Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-30
WITH THE HORSES.
Dan Patch Beats Two Minutes But
Not the Record.

Not the Record.
Providence, IF, l.. Aug 3O.--Before
a large crowd Dan Patch yesterday
afternoon paced a mile in :591a, thus
making him the second harness horse
i'll the world to beat two minutes.
No more perfect day could have
been imagined for an extremely fast
mile. When the son of Joe Patchen
made his appearance at 4:15 there was
absolutely not a breath of air stirring.
The second score he was away, and
reached the quarter in 3012, Once
Strengthened up the backstretch he
quickened the pace and the runner
moving up alongside of him acted in
the nature of stimulant.
The half was III 591a. making the
second quarter in 90 seconds. Again
round the turn he eased away par
ticle, the quarter being in 3014, the
three-quarters being in 1.29a1 So
smoothly was the great PAGER moving
that now the spectators anticipated
that he would shade two minutes a
trihe. =
He is tiring" was the exclamation
heard through the grandstand when
the black stallion was at the distance
post. And indeed for moment he
appeared to falter McHenry imme-
diately began to encourage his horse
with voice and rein and by swinging
his whip on the sulky shafts
This was all the game son Of a great
father needed to make him rush for
ward again with renewed yigof, and
with a wonderful power fairly sailed
under the wire.
On his return to the judges stand
the nfS of tho Upan6Cfon6 a
en- masse and gave Dan Patch q rous-
ing hand of applause. Then starter
Merrill announced the quarter frad-
tions, and time of the mile, which once
more caused the crowd to break forth
with enthusiasm
The other big feature President e..
Perkins, of the Narragansett park as
ISOLATION, had booked for the closing
day of his grand circuit meeting was
the 2.O7 trot. The Monk and Lord
Derby We're down among the horses
to start, and a majority of the spec
tatOrs We're anticipating a renewal of
the Readville battle between the two
noted rioters.
Therefore much disappointment was
manifested when the announcement
was made that The Monk had been
drawn. With his able opponent in the
stable, Lord Derby was made an al
most prohibitive favorite at 100
against 30. He won both heats with
the utmost ease, although George
Speers by laying back to the stretch
helped make the race look interesting.
In the first heat Lord Derby trotted
the last half in 1;00A.
The blind trotter rhythmic suffered
his first defeat at. the Providence
Grand Circuit meeting on Thursday.
He was beaten in the hard-fought
Roger Williams stake after having
won one heat the day before. The
sightless son of Oakland Baron was
distanced on Thursday in the seventh
heat. From Detroit in July to PROV
idence Rhythmic swept the boards. He
won his NJ. & NJ. trotting three heats
below PIP. At Cleveland he won
more readily and then was eased UP
during the Columbus meet. AT Fort
Erie he started in a purse event and
won in short, order, cutting his record
to '2.09A. The Robert Bonner me
moral went to him at Brighton Beach,
but, for the first time in his career,
his driver had to go to the whip. He
was reserved at Readville,, yet in the
$4,000 stake at Providence, Hudson
81 Go decided to start him EARLY In
the race he showed superior form,
lowering his record to 2:OS1a and al.
ways in the front tier. Later lie tired
and the race was finished with Ryth-
mic but single heat winner, To date
the blind horse has won about $4,000
net.