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CANADIAN RUNNING RECORDS TO DATE As a natural consequence of the participation of better horses in Canadian racing during the season recently ended than had previously been seen in action in Canada, the racing of 1911 brought several reductions in the Canadian running records for the various distances at which races were run. August Belmonts rriscillian reduced the record for three-quarters of a mile to 1:11 at Hamilton June 10. It. E. Watkins Cliff Edge made a new mark of 1:37 for one mile at Fort Erie July 3. On Uie following day at the same track P. S. P. Randolphs Plate Glass reduced the record for one mile and seventy yards to 1:42. The very next day the Fort Erie track was the scene of another record-breaking performance when August Belmonts Watervale ran one mile and an eighth in 1:50. During the August meeting at the same track B. T. Wilsons Olambala created a new Canadian record for one mile and three sixteenths, when lie ran the distance in 1:57. This constituted the list of new records made during the season over the dirt tracks of the Dominion. S. C. Ilildreths Hampton Court, by running a mile over the turf course at Hamilton August 17 reduced the turf course record for that distance to 1:38. Eecords that were equaled included those for live and a half furlongs and one mile and a sixteenth, the former by S. C. Ilildreths good three-year-old. Novelty, and the lunger distance by August Belmonts Trap Bock. Friscillians three-quarters in 1:11 at Hamilton June 10 equaled the American record for that distance. Olambalas mile and three-sixteenths in 1:57 at Fort Erie August 2 represented a new American record and Trap Bocks mile and a sixteenth in 1:43 equaled tho American record, which had been made by Grttna Green at the same track August 2S, 100!. The only other Canadian record that is likewise an American record is War Whoops two and one-sixteenth miles in 3:34 at Toronto September 2.!, 1905. It is notable that virtually all the Canadian records for the distances at which races are frequently run are now credited to the Fort Eric and Hamilton tracks, with the former decisively in the lead. The complete list of the records, revised to date, follows: " Dlst. Horse. A. Wt. Track. Date. Time. 3-S Old Maid 1 102 Windsor. Ont September 18. 1S97 :37 1-2 Burt G. Lewis 2 109 Montreal. Que. Blue Bonnets... June 14. 1007 :48 Brown Tony 2 115 Hamilton, Ont. June 11. 1003 :48 1 1-2 f Paper Maker 2 108 Hamilton, Ont August 6. 1001 :54 Marlon Moore 2 93 Fort Erie. Ont August 31. 1907 :54 5-8 Ragman 2 108 Montreal. Que. Blue Bonnets .. .June 13, 190S :59 5 1-2 f Sewell 5 109 Fort Erie, Ont August 28. 1909 1:03 Novelty 3 110 Toronto, Ont. Woodbine Park. .May 24, 1911 1:05 3-4 Prisclllian 0 113 Hamilton, Ont June 19, 1911 1:11 8 1-2 f Clorita 4 114 Fort Erie, Ont. July 10. 1902 1:19 7-8 Jack Atkin 0 111 Montreal. Que. Blue Bonnets .. .September 17. 1910 1:24 7 1-2 f Chappaqua 8 116 Fort Erie, Ont August 3. 1901 1:33 All Saints 3 104 Hamilton, Ont. August 10. 1901 1:33 1 Cliff Edge 5 100 Fort Erie, Ont July 3, 1911 1:37 lm20y Spindle 3 100 Fort Erie. Ont July 5. 1910 1:41 ImoOy Ethel Wheat 3 100 Windsor. Ont August 8. 1901 1:43 lm70y Plate Glass 5 123 Fort Erie. Ont July 4, 1911 1:42 1 1-13 Gretna Green 5 100 Fort Erie, Ont August 28. 1900 1:43 Trap Rock 3 112 Fort Erie, Ont. July 5, 1911 1:43 1 1-S Watervale 3 112 Fort Erie, Ont. July 5. 1911 1:50 1 3-10 Olambala 5 120 Fort Erie, Ont August 2, 1911 1:57- 1 1-4 Jack Atkin 0 117 Fort Erie, Ont. October 4, 1910 .2:04 1 3-8 Our Bessie 5 102 Fort Erie, Ont August 9. 1905 2:21 1 1-2 Cave Adsum 4 119 Hamilton, Ont October 2. 1908 2:32 Doubt 5 103 Fort Erie, Ont August 28, 1000 2:32 1 5-S Louis Kraft 4 109 Fort Erie, Ont. August 31, 1905 2:50 1 3-4 Cruche dOr 5 104 Montreal, Que. Blue Bonnets .. .September 17. 1910 3:01 2 Azo 3 90 Windsor, Ont. August 21, 1909 3:29 2 1-16 War Whoop 4 90 Toronto, Ont. Woodbine Park. .September 23. 1905 3:34 2 1-1 Duke of Roanoke... 6 97 Toronto, Ont. Woodbine Park.. October 1, 1910 3:57 Turf Course. 1 Hampton Court 4 109 Hamilton, Ont August 17. 1911 1:3S 1 1-16 Lady Esther 0 107 Hamilton. Ont June 2S, 1909 1:45 1 1-8 DetecUve 4 114 Hamilton, OnL .. June 20, 1910 1:52 Robert Cooper 5 112 Hamilton, Ont August 19, 1910 1:52 1 1-4 Chalfonte 5 103 Hamilton, Ont October 5. 190S 2:04 1 1-2 Robert Cooper 5 103 Hamilton, Ont August 17, 1910 2:32 2 Slcamoua 4 96 Hamilton, Ont October 7. 1908 3:23
