The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-10-26

The closing days Of the racing reason
bid (air to establish such RECORDS that
they will stand as history for some yea rs
TO come. The king and queens Of the turf
were up and doing with vengeance
last week and tho results shine for them
selves.
Lou billions mile I'm ]: :Ss% ranks far
ahead OF any other feat ever accomplished
by harness horse. The / Sc mile by
Dan Patch was great. but IL cannot COM
pare with The trotting queens record. A
mile In 1854 by n trotter I. almost be-
yond belief. Such thing was never
dreamed OF until Lou Dillon turned the
R-sdville track In 200.
Men whose Judgment is worth soma
thins do not hesitate 10 say that another
yesr Lou Dillon will trot as fast as any
harness horse has ever mile. lof
OF them believe that she will then be
able to trot for quarters in - seconds.
i.er campaign this year has been such
thai nothing she may do in the future VIII
surprise. She Is speed marvel.
While at nrst. the mile IN INA by
Cresceus. At Wichita. Kan, was doubted
b. horsemen. on second thought ocnsid-
erIng tho general sweeping reduction in re-
cords that has been going an the year
horsemen are inclined 10 accept the re-
ported performance as genuine.
Dan Pstch's mile was q genuine sur
prise. for when Prince Alert paced Em-
rire City track in i:5T every one thought
he had put the record where 1t would
stand for years. Dan Patchs rerea ted
failures TO heat i:Ss discouraged his ad-
n,irers and even McHsnry began 10 think
he was all in FOR this year. lie was satis-
fed that his horse had had too many
fast miles and at Cincinnati decided 10 let
him UP bit and then cinch him up for
trial here.
Sensational reports of speed from Mem
phis cannot be said 10 be surprise. yet
Saturdays contained so startl.nfa feature
that the horse world was all asos what
would one have thought n year ago OF
mile in 5sts by a trotting mare: Then
again, year ago the record for pacing
mates was .:o4Z This was lowered 20
2:pL nv the little bay mare Darrell The
mare is familiar to all rscc-goers IN New
England as she was raced over the half
mile circuit for a number OF years before
she Joined the grand circuit.
Dariefs 2:0oL takes the crown for pac-
Ing mare by more than three seconds and
makes II look as II we are TO have a new
7-miuute PAGER IL would indeed be
strange II year OF such extreme speed
should pass with not single new addition
90 the a:oo pacing list.
>Cresceus' mile in I5sa. has caused a
great deal OF talk. and IL Is hard 70 fnd
a man who thinks the great stallion ever
trotted 80 fast Cresceus in all the years
he has been before the public never show
od that he had chance OF trotting in :
minutes. In fact, the antltwo- minute be-
levers held him up a. their shining ex-
ample
II is considerable of a surprise TO most
horsemen. to hear that Peter the Great
,2:01Ll. sire of Sadie Mac (;:iil1). the best
a-year-old OF the year. and In the opin-
ion Of a great many horsennen. the great
est S-year-old that has ever appeared on
the turf will be included among the
horses which Mr.. j. Malcolm Forbes will
send 10 the auction sales. This stallion.
who. as a 3-year-old won the Kentucky
Futuri;y. has always been hard horse
10 get 20 the races, but when in shape.
fevs II any. of the trotters contempor-
AIRY with him were able TO lower his
colors. While at Forbes farm he has
been somewhat overshsdowed by the SEN
ra tlonal sire BinGen Cs:sA).