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No 200 Miles at Santa Anita AnitaSANTA SANTA ANITA PARK Arcadia Calif Though Americas best horses were in ac ¬ tion at the current meeting now in its last week there wasnt a 200 mile Lack of the distinction the time mark at which the harness world is always shooting was not due to the horses failure to do their best in the opinion of the horsemen but rather to the weather The 30odd inches of rain which fell on the racing strip forced Track Superintendent Elmer Gould to treat the top surface In a manner which precluded a lightning fast track during periods of no rain which at best were short The nearest approach to a 2 00 mile came in the San Diego FreeforAll Pace when Dudley Hanover went the oncearound in 2OOM to beat Direct Rhythm by a nose The same amount of effort over a course like Lexingtons Red Mile might have yielded several under2 minute jniles horsemen said
