The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-15
MAJOR DELMAR FAILED.
UNABLE TO LOWER WoRLD,s
 TROTTISG RECORD.

Poor Pace Making Rssponsible-Had
 Record within His Grasp When the
 Runner FaItered and the wondsrfui
 Gelding Had to be Pulled Up an In-
 stant-Negotiaied the MiIe in 2:00 3-4.
 Readville, Mass, Sept. 14-Although the weather conditions were ideal and the Readville track lightning fast, Ma jor Delmar, the latest aspirant for rec ord-trotting honors, failed to beat Lou Dillon's performance, on the same track, of mile in two minutes, princi-- pally through poor pace-making. The gelding. with the assistance of an au- tomobile for the first half and a run ming horse ahead in the second, covered the mile in 2:OO%.
 After scoring three times the horse was sent away, with the automobile slightly behind on the outside. The quarter was negotiated in 303z seconds, the automobile still keeping off to the side. At the three-eighths pole run ner started in and at the half was going in good shape, about ten yards ahead of the big trotter. The half was made in l:0012. and as the judges announced before the effort was made that such time at the half would be more than satisfactory the excitement when the time was posted at once rose to fever heat. The two horses, one running in long. easy gallops and the other trot- ting in perfect rhythm, with the noise- less auto still speeding along on the outside, swept around the long curve to the three quarters, reaching that pole 1n l:30A from the start, which made the time for the third quarter 29sz seconds. Everything looked bright for the smashing of the two-minute mark and the rechanging of the sign which was hung over the gate of the Readville track just eighteen days ago.
 But as the three passed that sign and ,came into the stretch the runner falter- ed slightly and Mcdonald was forced to pull up bit. It seemed only for an irl- stant, but that instant meant perhaps a full second, or something like forty-f1ve feet pf valuable ground. Coming to the wire. Mcdonald used every effort to get every particle of speed out Of the fast tiring trotter, but he was unable to make up the time lost at the head of the stretch
 After the effort Mcdonald said that he confidently believed Major Delfnar could beat two minutes with good run ners, and looked upon the effort to-day as a wonderful performance.
 There were four races on the card to- day, and, being a breeders meeting, special purses were made for young horses. Favorites won throughout the day, and only in the POT pace WAS rftF5ia a spirited contest. Tn that race there was a grand fight between Major c. and Locanda, the former winning both heats by 8 nose in fast time. All the events were run off in straight heats and the entire programme cleared in short order
 The summary:
 2;o7 Class PacingrPaTse lTsTss si,ooo Two iu Loeantia br i tBroadbine1 X. {. \. sphinx ch g Spear x. \. E. 3 3 2; Prince Direct, blk h AicTIenry) ..... 5 s Trilby Direct, br m Curry ........... Time-2:04ls. 2:04. :. Foals of 1901 Trotting Purse s1,ooo-Two
 in Three.
 Totara, b f, by Bingen (Titer1 ....... California Cresceus, b c lWalker) ...... 2 Pierpont Morgan. br (Tozier1........ 4dis
 Time 2:19A, 2:171S.
 H2:13 Class Trotting Purse $1 900 Two in
 Three Promise, blk g, by Silver Chimes (An-
 dreWsl ............. s....s.........s i | Crescent, g g (Curry} }.......t......3... 3 Guy Fortune, oh Il (Hudson) ........s. 2 Pug, (Merriield) .........5......... 4 Alley, blk g (LaSelD. D.................. Anna Held, blk n (Ecker) ........... 6