Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-09
TROTTlNG.
WIND SHIELDS
 DISCUSSED.
Decision of Racing com- mission Vii! Stand
 Maud 5. Queen Fora ever.

$AOOuI LAA6 0A4T SUUJGEE l&CuSSGO yesterday by horsenen q, the different piaees 'n which .neJ gather. was the ruling Of the board Of presidents of the parent associations. which classihes all records made behind pace with ehe aid cf ''dirt shield. A number of horse mer whc were tnterv:ewed yesterday take exception to the rule 'as the board passed :t claiming tha. the soia- promise decision Is unsatisfactory. while others accept II ss one which will wors C the best interests of the horse world
 Mart Demarest- who trained and 4.an. dlec Prl1ce Alert r Ais ais races and E1aIs agains. the wa.ca excepting the one d.. Empire City track. when he paced bis world. record mile T l:57, at which :dne Jack Curry held the reins. II, 4Jemarest driving the pace maker said ''As far az ] a,r con- cerned. the rule Is a good one II 4s true Prince Alert was the only horse affected by the ruling, still we race our horses under. the rules made by the parent associations. and must abide by 1heIn.''
 Prince Alert's record is now 2:oOO, is it notg' was asked Mr Demarest.
 sSo, indeed," replied the clever reinsrnan. "Prinee's record Is 1:59as. Prince Alert started at Belmont park track. Philadelphia October I5, 1908, tc beat the track record of i:59&. and was successful ID his effort. finishing the mile tn l:59ia. The trial was made without the aid Of a wind shield, thus establishing record, continued MT Demarest.
 AS the conversation continued, Dan Patch's name was mentioned. Inn mediately Mr Demarest said: T will go on record now thar Prince Alert will, next season, lower all the records held by the son of >oe Patchen. He will start under exactly the same con- ditions as did Dan Patch when he won the records he now holds. wired E. E. Smathers. who was at Memphis when Dan Patch paced his record mile there, to match Prince Alert against Dan Patch for $25,O0o a side. just as soon as he learned that Dan had tray eled a mile in 1:56A. thus lowering Lle record made by Prince Alert three quarters of a second"
 The records now held by the cham pions Tn their respective classes are: Dirt shield records. trottins Lou Dill lon, l:5S1a, made at Memphis: pacing record, Dan Patch, 1:56lz. made at ne same track. Records made to pneu- matic aulkies, without the aid of dirt shields, trotting. Cresceus. 2:02A made at Columbus. O; Star Pointer. 1894, made at Readyille, Mass Rec ords made to high wheeled sulkies, without the aid of dirt shields. trot- ting, Maud S.. 2.OSA, made at Cleve- land, O.: pacing. Johnston, 2:o6A. The record O. Maud S., 2:0SA ac- cording to the ruling of the board. IS likely to stand forever undisturbed. at least as far as Lou Dillon and Major Delmar are concerned, or any other trotter that shall win record faster than the high wheel sulky record of 2.0SM. The boards decision Is that when a horse makes record to pneu- matic .sulky he cannot make another to a hi h wheeled sulky. unless his record to a pneumatic vehicle is slower N" T the one he has previously made to an old fashioned rig.
 It will be easily seen that in order for Lou Dillon to obtain the high wheeled sulky record 1t will be neces- sary for her to trot mile faster than :5Sda, which is her dirt shield pneu- rnatic sulky record. and it certainly would be a marvellous performance were she to accomplish this feat II appears as if the board has secured the record of Maud $. forever by their ruling.