The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-08-05
JAY DEAD
AT GRAND Old AGE
Once Noted Trotter Victim d
Bad Teeth After Western
Retirement.

rotlrement, in which he was tendorl
cared o on q, stock farm near this
CITY, Jay-Eye-See, the hrst 2:10 trottOr
the country produced, died on the
Pleasant View farm, managed BY
Charles Bull.
For the last IL years, Jay-Eye-ses
had been having trouble with his
teeth. They were In such poor condis
ton he was unable to. ret h proper
nourtshment. Repeated efforts we're
made by well known veterinarians e
he steadfastly refused to allow thems
The spot on the farm where his re-
mains lie will be marked by . granite
shaft.
ownsd by Case.
The famous trotter got Its name from
James /. Case, the late millionaire YEA
hicle manufacturer OF Racine. WISE
who secured him In Kentucky. The
horse was thrown In on a horse BAR
gain and later was developed into 2
country wide racing sensation by his
trainer, Charles Bither.
Jay-Eye-See was 81 years old, having
been toaled in 1873 on the farm CT
Colonel Richard West, ear Lexington.
Ky. He vas by Dictator, a full brother
to Dexter (2:17M); first dam Midnight
By Pilot, jr.; second dam, Darkness BY
Wagner. setrNza -Hsss --.-~- 4
The Story OF how the late James !
Case came to buy him Is interesting.
He went down to Kentucky to get q
y He was not exactly satisfied with the
price named, and to satisfy him Colonel
West brought out III gelding and
said:
Here. Case, I'll throw this animal in
Had Odd Gait.
Case, with hardly q look at the horse,
aofA, ~ ia II ~{~1& stT%I IL IN a hnTOa and
finally the string Of Kentucky horses
arrived at his farm.
When the string vas tried out Jay
Eye-See, which was thus named from
the initials on his new owner, was
booked upon az a freak He would rack,
pace and trot indiscriminately, and no
amount OF scientific training could get
him down to q respectable and steady
gait.
Whenever a party of visiting horse
men would come to the Case stables
the trotting stock would be shown with
considerable pride by Edwin Bither,
the driver OF Cases horses. but he al
ways hitched up Jay-Eye-See last In
order. to arnuse them.
Just as soon as the gelding was on
the track he would begin a fantastic
combination of racking, trotting and
tide to side Of the course created
much amusement. In fact, Jay-Eye-
Sec was considered the Joker" OF the
Case string.
Would Have Brought $4,000.
One day a party Of visitors was look
ing over the stock, and just prior to
Its departure Bither brought out the
little fellow for his customary exhibit
ton.
To the utter establishment Of Bither
and the attaches, Jay-Eye-See started
of In a straight trot. Bither then took
him in hand and developed him into
the wonder the horse afterward came
to be.
When -four years old, Jay-Eye-see
made q record of 2:19; at five years old,
2:10A, and at six years old, 2:10, and
1t was at this time that he electrified
the trotting world, and his name was
q household word.
He beat st. Julian and It was in
Providence that he made the world
record Of 2:10 In 1884. After that he
was in demand at all tracks of the
country.
Soon after the tendons Of one leg
weakened and his gait was changed
to a pace. He went a mile in 2:08h,
which made the fastest combination
record reported Of any animal in the
world, and which has never been beat
en-. At that time $50, 900 was offered For
him ana refused.