▁among ▁the ▁wealth y ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s , ▁and ▁Jay ▁E ye ▁See ▁was ▁Mr . ▁Case ' s ▁favorite ▁horse . ▁ ▁The ▁black ▁geld ing , ▁fo aled ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 8 , ▁broke ▁the ▁mile ▁tro tt ing ▁record ▁of ▁ 2 : 1 0 ▁at ▁Nar rag ans ett ▁Park ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 4 . ▁After ▁winning ▁many ▁other ▁races , ▁the ▁horse ▁was ▁injured ▁and ▁retired ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 8 8 9 . ▁ ▁However , ▁Jay - E ye - See ▁was ▁retra ined ▁by ▁Ed win ▁D . ▁Bl ither ▁to ▁race ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁g ait , ▁and ▁three ▁years ▁later ▁set ▁a ▁p acing ▁record ▁of ▁ 2 : 0 6 . 2 5 ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 2 ▁at ▁Independ ence , ▁Iowa . ▁Both ▁records ▁were ▁quickly ▁broken ; ▁the ▁tro tt ing ▁mark ▁on ▁the ▁next ▁day , ▁and ▁the ▁p acing ▁mark ▁in ▁a ▁subsequent ▁heat ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁race . ▁However , ▁the ▁fe at ▁of ▁two ▁records ▁was ▁unique ▁enough ▁that ▁the ▁horse ▁became ▁a ▁celebr ity . ▁Cur rier ▁and ▁I ves ▁did ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁prints ▁and ▁the ▁horse ' s ▁image ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁advert ise ▁products ▁by ▁the ▁Case ▁company ▁for ▁years . ▁The ▁horse ▁out l ived ▁Case ▁and ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 3 1 . ▁The ▁horse ▁" known ▁the ▁country ▁over "