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Pronto Don Never Extended In Scoring Many Victories VictoriesSANTA SANTA ANITA PARK Arcadia Calif No one knows just how fast Pronto Don can trot His mark of 159 was made at Hollywood Park last fall and he holds the world record of 230 for a mile and a quarter also made at Hollywood Park when he captured last years Golden West Trot But in all his many victories he has won his last 14 starts in a row he has never been fully extended He has never been sent against the watch over a lightning fast track Whether he could approach Greyhounds great mark of 155 is a matter of speculation only for Hayes Fair Acres Farm his proud owners do not look with favor on attempting an extraordinary mark He is a gelding so a remarkably fast trial against the fence could have little or no commercial value Subjecting the great trotter to the strain of an allout trial paced by running horses should be dis ¬ pensed with in the opinion of many horse ¬ men in the light of the several seasons of lucrative racing which loom ahead of the theI I son of Donald Truax TruaxI I Pronto Don might well be likened to Man o War Big Red was never fully i extended except in that race against Upset when he was left at the post and then came like the wind to all but win It is recalled that Man o War hung up a new world record for one and fiveeighth miles in the Lawrence Realization while in hand gallop a full sixteenth of a mile in front of ofI I his nearest competitor
