Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-19
IOWA SPORTS TALK
Season of 1903 Unprecedented
Among Annals of Previous
Race Track History
a YEAR OF RECORD BREAKING

a YEAR OF RECORD BREAKING
ResdgNe Of Performances and Records
Made BY Lou Dillon and Dan Patch
List of 2:1O Performers is Long
Some of the Horses That Have Fig
ured Prominently.
The simple statement that the season
OF 1903 has been rema rkable one in
the history of the track and harness
horses is inadequate 1t has been more
than that, it has been unprecedented,
and will probably stand for years to
come as most unusual from a rec
ord breaking stand point. The two
minute trotter, the dream of track de-
voices, has become a reality, and the
performance marked a tremendous
.S>'AAN SAA"hA " III isiIiitS INGS-
ord breakers We're common as three
minute horses at county fair No
sooner had one arisen as the bright
particular star of the racing armament,
of some other that, like a comet scared
to the zenith, and disappeared only 10
be followed by still another more bril-
liant. AS sensational performers and
record makers Lou Dillon and Dan
Patch stand alone in class by them
selves, as queen and king of the
turf
There is little question that Lou Dill
Ions mile. in 1851 at Memphis on
October "a, will not be lowered for
several seasons for the gap which sep
crates her mark from the nearest rival
is a wide one. During the five months
OF the season she gave sixteen exhibit
lions of her wonderful fieetness. The
sloWest of these was 2:06I2, and the
top was the record. The average time
was 2:O3A-in other words it WAS
faster than the time for one mile which
stood as the worlds record before he.
Six of these miles were
to sulky, nine to wagon and one to high
sulky The average time of the six
sulky was 2:021s-which is faster than
the one mile which stood as the worlds.
record when the sea son opened. Brit
liant as these may appear they are no
more SO than her remarkable perform
ance to wagon of the one-quarter in
25& seconds.
Wonderful as 1t may seem the doings
of the Billings mare still more SO. in
the minds of many, were those of
Dan Patch, the top notcher Of the pa
GERS His championships stated sing
ly are as follows: The worlds light
harness record 1:56A; half mile rec
ord, OF seconds; wagon record, 1:5714;
naf mile track record. 2:03L: high
wheel sulky record. 2:04A and two mile
record. All. The mile record was made
at Memphis on October % and during
the season he gave eighteen perform
ances. Separating the ten miles he
paced over mile tracks exclusive ~
that to high wheels. they average In
time less than 1853 25. In 1902 he
paced thirteen miles in the average
time of 2:0O&. In two years there
fore, he has paced twenty-three miles
IN the practical average of 200.
The HIST OF the performers for the
season which have touched or went
under the 2:10 mark comprises 1879
horses. OF these forty are trotters and
PAGERS. Dividing the
trotters into two classes. the new
trotters and those with reduced rec
ords, the former comprises twenty-six
and the later fourteen. A similar d.
vision of the PAGERS places seventy in
he new class and twenty-nine in the
other. Prominent among the new
rioters for the year is Haw thorne,
':o6A Swift, 2:07; Billy Buch, o.
'7A; Caspian. 2:O7A and Mckinley,
.:07A. Conspicuous among those max
ng new mark during the, year were
Major Delmar, 1:5sA; Cresceus, -
'9A; Jokn A. McKerron. 2:041R: On |
ward Silver, 2:05A and Fereno, 2:05la.
n the cores ponding classes of the |
PAGERS, comes Mapor c., 2:04; Tom
leene,: 2:04A; Hal Chaffin, 2:05A;
sredette, 2:051a; Frank Yoakum, o.
'5A; and Prince Alert. 1:57; Darrell, |
!: O0A: Dan r., 2:0lA; Fanny billiard,
.o3A; and Nervolo. 2:04A.
The season of 1903. aside from the
wo minute trotters, brought out many
tars of only less Importance, whose
onsistent races in the east and west
ntitle them to prominent public no.
ice. Nine of the fastest and most
uccessful of these are given below:
hey are Alta Axworthy. 2:15A; Cas-
ian. 2:07A: Belle, Kuser, 2:0s; Billy /
ouch, 2:OTs4; Fereno, 2:o5h; Jay Nc
iregor 2:0s; Ethels Pride, 2:l3A;
ieorge Muscovite, 2:osA; and Dor
tiny Redmond, 2:l0A.
Especially brilliant among the long
st of PAGERS for the year those of
ine only are given. These performers
ave gained notable prominence for
he unvarying success which has at
ended their efforts both in the east
nd west. They are Elastic Pointer.
:05hs Hetty c., 2:05A; Red Bird,
:0sA; Star Hal, 2:06A; Nervolo.
:O4A; Tom keene, 2:04A: Joe Point
r. o:05i4; Colonel Loomis, 2:0sA, and
drain Ha Ha, 2:11A.
Revolution Imminent.
A sure sign of approaching revolt
nd serious trouble in your system is