The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-11

Patrons of the horse show yesterday
were treated to the uncommon specta-
Gle of a mile race by a four-in- hand
coach against time and witnessed the
breaking of the worlds record for that
distance, by team owned and driven
by G. E. Palmer, of Denver Col.
Arrangements had been made on the
previous evening for a race of four-in-
hand coaches in which it was expected
j. c. Duncan and Fred Laramee, of
Minneapolis, and E. L. Hersey, of this
city, as we'll as A. E. AShbrook, of
Kansas City, would participate; but
for various reasons the other gentle
men were unable to start their teams,
and Mr.. Palmer, who has done much to
make the show the grand success it
has been, obligingly consented to run
his team against time. The worlds
previous record for the mile was 1858,
and Mr.. Palmer not only lowered that,
but made the distance on the regular
mile track which is standard meas
urement, in the remarkable time of
2:55 p, as was attested by as many
as a dozen stop-watches. The time by
quarters was :S57a, 1:17k, 2:0S, 2:55A.
Mr.. Palmer, as usual, drove his own
coach and carried six passengers. The
team used by him on this occasion con-
sisted of Anthracite and Justrite,
Wheelers; and Ell Captain and Grey
Ghost, leaders. All of these horses are
of high breeding and by famous sires,
Anthracite being by Rayon dor Just
rite by Clown, who made a three-year-
old record in Minneapolis FL Captain
by Charles Reed, and Grey Ghost by
Markham, who has a half mile record
of :471a.
Couldn't Believe Watches.
With a short run to the wire, Mr..
Palmer went away at a smashing pace
relying evidently upon the staying
powers of his team, for he began urg-
ing them in the first quarter. The lit
tie group in the judges stand and those
on the track just beneath who were
holding watches were astounded at the
tlme OF the first quarter and would not
belleVe the evidence of their own time
pieces until they had compared notes.
Inc second quarter also was travelled
at surprising pace, but in the third
there was an abatement of speed that
was apparent to event the casual spec
tator, and although the finish was
hlghly creditable the horseshoe of
the leaders especially-showed the eff
1ects OF the sharp work in the first half
mile.
AT the head of the stretch A. E. Ash
brook, with his coach, met the Palmer
team and paced them in, but more for
the sake of giving the spectators an in
terestlng finish than to help the racing
team, as it was evident before the
three-quarters was reached that unless
the Palmer horses dropped dead the
record had been "all shot to pieces"
before this race against time there
was competition in the road four-in-
hand class between the team driven by
Mr.. Palmer and the Ashbrook team
consisting of White Rock and Appoli
narls and Hunyadi and Red Raven
Splts, IN which Mr.. Palmer was given
hrst and Mr.. ,Ashbrook second nrize
This was the one event which had been
postponed on the programme from
Tuesday.
CARING Gets Prize.
On the regular programme for YES
terday the first class judged was the
English dog-cart horses of Is hands 2
inches and over, and G. C. Finch's
gray gelding Dandy. which had been
entered, was disqualified because he
was not quite up to the standard of
helght. First prize went to Mr.. Pick
WICK, exhibited by w. G. CARING: sec
ond to King, exhibited by w. w. Price.
ana third to Prince, exhibited by 3. r
Holbert Royal Flush, H. S. Judson.
also competed.
The teams of the competition in the