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Wisconsin Harness Racing Hall of Fame
Jay Eye See
Inducted 1996
Jay Eye See, at one time the most famous trotting and pacing gelding in the world, put Racine, Wisconsin on the world trotting map. The little black horse electrified the trotting circles by becoming the first 2:10 trotter ever. Jay Eye See made his trotting record at Providence, Rhode Island on August 1, 1884 to a high wheeled sulky. on August 26, 1892 Jay Eye See paced to a record of 2:06 1/4. This made Jay Eye See, at the age of of 14, the title holder of champion combination trotter and pacer of the world. Many of the horses of this era were named after their owners or famous men. Jerome I Case used his own initials J.I.C. in an innovative fashion, and called his trotter Jay Eye See
Nominated by John & Elaine Urhausen
The Wisconsin Harness Horse Association
