The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-30
May Yet Beat Record. !.

Dan Patch did not beat two minutes at
Reading last week., but he paced the mile
in ss2:00A, in spite of having to face
cold, hard wind. Admirers of the an y
beaten brown stallion believe that he will
yet beat Star Pointers time before the
season ends. Certainly his three miles
this season under 2:O1 show him to be one
OF the gamest and most consistent PAGERS
that has ever faced the starter. He Is
now within easy reaching distance Of the
record, and yet every, one Of his fast
miles has been made under adverse con-.
ditions, save his first record of 2 :OOA.
when McHenry pulled him up in the last
quarter and fairly logged him home. It;
was the verdict of all who saw him that
Dan Patch could have gone we'll under
two minutes had McHenry driven. him
out; and at the time it was thought that
the driver made a mistake in holding up
the horse, who was going better than he
ever did before In his life. -
: If Dan Patch can get trial under IA
vorable conditions. and on a good fast
track, he will certainly pass the two
minute mark, say the horsemen. That
t.; a fact that has never yet been accom-
plished in a regulation trial save by Star
Pointer himself, although Flying Jib did
get under thezrnari< when=yo to a run
ming mate: =: .s:s4.&E: y -: / =.
Only two horses have ever passed Dan
Patch, in a. race. The first time was at
Lafayette, Ind, Sept, s, 1900, when Milo
in 2:1SA, and. the other time was at
Brighton Beach last season, Martha Mar
shall winning the heat In the fast time
of 2:09. Patch was laid up purposely In
this heat, as the race was expected to be
a hard one, and 1t turned out to be the
fastest he has had to go to win, his win
ming heats averaging 2:05.S3., - ez.-:s-
prir1
he meets that horse at. Empire City park.
he. will have to take a record sof two min
utes orr better The brown stallion lacks
the age and experieneet efcthe gelding, but
hheIiss fast enough to- make him beat two
minutes -1-~ SaaTa5 *E@acrGI e. .--~>:. .
Record Likely to Stand.
With The Abbot lame, there seems little
likelihood of any trotter being able to
make a serious effort. to- capture Cresceus
honors this season, and if the record /:
lowered at all it will probably be done by
Cresceus himself There may be a chance
to see the record for tretting mares low.
cred, however, for when Susie j. stepped
out and took a record Of 2:0611 at Brighton
Beach last week she went the fastest mile
scored by a trotting mare since Fantas!
made her record of 2:06. The only othe
| mares, that have taken a::faster RECORD
thanGSusfe J.tarea A1ixy 2:03aI. and Nancy
Hanks, 2:o4, and tie EASES with which the
I roam daughter OF yaHaakere trotted Z
second heat IN 2:061a makes; even conserv
attve observers believe that; specially fit
ted and driven to step a mile to her limit
she might be able to seriously threater
the best record for her sex. Susie j: Is
5 years old and has been raced since he
3-year-old form, taking a record that yea
| Of 2:171s, which she reduced last year tt
2:1oA: Like the majority of the ia,
Bird family, she is game to, the core ant
can go her clip for athe mile out:
,,o,, ramEIvFz Ihe Nkoyffltys k2lf System :a4 .
The Horsse s'EFoFld77 Fl7 ! thus aeosnments onatht
novelty system: .E3sVan saor2-Ts51 i :: ::
Novelty. races won't do. They wer.
first introduced. by Cd Hanalin at: tn.
old Buffalo track in 1888, when Belle Ham
! lin took her first record of, 2:23A. .For th'
| past two: seasons they have been featur,
| at Brighton Beach. They have been triet
and found wanting. :, The: two in -thre,
| system takes fairly well, but best of. all
| three five races, and go to the stable
for not winning a heat in: three Thi
shortcns. the races, reduces the. enorrnou
| fields,4 pleases the public and gives quicl
action fog the, opey. it Is not a radica
change but a. compromise between tw,
extremes .-.s f2a :. ass -. -s-I .