The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
fALTEREDIN THE STRETCH
RUNNING PACEMAkER CAUSED MA
JOR DELMAR TO PULL UP.
Slight Break Prevented Him from
Breaking a Record-He Made the
Mile I'm 900 3-4-Summarfes.

READvILLE, Mass, Sept. H.-Although
the weather conditions were ideal and the
Readville track lightning fast, Major Del
mar, the latest aspirant for record trotting
honors, failed to beat Lou Dillon's perform
ance on the same track of a mile in two
minutes, principally through poor paoemak-
ing. The gelding. with the assistance OF an
automobile for the first half and a running
horse ahead in the second covered the
mile in 2:0O24.
When Major Delmar was brought out
there was scarcely breath of wind blow
ing and the air was quite warm After
scoring three times the horse was sent
away with the automobile slightly behind
on the outside. The quarter was negotiated
In 30& seconds. the automobile still keeping
of to the side. At the three-eighths pole
q runner started in and at the half was go
ing in good shape. about ten yards ahead Of
the big trotter. The half was made in 1:0oi5,
and. as the judges announced before the ef-
fort was made that such a time at the half
would be more than satisfactory, the excite
ment when the time posted rose to
fever heat. The two horses, one galloping
with long, easy strides and the other trot-
ting in perfect rhythm, with the automobile
speeding along on the outside, swept around
the curve to the three-quarters reaching
that pole in 1901 from the start, which
made the time for the third quarter 2sA4 sec
onds. Everything looked bright for the
smashing the two-minute mark, and the
changing of the sign which has hung over
the gate of the Readville track just eighteen
days. But as the three passed that sign
and came into the stretch the runner fall
tered slightly and Mcdonald was forced to
pull up bit. 1t seemed only for an instant,
but that instant meant perhaps a fun sec
ond. Coming to the wire Mcdonald used
his best efforts to get every particle of
speed out of the fast-tiring trotter, but was
unable to make up the time lost at the head
After the effort Mcdonald said that he be-
lieved that Major Delmar could beat two
minutes with good runners and looked upon
the effort to-day as wonderful perform
ance.
There were four races on the card to-day.
and, being a breeders meeting, special
purses were made for young horses.
only i'm the 2:07 pace was there a spirited
contest. In that race there was grand
former winning both heats by a nose in fast
time. All the events were run off in
stright heats. Summaries:
2:07 Glass pacing; purse, $1,000:
Major c., b. h., by Coastman (Cox) III 1
Loeanda hr h: {Broadbine) .-....--.---2 2
1 a.
Sufret, blk. m, (Ecker) :.....:........4 s
Major Muscovite. b. m. (Nichols) ......7 4
| Prince Direct, blk. h. (McHenry) ......5
| Trilby Direct, br. m. Curry ............6
Time-2:04l2. 2:04
| Foals of 1901, trotting; purse, $1,000:
| Totar. b. f., by Bingen CTiter) ..........1 /
| California Cresceus, b. c. (Walker) .....2
| Pierpont Morgan, br. c. CTozier) ........ Dis
| Time-2:l9s4, 2:171s.
2:13 Class; trotting; purse. $1,000:
Promise. blk. g., by Silver Chimes
| NAnureWs) ...-- .......--.. .-.-........--..l
| Crescent c., g. &. Curry ............2 3
| Guy Fortune, Oh. h. (Hudson) ............4
| Pug, &. &. (Merrifield) ....................3
| Alloy, blk. &. 0aselD ..................5 s
Anna Held, blk. m. (ECcker) .............6 G
Time-2:10l4. 2:11.
Special trotting to beat 200: Major Del
| mar, b. g., by Delmar "a. McDonald), lost.
! Time-:30a4; 1:001a; 1:30l4; 2:00s..
| Special trotting to beat 2:16&: Fanella,
b. m, by Arion (Carpenter). won. Time,
| 2:13.
Special trotting to beat 2:3Oi4: Ashland
| Cassell, b. h., by Ashland Wilkes (Wilson),
| won. Time, 2:19A.
Foals of 1899; trotting; purse, $1,000:
Margaret Bathgate, b. m, by Silent
| Brook (Titer) -.........-..............1 /
| Wainscott, b. n. COX ..................2
| Judge Green, b. e. Curry and Walk
| err -.-...-.; ............-.-.---.--5
| Kyrilic, CHI. h. (Young) ...............5 1
| live, b. m. (Hudson) ................h.4 dis
! Time-o.13 2-113. 2.111L