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FAST PERFORMERS OF 1918 Only Three American Records Broken During the Year Roamer War Cloud and Pif Jr JrScore Score Speed of Sixty Two TwoHorses Horses in 600 Races In the compilation below is shown tlic speed in Hie Tares of 1918 as compared with the existing records These figures cover all races run in this onntry at ten distances the most in vogue at regulation race courses of the first class The com ¬ pilation selects the fast performances of some six hundred races of sixtytwo of the l etter class of horses now in racing action Only three records have fallen the mile to Iloumer against time and Sun Briar and mile and seventy yards to Pif Jr Douglas Park Aqueduct and Saratoga get the credit for the bulk of the speed of the year yearHalf Half mile record recordDcnau Dcnau 2 115 Los Angeles Cal Santa Ani ¬ ta March 13 1009 46f 46fAuxin Auxin 2 11 Juarez Mex February 9 9Hill Hill 4fi 4fiThe The seasons fastest is isFannie Fannie Melian 111 Havre dc racc Mtl pril 29 47 F iiiCcndroiieliilf furlongs furlongsJoe Joe Morris 103 Louisville Ky Churchill ChurchillIKiwiis IKiwiis Hay 8 ll 9 52 52Floral Floral Park 2 107 Salt Lake City Utah UtahLagoon Lagoon July 9 1912 52 52The The l lest est 1918 performances are Believe Me Girls 111 Lexington Ky May r4 r4Hilly Hilly Kelly 112 Lexington Ky May C 53 53Billy Billy Kelly 118 Louisville Ky Churchill ChurchillDowns Downs May 15 54 54Sennings Sennings Park 112 Louisville Ky Douglas DouglasPark Park May 28 53 53Legal Legal 105 Louisville Kv Douglas Park ParkMay May 28 r3 r3twin twin 112 Louisville Ky Douglas Park ParkMay May 29 54 54Cacambo Cacambo 109 Louisville Ky Douglas Park ParkJune June 1 J JIncle Incle White 112 Covington Ky Latonia LatoniaJune June 14 A APen Pen Rose 110 Aqueduct X Y June 25 53 53Polygon Polygon 114 Aqueduct X Y June 27 52 52NINE NINE FAST FIVE FUBLONGS FUBLONGSFiveeighths Fiveeighths record Pan Zareta 5 120 Juarer Mex February 11 1915 The best records of this year are areHigh High Time 111 Aqueduct X Y June 24 5S 5SElfin Elfin Queen 14 Aqueduct X Y July 4 58 58Dottle Dottle Vnndiver 107 Aqueduct X Y July 4 58 58Crystal Crystal Ford 115 Aqueduct X Y July 5 59 59Terentia Terentia 112 Aqueduct X Y July 8 58 58Eternal Eternal 107 Saratoga X Y August 16 5S 5SPigeon Pigeon Wing H Saratoga X Y August 23 57 57Toto Toto 113 Aqueduct X Y September 20 5 Lord Brighton 110 Aqueduct X Y Sep ¬ tember 25 59 Irou Mask C 115 Juarez Mex January 4 1914 109 109The The records of speed at the distance in 1918 are areLeochares Leochares 132 Douglas Park Louisville Ky Jime 4 111 111Troilus Troilus 112 Douglas Park Louisville Ky June 5 110 110Polyniclian Polyniclian 129 Saratoga X Y August 2 110 eorge Starr 120 Saratoga X Y August 5 1 = 10 10Jyittee Jyittee 115 Saratoga X Y August 22 110 110polymelian polymelian 140 Saratoga X Y August 23 110 Seveneighths of a mile record recordRosebon Rosebon 5 126 Belmont Park X Y Oc ¬ tober 16 1006 122 122Only Only one smart performance has so far been made madeOils Oils year yearOld Old Koenig 122 Aqueduct X Y July 4 123 123One One mile record Roamer against time 7 110 Saratoga X XY Y August 21 1918 134 134Sun Sun Briar 3 113 Saratoga X Y August 6 1918 136 136Bradleys Bradleys Choice 109 Louisville Ky Doug ¬ las Park May 30 137 137Escona Escona 100 Louisville Ky Douglas Park ParkJune June 8 136 136Roamer Roamer 123 Aqueduct X Y June 29 136 136Corn Corn Tassel 113 Saratoga X Y August 5 137 Sun Briur 113 Saratoga X Y August Ol36ys Ol36ysFranklin Franklin 112 Saratoga X Y August 8 137 137Slippery Slippery Elm 100 Saratoga X Y August 19137 19137Tombolo Tombolo 95 Saratoga X Y August 20 136 136Jtoaincr Jtoaincr 110 Saratoga X Y August 21 134 Motor Cop 119 Saratoga X Y August 21 136 Kt rIaKter 119 Saratoga X Y August 21136 Golding 104 Saratoga X Y August 23 137 Continued on third pate FAST PERFORMERS OF 1918 Continued from first page Sunny Slope 105 Saratoga X Y August 23130 Wise Man 111 Saratoga X Y August 2S 137 137SPEEDY SPEEDY AT FAVORITE DISTANCE DISTANCEOne One mile and seventy yards record Pif Jr 0 120 Louisville Ky Douglas Park ParkMay May 19 1918 lilr lilrThis This years best marks are Bradleys Choice 11 5 New Orleans Fair FairGrounds Grounds February 7 l42f l42fRancher Rancher 117 Ixmisville Ky Douglas Park ParkMay May 27 142 142Tin Tin Porter 113 Louisville Ky Douglas DouglasPark Park May 2S 111 6 6Pif Pif Jr 120 Louisville Ky Douglas Park ParkMay May 29 1918 141 141Diversion Diversion 103 Louisville Ky Douglas Park ParkMay May 29 Ic42 Ic42Smart Smart Money 104 Louisville Ky Douglas DouglasPark Park June 4 142 142Gruudy Gruudy 10S Louisville Ky Douglas Park June 10 141 141The The Porter 109 Covington Ky Latonia LatoniaJune June 14 l423j l423jCudgel Cudgel 132 Havre de Grace Md Septem ¬ ber 28 142 142Freecutter Freecutter 103 Louisville Ky Douglas DouglasPark Park September 28 142 142Crank Crank 113 Laurel Md October 7 l42i l42iOne One mile and oneeighth record Borrow 9 117 Aqueduct X Y June 25 1917 149 149Boots Boots fi 127 Aqueduct X Y July 7 1917 149 149Tour Tour fast times have come at the distance this year yearCudgel Cudgel 129 Aqueduct X Y June 24 lrOVi lrOViHand Hand Grenade 105 Aqueduct X Y July 149 War Cloud 121 Aqueduct X Y July 11 15014 George Smith 123 Aqueduct X Y Septem ¬ ber 28 150 150One One mile and lhre eighths record Cudgel 4 131 Saratoga X Y August 15 1918 156 156Six Six horses as follows iieared the record in 1918 Rancher 122 Covington Ky Latouui July i 15C Queen Apple 104 Coviugton Ky Latonia LatoniaJuly July 9 1 1Enfilade Enfilade 114 Saratoga X Y August 3 1 1Cudgel Cudgel 131 Saratoga X Y August 1C i iMidway Midway 104 Saratoga X Y August 24 1 1Johren Johren 126 Saratoga X Y August 27 1 1One One and onequarter miles record Whisk Broom II 6 139 Belmont Park X XY Y June 28 1913 12 12The The best performance of the liresent sesison lioamcr 129 Saratoga N Y August 12
