The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-10-27
FASTEST NILE EYER PACED
4 REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE
BIZ DAN PATCH At MEMPHIS.

BIZ DAN PATCH At MEMPHIS,
NegotIates the distance in 1,5e Flat
Major DeImar, In suIky such as Maud
$. Used in Her Memorable Flight
Against Time, Clips One and Three
Quarters seconds on That Great
Mares Record-serious Accident to
Geers-Thrown from suIIxy.
Memphis, Oct. 26-With pacemaker
carrying a windshield in front and ac-
companied by runner at the side, Dan
Patch, driven by Hersey. paced the
fastest mile at the trotting park to-day
ever made by a horse in harness, cir
cling the track in 1:56 fiat. The for
mer record, 1:56 IA, was made by Dan
Patch in 1902. The son of Joe Patchen
warmed up in splendid shape and after
scoring once Hersey nodded for the
word With clock-like precision the
brown horse stepped around the first
turn and to the quarter in ~ seconds.
Turning down the back stretch Scott
Hudson, who drove the pacemaker, had
to urge his horse, as Dan Patch was
crowding him. The pacing marvel fair
ly few to the half in 81 1-2 seconds,
and when the time was announced a
great cheer came from those present.
On the far turn Dan Patch seemed to
falter, but only for an instant and on
passing the quarter pole, the tim-
ers board showed I.25 IL. When fair
~ Strengthened out for the fight to
the wire, the brown PAGER seemed to-
gather renewed courage, and coming
on at terrific clip, passed the judges
stand at 1856 fiat.
Cheer after cheer. greeted the per-
formance, and Hersey was carried from
his sulky on his return to the stand.
The windshield used was the same as
that employed when Lou Dillon trot-
ted a mile in 1853 IL. 1t consisted of a
strip OF canvas about four feet square
attached to the sulky of the running
pacemaker
Another sensational performance was
that of Major Delmar, q. 2. Smather's
trotting champion, when he trotted q
mile to a high wheel sulky in 2:07 fiat.
1t was announced by the judges before
the trial that the sulky was nor-ball
bearing and weighed 54 1-2 pounds It
was also explained that the vehicle
was the same pattern as that used by
Maud S in her memorable fight
against time in 1884, when she trotted
a mile in 2:0S 3-4.
Major Delmar was driven by Alta.
McDonald and started Off at a fast clip.
He went to the quarter In 80 1-2 Sec
lpnds and without falter passed the
half mile in 1902 3-4. AT the three
quarters the timers board showed 1:S4.
| Turning for home Mcdonald urged the
horse to his best effort and the son
Of Delmar passed the wire in 2:07 fiat,
Iclipping / 3-4 seconds off the mark set
| by Maud twenty years ago.
The days sport was marred by an
unfortunate accident. Edward Geers,
the veteran driver and trainer, was ex-
Iercising Joymaker, a local trotter, and
on turning into the stretch at a fast
clip eollided with one Of several track
wagons on the grounds. His sulky was
tilted high in the air and Geers was
thrown heavily to the ground. When
assistance reached him, 1t was found
he had sustained severe injuries, one
| leg being broken and the other badly
injured. Geers was taken to hospital
where it is reported he is resting easy.
His injuries are regarded as serious.
1t was announced by the judges that
iW. o. Foote, driver Of Ed G had been
suspended for one year for failing to
win the first heat Of the 2:25 class pace
on October 81 Summaries:
2:21 Pace Purse $1,000 t2 In 3)
Funston, r 0, by Dictatus (Sonw) 1
Emile p, b g (Rafferty) ........ 2 q
| Finch, g (Whitehead9 ....s... dis
Time2:1S1S, 2:1711s
2:12 Trot--Purse $1,000 (2 in 80.
Van zandt, b m, by Chimes-Bell
(Devereux) -. ......s.5..s..s..., j /
/ Mainland b Ii (Hudson) ..s.. q
Euxenite, gr m (Thomas) ...... . 4
| The Questor, g (Geers) ...... 3 3
Invader, b g (Demarest) ........ 5 s.
Time-2:101s, 2:09A.