The sun., 1889-12-08


carried as much weight as Kingston. but
taking into consideration the improvement in
the r % Ss the
part Of tho race. when. tongfeIiow made The
world to-day think OF. two horses running the
first three quarters OF q mile in a two and a
S IT y NDnS The horsss d c
sSS, and bali a, pace anything like
Nessrs. Belmont and Harper. This all goes
to show. that the thoroughbred OF to-day is
not nearly the equal of HE ancestor in stamina.
at least, and in the cases of IonRfeiiow and
Kinghsher the question OF fispeed is very much
No horse of any age or with. any weight
up has ever run three.quarters OF mile over
2 circular course In th9 time Of the first
race, and Il has been surpassed on straight
away course only at West Chester, where the
Soing is Of the finest and md dow down hin nearly all
the recent meeting of the New York Jockey
Is marvellous performance and almost be:
yond belief but then El Rio Rey is q marvel OF
eeGpine. preeooity, and such two-yeer-
Station era 0 RRe Vest 6hester 6hSssSs straiehtaWay
orI6 traek oLs iS the s course the
comparison betwesn tie ss record. breaking per- per
iormances OF Geraldine. FL Rio Rey, and Ford;
sSomH a% y kaS.P Gna hS spS konsafw fs % in SSa @
race. the 2:OSI Of klnesion for a mile and q
straight course. ell g6t tiy down hill. than on an
lacss aeSd
S cause q the shorter iieSs q tine reaaiFed Tor
longs over Sheepshead Bays circular track
was mighty effort. but e. Rio Rey's
adSd sSs e1es Of 1e wso @ EseE 6oSnF
Of the different styles OF the tracks In question
look like much the better performance, as a
quarters Of q mile would only be required to run
the odd IN Il seconds to Sysr s oven
side Esre 81 for the odd fupions S. and the chances
the public may look to Morris Park to always
palm Will be awarded elsewhere for the, reg
Sas Sar SSh of h mile 10 c%b nPa ana ses
that the, average OF time is brought to about
When Monmouth Park gets its new mile and.
e-half straightaway course Into shape. and it
July next. some lightning time may be looked
for, and the milelrecord which has stood so long
vii have to g9hstt is after the
stood the assaults Of time. 1t has been ap-
numerous occasions. and there are In training
every year number OF horses able to smash 1t,
but for some reason or other Ten Broeck's
1:39H Is as yet unscathed. During the past
summer THE SUN broached the subject OF q
flight against the mile record to number OF
gentlemen Interested in race tracks and
declaring that horsemen were averse to trytn
to break the, mile record that. In case they
did SO. it would ruin their horses chances In
handicaps. as the official who allots the weights
would assuredly pack the weight onto
the back OF the race horse that could
cover his mile In 1897 or better.
Maori. Badge, Cracksman:, Geraldine. Ben
1:4o1 or better during the past summer. and
the former now holds the record for the fastest
time for q mile made In an actual race her
1898 at Chicago on July II being great Rer;;
formance, Ten Broeck's 1:39A was as Is well
known. made against the watch on specially
prepared track and with q fresh horse to stimu-
late him at different points on the journey.
1:39H or better on the day he won the FIRST
Special at Gravesend. and Tenny. Dave Pull ST.
fer's great three year-old that finished thi rd in
the same race. only length behind the victor.
was separately timed the last mile Of that race
In 1:39k. He was o three -year-old. and car
ried two pounds more weight than the five
year-old Ten Brock The record OF the latter
Is OF the tin cup" order. as the trotttng horse
man would say. and IL is to be hoped that some
have enough pluck to oner purse sufficiently
large for great race at a milo. with a special
inducement added II the record is broken. The
handicappers know pretty well what the PROM
inent horses on the turf are capable OF accom-
plishing and the idea that the animal that has
sufficient speed to run mill in better than
! :99A will be weighted out OF all good events