Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-23
KING OF PAGERS.
Dan Patch Goes a Mile at
Memphis in l.56 Ia.
Cuts Three-qua'ters Of Second from
Prince AIert's Time.
Beside Clipping ga Seconds from His
Own Record.

Memphis. Tenn, Oct 22.-Dan Patch
| made himself the king of PAGERS, to-
day. by going a mile in 1854, thereby
clipping three-fourths of second from
| the worlds record, held by Prince Alert.
The third day of the harness racing at
the Memphis Trotting Association track
was made memorable by Patch's mag
niflcent performance in trial against
time. Beside making a new worlds
record the son of Joe Patchen lowered
his own record by 2& seconds. The
mile was paced without 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 champion as he
flashed under the wire was a memoir
able one. Horse owners who stood
lbont the track before the starters
stand had caught the time with their
own watches and before the official
time was flashed out across the track,
they set up a mighty shout and threw
hast and caps high into the air. The
Shout was caught up by the people in
the grandstand, the space before it and
Oil the clubhouse grounds, and the vic
tory of the new pacing idol was pro-
S'oA'iSN III llodl &c lOdI lIdI tCSc
ard fell and reached it's climax in a
frenzy of noise as Driver NJ. c. Nc
Henry pulled up before the judges
stand and DOTTED his hat in acknowl--
edgenlent of the accian1ation.
The trial was made with two runners
to set the pace, the sulky preceding the
PAGER carrying canvass strip between
the wheels. The quarter was reached
80 seconds, the half in SIS and the three
quarters pole in 1.27A. AS the horses
swung into the stretch Dan Patch was
pushing the forward runner so closely
that scarcely heads breadth inter-
vened between his nose and the back of
the driver in the forward sulky
With the exception of the 20S class
trot, the events of the card went to ia
vorites all in straight heats, except the
first race. which required third start.
In the 2.08 trot, Monte Carlo, the favor
lite, had the second heat at his mercy,
only to break and lose it when hun
dred yards from the wire. Nervolo,
driven by S. Hudson, took the 2.0S pace
in straight heats and had endurance
sufficient to win the last event of the
day, the half mile dash. Summary:
30 CLAss-TROTTING $1,000
Walnut Hall. br h Or. Benyon)....2 / Il
George Muscovite, blk &C. Bund,.1
Topsy. blk nj tW. Snow)... .........3 2
Palm Leaf. blk 6 CIV. McCarthy)...4 4 Al
Time. 2.OsA. 2.09h. 2.oS,a.
EOS ASS-PACING-PURSE $1,000.
Nervolo. b il (Hudson). Observation-Disclosures 1
Star Hal, blk h CIV. Snow. ...........2 Il
King Direct. blk h (Geers). .........3 5
Winfield Stratton, b h tMcGuire). ......4 4
Cubanola, blk h tB. Walker). ........ IDS
Time, 20f4, 2.06la.
|TROTTING TO WAGON-AM ATEER
DRIVERS.
Dolly Dillon. b nj DevereauX)...
Queer Wilkes. br m (Smathers). ....o 81
Franker. b & Jones). Observation-Disclosures 3
Imogene, oh m tBillings). ...............4 1
Time. 10. 2.05ai.
DAN PATCH, TO BREAK 1.59 PACING.
Dan Patch b h tMcHenry). .......
Time by quarters: %, S. 1.27A, 156A
2.& CLASS-TROTTING- $1,000
Fcreno. blk m (Benyon). ...............I 1
Monte Carlo, b & (Walker). .............3 )
Wentworth. blk (Spear. ..........4
Marion Wilkes. b m CA. McDonaldJ. DIS
Time, 206A, 2.05h.
HALF MILE DASH-PACING-PUR
$500.
Nervolo. b II 'Oiudson). /
Fanny billiard, b m Snow. ........... 2
Chestnut. CHI q. BelD. .................. 3
Darrell, b IN (McDonald). Observation-Disclosures.
Dan r., CHI tBenyon. Observation-Disclosures.
Harold H., b 6 (Geers). 6
Time, .6g.