The San Francisco call., 1899-10-11
RECORD
SMASHED BY
TROTTERS
Peter the Great and Tommy
Britton Head and Head in
Sensational Race.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. 10.-To-day's
card of five races was made notable by
the breaking of one worlds record in the
trotting of a fast half-mile over rather
slow track. 1t was in the first heat Of
the Ashland stake, which was regarded
as a two-horse race between Tommy
Britton and Peter the Great. In the first
heat Peter the Great and Tommy Britton
showed the greatest speed ever seen in
a public race when they trotted head and
head the half-mile in 1:O1la, with the sec
ond quarter in :29h BY some it was
considered that bad driving may possibly
have lost the race for the two heavy
fayorites. They kept together to the last
and won by length, all out. with Peter
the Great as greatly distressed. Tommy
Brltton was done for and Bonatella, w 10
had finished first in the third and fourth
IN the first two heats, took the race
rather easily.
The Stock Farm purse was won by
EndoW from good field of youngsters.
Arlington was an almost even money
favorlte for the 2:07 pace, but Eyelet, in
| a hot struggle, took the race from HIM
1t was one of the best cards of the meet
ing. Results:
2;1o class. pacing, purse $1,000 Unfinished
seventh heats. Time. 2:11 207h, 2:11 Little
Thorne won second and third heats and was
| second. Time, 2:1112. 2:1112. Free Bond dis
! tanced in seventh heat won first and sixth
heats Time, 2:l4h, 2:I5lk Fairview. Blaze
Boy, Atlantic King, Oddly. Shade On. Byzan-
/ tine Jersey Mac and Hartford Jr also started.
Stock Farm purse. trotting, foals of 1897,
purse $300o-Endow won in straight heats. Time,
! 2:1S 2:17. Nervena second, Major Delmar
| third, Ashby l. fourth. Indian Jim. Iva Dee
and Susie also started
straight heats. Time. 2:o7la 2:oS 2:Os Arling-
! ton second, Darrell third. Fanny Dillard and
Indiana also started.
! The Ashland, 2:10, trotting. purse s3o00-Bona-
/ tella won third. fourth and fifth heats. Time
2:1212, 2:l21E. 2:12s.. Peter the Great won sec
Britton won first heat in 2:OsR. and was third
Battleton fourth. Louise Mac also started
2:23 class, trotting, purse $1OOO-Phrase won in
away second. Baron Bell third Corea Dr.
French. 2ega and Lille H also started.
CHICAGO. Oct. 1O-Croesus' victory at
mile and three-eighths and Found
amazing speed in the mile and a six
teenth were the features of to-day's sport
! at Hawthorne. Croesus won merely by
wearing his field out. Found led by full
ly a sixteenth the last half-miIe Of her
journey and pulled up, beating the track
record second and a half. Weather
clear; track fast. Results:
Six furlongs-Tom Gilmore won. Tekla sec
| ond irish Jewel third. Time 1:15A
Six furlongs-Miss Lynah won. Bright Eyes
second. Border third. Time. 1:144.
Five furongs-Georgie won. HerInoso second
May Beach third. Time 1:OOA4
Nile and three-eigh ghths-Croesus won Double
J Dummy second. Plantain third. Time, 2:22.
One mile and q sixteenth-Found won Ar
baces second, Mary third. Time. 1:47
! Five and a half furlongs-Hagerdon won
Alice Turner second, Capron third. Time, 1:07
DETROIT, Oct 1O.-Five favorites won
at Windsor to-day over a fast track
Jockey ]. Gardner, who was suspended
at the Fort Erie meeting, was notified to-
| day that his suspension would last until
January J. Results:
Selling six furlongs-ocie Brooks won rr,.
second, Percita third. Time, lis.
Five and half furlongs-Pharaoh won Liz
zie Mccarthy second Cariboo third Time l:OS
One mile-Compensation won. Branch second
Rosy Morn third Time. 1872
Six furlongs selling-Albert won Leila Z
second. The Grinder third Time 1:l54
Seven furlongs, selling-Corialis won Sister
Alice second, Lady of the West third. Time
1:27%.
Six furlongs selling-George H Ketchan
won. Wilfrid Laurier second, Nekarnis third
Time. 1:14
NEW YORK. Oct. 1O.-The Rancho de
Paso and the Fairview were the features
at Morris Park to-day. In the former
which was for two-year-olds, Brigadier
who ran second in the Futurity, was q
hot favorite, Pupil, Montanic and Warins
being about equal second choices. They
\ were sent of on the fourth break to