Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-15
LEXINGTON RECORDS.
Some Great Marks Made and a Remarl
ably Successful Meeting.

Some Great Marks Made and a Remark
ably Successful Meeting.
LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. A.-Fair weather,
balmy air. an enthusiastic company of spec
tators, together with rich stakes and purses
combined to inspire the competitors in to-
days races to do their best. The results of
this, the last of the ten days racing of the
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Associ.
alton, will be memorable in the history of
trotting. Thirty-three races have been fin
ished, and more than score of horses have
been trotted for record. Guy made a mile
yesterday in 2:0SZ beating the track record
in pacing by one-half second. Only last
Monday William Penn. of Phoenix Farm.
Ph9nixVille, Pa, beat the worlds 2-year-old
race record by a second, trotting a mile in
2:lsH. Then day Alix, of the Standard
Irott,ng a9T Horse Cor Company kenosho, Wis.
| 1t was in the first heat of the third race.
| The time was 2:l34. All through the meet
ing there has not been an instance in which
the record in a race has not been sent down
| below the conditions of the entry.
Among distinguishing characteristics of
| the meeting have been the large fields and
| close ontests. In fact, in all the races the
| winner has been compelled to put his ca pa
| bilities to their utmost test. The strife has
been bitter and furious. Never before on
this track and not often on any other track
! have the competitors been 80 nearly evenly
matched in the several races. In only q few
| instan ces were races won in straight heats
The betting was extraordinarily brisk for
| trotting. races Four book makers, one
French pool stand and one auction pool
| were ali kept busy. Only one of the old
sulkies was used in these races and that in
| only one heat.
The Dyke has been the exclusive vehicle.
Its wheels are of the uniform height of 2S
| inches, and the weight of the sulxy averages
from 6s to 65 pounds. Only two Of these let
| down, one sprung an air leak on the last day
| and one let down by the breaking of a Wheel
| on the first day. These were the only ones
| that were retired during the meeting after
| they had been brought on the track to score
| for race. Drivers and other trotting ex-
| perts estimate the Dyke sulky at from to
| seconds faster in n mile than the old reg ula-
| tion sulky. 1t is faster in seconds for slow
| horse than it is for Nancy Hanks flyer.
| The weather was so cold in the first few
| days of the races as to reduce the atten-
dance. Furthermore this was a ten days
meeting, which Is three days longer than
any previous meeting. In consequence of
these two facts it has not been altogether II
financial success. Its glory was in its record
ably fast time. The attendance to-day was
about 3,0CO In the S., 900 stake race the first
heat was a surprise, Constantine and Bell
Archer were to 5 favorites in the books.
The start was splendid. Alix who was to l
in the pools. led soon after the start and was
never headed. She won easily by two lengths
in 2:l2h
AliX got off second in the second heat, but
came home five lengths winner. Alter
winning two straight heats Alix stood out
of sight in the books. The betting was for
second place and to show, and Constantine
and Bell Archer were about even favorites
| for these positions. Alix had it all her own
way, however, and won at her pleasure in
fine shape, the heat and the race.
A most exciting contest was that OF the
third race, the, s., $50 stake for 3-year-olds.
Directum made the first heat in 2:13L. This
ties the worlds record for 3-year'olds
The fourth race was unfinished. 1t was
NM cfrNNr mad NJ
the 2-year-old wonder, will then trot an ex-
his record.
First race, continued from Thursday. the john
ston stake for stations of l:30 class; s., 5Gc-
Dan Cupid. - Broomal ........4
Time-2:is, 2:ls 2:ls&, 2:l6A.
Second race, the special stake for 6year-olds aud
under; IS. 0O0-
Alix. ................1 1 Belle Archer......3 4
Florida .:.:..........4 2IGrattan ...........5
TimeN2:i25. 2:i26. 2:ls.
Third race, the Kentucky stake for 3-year-olds,
mile heats, two In three: 81 500
Directum ..........1 L Gar. ......... .......2
Belle Flower. ........4 2lSabina... ....3
Il the first heat Directum tied the worlds race
record for 3-year-olds. Time by quarters, :32H,
Fourth race, 227 class trorting. purse st. 900 (un
finlshed)-
Lee RUSSELL. l 2 4Carilla ....4 5
Andy Cutter....3 l 2Waco...... .-....6
sternberg ......7 May Morgan:...S 8 dis
Keuline - Happy Promises dis
This will be finished Tomorrow morning.