The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-03
FEAT OF DAN PATCH
PAGES MILE IN FRACTION ovEF
TWO MINUTES.
Does Second Quarter in 30 Seconds
Flat and Half in One Minute
Broke Record of His Sire and
was Pulled up in Stretch.

Columbus. O., August 1.-The feature of
the closing day of the Grand Circuit trot-
ting meeting was the successful attempt
of the undefeated pacing stallion Dan
Patch to beat the record OF MS famous N,s
sire Joe Patchen, 2:0l Ia. Driven by his
trainer, Myron McHenry, the handsome
brown horse circled the track in ZOO "a,
half a second faster than his sire's rec
ord. The quarters were as follows; 81, -,
30 1-2 80 1-2 The horse finished pulled up
and there Is no question that ne could
have made the mile in two minutes nat
or even faster If McHenry had driven
him out in the last quarter The track
was lightning fast and the weather warm
and calm when McHenry brought the
great stallion out for the trial. The first
quarter around the turn was paced IN 81
seconds. When he turned into the back
stretch McHenry let him ny ana the halI
was reached in one minute fiat. The thlrd
quarter around the upper turn. was pac-
ed in 80 IA and the horse was going SO
easily when ne Strengthened away Tor
the wire that II was evident that he could
not fail to break the record. About fifty
yards from the wire McHenry began to
pull Dan Patch, and succeeded in partial
ly stopping him before the mile was
finished Mr.. McHenry made the follow
ing statement to the Associated Press
after the trial:
INV intention was to drive Patch
mile close to POI Ia. but not quite reach
ing that mark, thus escapin gthe pen
alty of the record and leaving the horse
in the 204 class He was so good, how
ever and paced so easily that we made
faster time than l intended. When l saw
that he was certain to beat old Joe
mark | tried to stop him, but could not
slow him up in time. l am sorry now that
l did not drive him out, for l am sure
that / could have come the last quarter
in % seconds or better, equaling or low
ering Star Pointers record of 1853 IA He
will do it before the season is over"
The races were tame and uninteresting,
the only redeeming feature being Roa-
mems clean cut victory in the I'll pace;
his record to 2:05 IA. Summaries:
The 2:23 class pace. $500:
Willie Osborne. b. h.. by Charles
Derby dam Directress Pen-
Dr. Harmon CHI. g. (Wels) "a 2
Ted, blk. g. Cvalentine) ..........3 4 sdr
Hasyen ~; ;.:..'''''''''''''''''''''''[S ,s III
ca Tme ne Hif 1r4; 2:is a. PA IA; S:s5
Special to beat 2:01 IA pacing: Dan
Patch, br. h, by Joe Patchen (McHen-
ry), won. Time. 81; 100: 80 IA; 200 "a
2:N class trot. 1880:
Rachel, b. gr. m. (Middleton) 80 2 4
Roam Wilkes, 70. g. (Greer) ........3 2
Ashland Cassell ...................4 8
Valwood .....'.'..'...'..''.''.'..' .
Aerolite :....'..''.'.''''''''''.'.' 3 .
Daisy Direct ......................S s 5
Lucy Lee =. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6
Time. 2:15 Ia; PA IA; 2:17 Ia.
2:11 class pace, $1,000.
Ida Lynne 1StahD ....................1 1
Billy H, b. h. (Fisher) .................2 8
Donna McGregor, b. m kirby ......S 2
Don Riley ..............-........-..
Frank :. ...''..............'.'..... .
Pinchenwilkes =. .........................o 8
Pat Vokes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I
Challie Downing ....,.................1
Cuba ..........................d ais.
Time, 2:07 Ia; POS IA.