The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-10-07
GREATEST TROTTING In
HISTORY or THE TURF
SWEET MARIE WINS CLASSIC
TRANSYLV4EIA STAKE

TEree-Hali Fry Third-hno1s oeAuz
tine king Finds Pace Too Fast for
Him and is Distanced in the Third
Heat-The other Races.
Lexington, KY. Oct. 1s.-The Tran
sylyania, for 2:12 trotters. valued at
5000 to-day resulted in possibly the
greatest contest in the history OF the
trotting turf, and was won by sweet
Marie in the three final heats, the nrst
two heats going to Tiverton. Four
worlds records were made in the
Pennsylvania to-day, besides lowering
the event record and making the fast
est mile of the year on any track.
When Tiverton won the first heat IN
2:05t "a he lowered the event record
and made the fastest trotting record OF
any horse this year. When he won
the second heat in 2:04 1-2 he again
lowered these records and made the
worlds record for the fastest second
heat in a race.
Sweet Marie won the third heat in
2:05. This established worlds record
for the three fastest heats ever Itrot-
ted in a race and her mark is worlds
record for the fastest third heat ever
trotted in a race. Sweet Marie won
the fourth heat in 2:0S 1-2 and the fifth
heat in 2:09, thus establishing worlds
record for the five fastest heats ever
trotted in a race. The average time
for each heat was 2:06 l1-20. The first
three heats averaged 2:O4 Ia. The time
by quarters Of the FIVE heats was as
follows:
First heat--.32 .1:04A, 1861, 2:05 ".
Second--:32h, 1.02%s 1888, 2:04h.
Third :S1 Y, 1:o2H, 1893, 2:05;
Fourth--:S2M, 1:04M, 1886, 2:081s
Fifth-:S3, 1:05h, 1:8S, 2;09.
Sweet Marie, the winner, is owned
/ by William Garland of Los Angeles. In
the betting she was favorite for the
race, but Tiverton was favorite for the
first heat Sweet Marie drew the pole.
Tiverton took fifth position. Tiverton
got the pole before the half was reach
cd and held Vt to the finish, going un-
der the wire length ahead Of Sweet
Marie, the Others struggling behind.
Tiverton never lost the pole in the
second heat. and set the pace all the
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spare when he went under the wire.
Tiverton also maintained his lead in
the third heat and was half length
ahead OF the bunch at the half when
Sweet Marie began to push him. Round
4 ing into the stretch Sweet Marie came
neck and neck with him but lost her
advantage and fell back. Mcdonald
fairly lifted the little mare along until
she was even with her rival again be-
fore the distance flag was reached, and
4 in a driving finish went under the
wire a half length ahead of Tiverton.
/ Tiye1iton looked like winner in the
\ fourth heat until the stretch was reach
ed. He took the pole from Sweet Marie
at the eighth and led around to the
half, surrendering his position just be-
fore the three quarters was reached.
Sweet Marie easily won the fifth heat,
Tiverton Jagged two lengths behind all
the way around and finished fourth.
Tiverton could have finished better
than fourth but he already had sec
ond money and Andrews was content
to to escape the red flag. Tuna and
Kent were dstanced IN the first heat,
and Knoxs Gelatine King found the
pace too fast for him in the third.
The Pennsylvania was established in
1889. The fastest previous record was
2:07 1-2, made by Prince OF Orange, in
a race won by 0zanum in 1902. The
crowd, who was record breaking one,
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