The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23
PAGES A WONDERFUL MILE
DAN PATCH BADLY SMASHES
 WORLDS RECORD.

Thrss-quarters Of Second on the Time of Prince AIsrt-The Perform
 ance Entirely Unexbeoted-Mighty shout Goes Up from Throng of Spec fators.
 Memphis. Tenn, Oct. 22.TDan Patch made himself the king of pacers to-day by going mile in 1:564. thereby clip ping A of second from the worlds record, held by Prince Alert The third day of the harness racing at the Mem phis Trotting association track was made memorable by Patch's magnifi- cent performance in a trial against time. Besides making a new worlds record the son os Joe Patchen lowered his own record by two and three-quar- ters seconds. The mile was paced with out a wind shield and at the finish Dan Patch seemed as fresh and vigorous as at the start. The demonstration that greeted the new worlds pacing cham oion as he flashed under the wire was a memorable one. Horse owners. who stood about the track before the start CTS stand had caught the time with their own watches and before the off, cial time was flashed out across the track they set up a mighty shout and threw hats and caps high into the air. The shout was caught up by the peo- pie in the grand stand, the space before it and on the club house grounds and the victory of the new pacing idol was proclaimed in a long. hoarse roar that rose and fell and reached it's climax in a frenzy of noise at Driver M. c. McHenry pulled up before the judges stand and doffed his hat in acknowl- edgement of the acclamations. The trial was made with two runners to set, the pace, the sulky preceding the pacer carrying a canvas strip between the wheels. The quarter was reached in 2o seconds. the half in 5S seconds and the three-ouarters pole in 1:27A. As the horses swung into the stretch Dan Patch was pushing the forward runner sq closely that scarcely a heads breath intervened between his nose and the back of the driver in the forward sulky. The performance of Dan Patch to-day in setting a new worlds record was q surprise to even his most ardent admir- CTS. Scarcely any one had displayed sufficient enthusiasm in the bay son of Joe Patchen to suggest that he might equal the record of the champion, Alert. and certainly no one had pre- dicted that he would excel the wonder ful mark Of 1:57. But he went the mile with so little apparent exertion that tonight his admirers are predict ing that he will still further lower the worlds record should he start against 1t with weather and track conditions as favorable as they were to-day when he made his wonderful mile.
 Summaries: .
 2:1O Glass Trotting Purse s1. .Oo0.
 Waihut Hall, br h, by Conductor Reggie Vesser (R. Benyon) George Muscoyite. blk Il (C. Bundj i 5 3 pPoRsy, PoEmy reaf blk n R,l lsaoTl 5yn ,f:c.t 2
 Time-2:osN, 2;o9N, 2;ossa. \ < [
 POS Glass Pacing Purse $2.000.
 Neryolo, T,sl , D h, by colbert-Nellie D
 star Hal, blk h iw. snow) ... ). King Direct. blk h (Geers) ..........3 3 Cubanola, blk m (B Walker) ...... dis
 Time 2:04A, 2:081S.
 Trotting to WagonAAmateur Drivers. Dolly Dillon. m, by Sidney Dillon
 $ tDeYereau1 g..... .s. ............... 1 Queen Wilkes, br m (Smathers) ... ? Imogene, ch m CBiiiings) ...,........ 4 4
 Time-2:1o, 2:oe&.
 < 5s.
 Dan Patch to beat 1.59 Pacing:
 Dan Patch, Il, by Joe Patchen-Zelica
 lMcHenry). Time by quarters: :29. :5S, 1:27M, ,1:56M.
 POS Class Trotting- Purse S1 GOO. Fareno, blk m. by Moro Kettle Case
 Hawthorne, TO n (Hudson) .......... ? Monte Carlo, D g B. Walker) ........ 8 3 Wentworth, blk (Spear) ........... 4 Marion Wilkes, m GA. McDonald) !. dis Time--2:o6R4, 2:051z
 Half Mile Dash Pacing g-Purse S400. Nervolo, b h, by Colbert-Nelli D Hud- Fanny billiard, b m ,Snow) ............ 2 Chestnut ch g q. BelD ................ 3 Dariel, b m (McDonald) ................ Dan R. oh 2 (Benyon) ................. 5 Harold H.. b (Geers) ................. 6.
 Time--:59.