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RACING RECORDS OF 1919 Three New American Marks Made During the Present Year. ! Times for Various Distances at the Different Tracks Undergo Many Changes. y The existing1 American time records are already so fast that excelling any of them is ii matter of extreme difficulty, so that when a new one is made" it represents :i display of speed of the highest order. Nevertheless three new American records were established and three old marks were equaled during the racing of 1919. Distinction lowered the four and a. half furlongs record to 52 at Iitonia .Tune 10, Sir Barton eclipsed Irish Lads time of 2:17 for one and three-eighths miles, made in 1904, when he ran the distance in 2:17 at He n ion t Park June 11, and Thunderclap on October 11 at Laurel Park gained fame by reducing the mile and a half record of 2:30i, established by Coodricli at Washington Park, Chicago, in 1898. I 2:29, On August 5 at Saratoga Fairy Wand displayed a remarkable flight of speed to equal the mile record of 1:30, made by Sun Briar at the same track in 1918. Sweep On equaled Brookdale Nymphs time of 1:17 for six and one-half furlongs when he won the Richmond Handicap at Belmont 1 Park May 31. That superb colt, The Porter, gained inclusion among the reeord-breakers by equaling the mile and seventy yards record of 1:41 at Churchill Downs May 30. That concluded the successful assaults on the American time records, the new and equaled times made during 1919 being as follows: Dist. Horse. A.Wt. Track. -Date. Time. 4 1-2 f Distinction. 2 107 Latonia. June 10.. :.r2 ! 1-2 fSweep On... 3 112 Bel. Park, May 31.1:17 1 Fairy Wand. 5 107 Saratoga. Aug. 5.. 1:36 lm70y The Porter. .4 110 Ch. Downs.May 30.1:41 1 3-K Sir Barton.. 3 12C Bel. Iark, .Tfinell.2:17 1 1-2 Thundelap .3 108 Laurel, Oct. 11... 2:29 With so many horses of great speed engaged in the racing of the present year and with the many improvements and the scientific care of the different I race tracks it was only natural that a number of changes would be made in the time records of these courses. Belmont Park iins always been noted as an exceptionally fast track, but the reconstruction of that course last winter made it even faster, and the result was that several of the old time marks were shattered. Saratoga, where so many changes -were made in the time records in 1918. was not quit as fast this year, and only one new mark was hung up, although two of the old ones were equaled. Changes were made at all the principal courses over which racing was conducted, the new times made at the various distances during 1919 being shown under the names of the different tracks, arranged in alphabetical order, the only omissions being those at New Orleans and Havana, where racing is still in progress: Aqueduct. Dist. Horse. A. Wt. Date. Time. 5-fi Cobwebs 2 11.1 July 3 :57 7-S Naturalist ....5 132 July 4 1:23 Belmont Park. Main Course. Dist. Horse. A. Wt. Date. Time. 3-4 Lucullite 4 130 Sept. 1 1:10 0 1-2 f .Sweep On ...3 112 May 31 1:17 1 r,ucullite 4 130 Sept. 9 1:36 1 J -10 Valor 5 10S June 5 1:44 1 1-8 War Cloud ...4 US Sept. 1 1:50 1 3-8 Sir Barton 3 121! June 13 2:17 1 r.-8 Over There ..3 115 Sept. 0 2:47 Equals old record. Bowie. Dist. Horse. A. Wt. Date. Time. Im70y Genevieve B...4 107 April 10 1:43 Churchill Downs. Dist. Horse. A. Wt. Date. Time. Im70y The Porter ...4 110 May 30 1:41 1 1-S Nominee 4 109 May 30 1:51 1 1-2 K1 Rey 5 107 May 29 2:33 Empire City. Dist. Horse. A. Wt. Date. Time. r 1-2 f H. Over Heels.2 111 July 28 1:05 Gloria France. .2 112 July 30 1:03 Havre do Grace. Dist. Horse. A. Wt. Date. Time. 1-2 Carmandale ..2 115 April 23 :47 3-4 Billy Kelly. ..3 12S Sept. 27 J:U" 1 Paul Jones 2 101 Sept. 29 1:41 J 1-15 Midnight Sun. 4 93 Sept. 15 1:45 Exterminator .4 124 Sept. 22 l:4.i 1 J-S Cudgel 5 12 Sept. 27 1:r,0, 1 1-2 Toddler 3 97 Sept. 24 2:437 Jamaica. Dist. Horse. A. Wt. Date. Time. 5 1-2 f Lucullite 4 122 May 19 1:0.. 3-4 Tip. Witchet..4 lit June 17.. 1:11 1 Purchase 3 129 June 19 1:3X1:. 1 1-10 Naturalist ...5 122. June 14 1:45 Latonia. Dist. Horse. A. Wt. Date. Time. 4 1-2 f Distinction ...2 107 June 10 :52 1 St. Augustine. .4 100 July 3 1:31 Sennings Park. 3 118 July 5 1:30 11-8 Omond 3 98 June 11 1:50 1 3-10 Drastic 4 10S July 4 1:55 1 5-8 Stockwell 3 KM! Oct. 4 2:45 Laurel Park. Dist. Horse. A. AVt. Date. Time. 3-4 Itoyce Kools ..4 110 Oct. 10 1:11 1 The Porter... 4 125 Oct. 21 1:37 1 3-10 Frogtown 3 103 Oct. 22 1:59 11-2 Thunderclap ..3 108 Oct. 11 2:29 Lexington. Dist Horse. a. Wt. Date. Time. 1 1-2 Piedra 4 106 Sept. 17 2:32 Oaklawn Park. Dist. Horse. A. Wt. Date. Time. 3 1-2 t St. Allan 2 115 March 25 .... :41 1-2 Thelma K. ...2 118 March 20 :47 4 1-2 t Sister Helene..2 102 April 15 :54 lm70y Drastic 4 108 March 18 1:43 Pimlico. Dint. Horse. A. Wt. Date. Time. 3-4 Ophelia 3 112 ov. 10 1:11 1 1-10 Mack Stuart... 4 92 Nov. 8 1:4I 2 1-4 Exterminator .4 121 No. 13 4:13 Saratoga. Dist. Horse. A. AVt. Date. Time. 1 Fairy Wand.. .5 107 Aug.-5 .1:36 1 1-8 Sun Briar 4 128 Aug. 0 1:50 1 3-4 Exterminator .4 120 Aug. 30 2:08
