Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1895 — JOE PATCHEN KING. [ARTICLE]

JOE PATCHEN KING.

Defeats John R. Gentry for the World’s Pacing Championship. Joe Patchen is the champion stallion pacer of the world. Fourteen thousand persons saw him wrest the championship from John R. Gentry, winning three straight heats and the race, at Washington. Park, Chicago, Thursday afternoon. No records were broken owing to the strong southwest wind, the mile heats being paced In 2:05*4, 2:071/4, and 2:07*4 respectively. But loud and lusty cheers rang out when the big, black horse came in easily in the third heat, for his smaller cousin, Gentry, had been picked as the victor before the race began. It was the fifth and biggest day of the meetingof the Northwestern Breeders’ Association. To promote true sport the association offered SII,OOO in prizes to trotters and pacers. And for love of the sport 14,000 persons went to Washington Park to see the two stallion pacers fight for victory. Betting there was none except perhaps a few private wagers between friends. The crowd was there, not for betting, but to see Patchen and Gentry strive for the championship. Gentry made a gallant struggle, but his big black cousin was too much for him.