The two-minute horse : a history of the six two-minute trotters and the fourteen two-minute pacers to the close of the year 1921 by Sanders Millard

Author:Sanders, Millard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horses, Harness racehorses, Harness racing
Publisher: Cleveland, Ohio : Press of the Judson Co.
Published: 1922-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Bad scoring did not presage a fast mile. The crowd became a trifle apathetic. But on the third time down, after having scored nearly to the quarter in both the other attempts, reinsman Dave McClary nodded for the word.

"The first quarter was an anxious one. A repetition of the break was looked for but McClary was driving as usual with a more snug hold of the pacer. As the watches snapped the quarter a sigh of relief went up. With his big, easy stride the stallion had stepped the first two furlongs in just thirty seconds, a two-minute clip. Big Jim Murphy, the owner of the horse, in a box in the grand stand took courage and when Knap McCarthy, behind the runner, shouted to McClary that the quarter was in 30l^ seconds the latter asked the stallion to increase his clip. He wanted to get to the half in a minute and was ready to take chances coming home.

"A mighty cheer went up from the grand stand as a half-thousand watches caught the half in 59%^ seconds. The three-quarters in 1:29 caused another cheer and starter Frank Walker asked for silence. Around the turn the pacer stepped a little to the outside but the waver was but for the fraction of a second and once into the stretch the horse moved perfectly.

"The driver says that at the distance Pointer appeared to be at his limit but when he called on him and the runner came along the horse appeared to forget he had been beating the two-minute mark and responded with a burst right at the wire. It was not so rapid as to cause a sensation but it was sufficient to make the last quarter in 30^ seconds and the horse seemed to be within himself.

"The two-minute mark was beaten by three-quarters of a second. McClary was hoisted on the shoulders of his friends and taken from the sulky to the stand. The crowded grand stand went wild and horse, driver and owner received an ovation. Scores of watches caught the time as announced by the judges and Mr. C. W. Marks, of Chicago, who saw the greatest rival to Joe Patchen widen the gap between the two, declared that if anything, the mile was paced in 1:59."

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