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POMPOON SETS WORLD MARK j When J. II. Louchheims Pompoon J romped home in the forty-seventh run- ning of tho Futurity Stakes he lowered the worlds record by one-fifth of a J second. The six and a half furlongs, j straight course, record was held By j Lady Vera since 190G, when that filly j covered tho distance at the same track ! in 1:16. This was equaled in 1934 by j Balladier at Belmont When Lady Vera i established her record it was under ninety pounds. Balladier carried 124 i and Pompoon 127. AH were two-year-olds. I --
