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WORLDS RECORD HOLDER CLANG DIES OF SLEEPING SICKNESS ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 111 July 18 Clang holder of two worlds records is dead The son of Stimulus and Chickasaw suc ¬ cumbed to encephalomyelitis sleeping sick ¬ ness on the farm in Louisiana where he was turned out according to word received here by his owner John F Clark Jr JrClangs Clangs first record performance was enacted here at Arlington Park where on July 19 1935 as a threeyearold he carried 105 pounds over seven furlongs in 122 to equal the mark set by Roseben twentynine years before beforeLater Later the same year on October 12 Clang picked up 110 pounds and beat Myrtlewood in their six furlongs match race at River Downs in worlds record time of 109 109The The gelding broke in the following year and several attempts the latest last winter were made to return him to competition When efforts to bring him back to the races last winter proved futile Clark retired the horse to a life of ease easeClang Clang started thirtyfive times in the three years that he raced won twelve engage ¬ ments finished second ten times and was three times third His total earnings were 25565
