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KING SAXON MAY GO AFTER MILE RECORD PAWTUCKET R I June 15 Ever alert and ready to loosen up the bank roll for a real attraction Walter E OHara today sub ¬ mitted a proposition to C H Pat Knebel kamp for the latters great colt King Saxon to make an attempt on the one mile record against time timeKing King Saxons many sensational perform ¬ ances this season have firmly established him as the countrys best miler and he is reputed to have a new worlds record for this disance entirely at his mercy any time racing and track conditions catch him in his top form The speedy son of Saxon and Poltova is reported to have routed worlds best figures in private trials and it was a discussion of these trials that set OHara hot after the attraction attractionThe The worlds record over one mile against the watch belongs to Andrew B Millers great little horse Roamer which on August 21 1918 carried 110 pounds at Saratoga around one and onehalf turns and was clocked in the amazing time of 134 134Prior Prior to this and under similar conditions James B Higgins great horse Salvator carrying 110 pounds over a straight mile at Monmouth Park N J on August 28 1890 had established a record at 135 135Unquestionably Unquestionably the greatest performance of them all was turned in by C V Whitneys Equipoise which carried the crusher of 128 pounds around one turn at Arlingtton ParK on June 30 1932 and astounded the world of turfdom with a necord of 134 the fast ¬ est mile ever covered by a thoroughbred
