Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1894 — SLICES OFF A SECOND. [ARTICLE]

SLICES OFF A SECOND.

World'* Record* Smashed on the Hoosier

Track. World s records went a glimmering over the Terre Haute track, which holds -all but two of the fa test three heat 3 ever paced and fastest two-vear-old pacing record. The exc.te’ment was at fever heat when the starter announced that Robert J. wou d go to beat his own record, 2:024. Geers was u i behind the pacer and at the second trial the word was given. The clip was so fast that the pacemaker fell behind, the first quarter being done in 301 seconds. Up then he went at even a faster gait and he was at tho half stretch in l:ooS. Down the third quarter unbeaten the gelding came like a whirlwind, and he was at the pole in 1:30*. It was almost impossible to restrain the pent-up enthusiasm. With two or three gentle 1 fts Robert J. passed under the wire in 2:014 and pandemonium broke loose. Men shouted themselves hearse, and women waved handkerchiefs and parasoh. There were cheers for the hone, fer the rider, and for his owner, Hamlin. Geers was lifted from the sulky and carried up the stretoh on the shoulders of his admiring f,r.ends. In the free-for-all pace, John R. Gentry broke the stallion pacing record, doing a mile in 2:037. There was great disappointment over the failure of Alix to lower her record of 2:04. She failed to do'-so by a half a second. Carbonate beat the two-vear-old record. covering the distance in 2:09. Jf e Patchen endeavored to beat the stallion record of 2:03t but the best he did was 2:04. Directly tr ed to lower the two-year-old pae ng record, but only did 2:10.