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i | ; j REDUCTION OF RUNNING RECORDS FIGURES AS THEY NOW STAND AT ALL DISTANCES FREQUENTLY RUN IN OUR RACING IN COMPARISON WITH THE MARKS AT VARIOUS TIMES SINCE THIRTY-TWO YEARS AGO laqeirr and controversy as to what may be- the best record at a given distance are of freuaeat occurrence and only solved by reference to an authority. Winter racing will soon pass on now and presently are will arrive at the opening of an active and important spring ennpaiga. To meet the demaiuls of the- occasieeii a compact table of the arc scat records of Mat racfetg at standard distances is here presented. It will frei|iienll. be- o1 se r ice and should be preserved. Feer comparison, the letotds at the same distances as they were in lss ». Ispo. 1 M»0 and DtlO are lac laded. F.xaminat ion will disclose the : gradual and. in some cases, striking reductions which have been affected since the first eif tlnese- years A rerlectiin is that last year Man o War and Exterminator set up sosae marks that the stars to ceaac after them will lind mighty hard to surpass. The records as they now stand are as follows: Prese-nl . 1iese-ut Americaa Bee. Bee. Bee. Bee. Dist. L c. Holder. A. Wt. Track. Date. Kecd. M89. IWt, y m. 1910. in .is. Atoka IMS Butte. Mont Sept. 7. IBM.. :tt :l1i- :34 - :, :33 • i I 1-2 f Joe Blair BUS Juarez. Mex Feb. 5, IBM.. :M :40 1-2 D-nau 2 115 Santa Anita. Cal Mar. 13. IM*. . :M% :17:, :17:,t :4H - :lti,| Anson 2lir. laares, Mex Feb. t, lttl.. :m% 5 S Pan Zareta .. 5 I2fj Juarez. Me. Feb. 10, MIS.. :-" 7-.- 1 :Kl :M : » :3S 5 1-2 f Iron Mask SIM luanz. Mex Mar. s. 1SI1 I . . 1 :t«-.-. 1 MM! 1MM:.! j j :l-4 Iron Mask ... « 11.". Juar-z. M- Jan. 4. P.tll. .1 :K»v.-. 1:14 1:11 1:12 1:11 t! 1-L f r.kdale Nymph 4 124 Belmont Park. N. Y...Oct. 14. 1!t7. . 1 :17-.-, l:Di 1:17--. Hweep On t 112 Belmont Dark. N. Y...May SI. MM. .1:17% 7-S It-seben ."e |2fl Belmont Park. N. Y...Dct. D-.. li»0*-,. . 1 :22 1:26% 1:23% ll2S 7 1-2 f Lestigieiu-he .. 8 B 7 l.elin.mt Park. N. Y...May 2». DlO-s 1 : a 1 « - l:32V 1:31% . 1 •lloamor 7 110 Saratoga Springs. N. Y.Aug. 21. 1»1K. .1:34% 1:83% 1:35% 1:35% 1 Man o- War.. S lis Belmont Park. N. Y...May 23. 193t. .1:S3£ ltm% 143% 18 1:37% I i lmJOv Froglegs 4 107 Louville. Ky. C.DownsMay 13, MM..1:M 1:40 1:M% Senator James 8 MB Havana. Cuba Feb. 13, MM. .1 -M Ini70v IMf Jr 6 lJO Lonisvill-. Ky. D.Park May L"0. Dtis. .1 41 ■ .-, 1:45+ l:4t% 1:42% | The Dorter .. 4 110 l.ouville. Ky. C. Downs May SB MM. .1:41% I 1 It Cull In 4 10.S Syracuse. N. Y Sept. :5. 1914 . . 1 :4L-S 1:4«.. 1 :4-"i 1:43% 1 l-.s Man » War.. S 121 Aiiu.-diict. N. Y Inly 10. MM..1:4S% 1 :.".4 1 :.-»ist 1:31% 1:53 ; 114 Whiskbrm II. t! MS Beltmait Dark. N. Y...June 28, D1DL.L:00 l:OS i:or, i :04 2:flg% j I 1 3-8 Man » War.. ., IBB Ilclmoin Bark. X. Y...June 12, 1320. .2:14% 2:21% 2:20% 2:M% 2:17::.-. 1 J -2 Min .. « ■: i :• Ms Helm, i,; 1 ;UU. N. Y .Sepr 11. 1 !CJi I . . i - lS -, L::!l • .*. 2:30% 2 ■Wl I , s Man c War.. :l 121! Bclim.nl Dark. X. V...Sept. 1. 1920. .2:40% 2:4»i, 2:48 2:4s 2:1.". 1 :D4 i:terminat.r .". 198 Saratoga Spring-. X. Y.Aug. :tl M20. .2:SC%3:02% 3:01 2:.".- 2:-".7 2 Exterminator . •"■ 12 Belmont Dark. N. l...8et»t. 15. liKM..3:21% 3:27% ;:27- 3:20% ::2.".;:-. ■ 2 1-4 Etbelbert t 124 Brightoa Beach. N. Y.Aug. 4. 1300. .3:43% :!:r.Ki, 3:30% 3:M% 3:M% :. Mamie Algol .."ilor. New Orleans. La H.p-kiFeb. Id, 1397. .5:13 -".:2i;i, r.:24 r.:24 .".:lfl 4 Sote-mia .". 119 Loiiville. Ky. C. Downs ltd. 7. 1312. .7:10% 7:11 t 7:13% 7:11 7:11 Against time.
