! dashed under the wire a winner. Tel
I seconds later the time machine CLICKED
off the record, 2.o3i4.
AS Snow drove the geldng back t.
/ the track and almost wrung off tn
4 hand of the driver On all sides it wa
4 conceded to have been wonderful
4 performance Bumps is brown geld
/ ing by Baron Wlkes-Queen Ethel, b.
/ Strathmore.
/ The best previous performance unde
the same conditions was made by Jo
/ Patcfen at Joliet, H., last year, abou
a week before the Louisville meetin,
4 began. At the time it was predicte,
4 that Patchen's record would stand 70
many years to come.