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HISTORY OF MILE RECORD From Ten Broecks 1:39% to Cherry Pies 1:35 2/5, Present American Mark for Distance. Here is how the American mile racing record on regulation courses has been reduced since Ten Broeck startled the world by running the distance in 1 :39 3-4 at Louisville, Ky., in 1887. The first break came in 1890 when Bacine lowered it to 1 :39 1-2. , Then in 1894 Arab hung up 1 :39 and later in the same year Libertine reduced that mark to 1:38 3-4. That time successfully withstooJ every attack for six years until in 1900 the great Voter, with 122 pounds up, lowered it to 1 :38. Then came in quick succession 1 M% in 1901, 1 :.T735 in 1903. 1 :37% in 1903. It w is five years before another reduction look pla--1 when Centre Shot, in 1908. ran th» distarce in 1 :3"Vand over the exceptionally fast Santa Anita track at Los Angeles, Cal. For six years Centre Shots mark remained undisturbed. The year 1914 was epochal from a mile record-breaking standpoint, the American record being reduced four times during that twelve months. First it was Bonne Chance that sent Centre Shots mark into oblivion by hanging up 1 :37 at Juarez, then at the same track Christopher lowered it to 1 :36*s. later Amalfi at Syracuse sent it down to 1 :36 1-4. and still later the brilliant Sun Briar to 1 :3C!5. Another six years rolled by before the mighty Man o War, one of the greatest of our record breakers, appeared on the scene and before he fipished his triumphant career the mile record stood at 1 :ih%. That seemed to be the peak, but along came Audacious in the following year and again the record was lowered to 1 :3.r»%, which stood until Cherry Pte trimmed off another fifth of a second, or 1 :35%, the present record. The fractional time is also shown for each quarter for each neparate record, as can be seen in the following tabulation : Ten Broeck 110. Louisville, Ky.. 1887 Mile :24, :49 1:14 4 1:39 Quarters :24U :24"; :25t :254 Racine 107. Chicago. 111.. 1890 Mik* :24 :48 = i l:liij l:3Jl Quarters :24 :24i.. .25 :26 Arab 93, New York. N. Y., 1894 Mils :24i :48«4 lit** 139 Quirter* :24l4 :J4 and*% :25 i Libertine 90. Chicago. IU.. 1894. Mile :23*i :4S 1:13 lJB% Quarters :23s4 :24 i :25 :25*i Voter 122. New York. N. Y.. 1900 Mile :23% :47h 1:12 1:38 Quarters :23*f. :23% :JD, :2tl Brigadier 112. New York. N. Y.. 1901 Mil- :24 :47~ 1:12% 1:3714 Quarter? :24 :24r, :2i £•% Allan-a-Dale 110. Chicago. 111.. 1903 Mile :25V.-. AH*t. 1:12% 1:37S Quarters ijg% :23% :2I :25 Dick Welles 112. Chicago, 111.. 1903 Mile :24% :48*5 1:12% 1:37% Qui-ttrs :24% :24 £31 :25 Centre Shot 105. Los Angeles. Cal.. 1908. Mil? :24 :473s. 1:11 - l:37i Quarters :24 :23-~ :24i3 :23rs Bonne Chanco 98. Juarez, Mexico. 1914 MiD :23t5 :4« 1:11*3 137 yuartera :S~. :22t. :25-r. .-oz Christ ophmo 102. Juarez. Mexico. 1914 Mile .23% :45% 1:11V. 1:30% yuarters :23*s ;T2 :2tir. :253 Amalfi 107. Syracuse. N. Y.. 1914 Mile :24 :47 1:12 1 :3fi4 Quarters :24 HM% :-4« M% Sun Briar 113. Saratoga. N. Y.. 1914 Mile :23*5 :4«t, 1:1*11 leM% Quarters M3- :_3r. :25V4 :24% Man o War 118. New York. N. Y.. 1920 Mile :24 :47L5 1:11 l:35 s Quarters «Ti :_3 .-, :23 % :24 i Audacious 118. New York. N. Y., 1921 Mil" :22*-. : 10r. 1 :10~ 1 *H6 Quarters :22-~. :23*f, :24.-, :25i Cherry Pie 113*. New York. N. Y., 1923 Mil* :23 :4fi 1:10 1:23% Ciurlerj :23 :23 :24 :L5-~
