The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-09
MAJOR DELMAR TROTTING KING
TAKES CROWN FROM CRESCEUS
WITH MILE IN 2.OI 81.
Fifth Attempt OF the Son or Deimar TO
Beat Worlds Record successful--Eyen
Pace Throughout Great Triai--NO
Device TO Shield Trotter From Wind.


Pace Throughout Great Trial-NO
Device TO Shield Trotter From Wind
LEXINGTON, KY, Oct s.-Major Delmar
lie now the unquestioned king OF the trotting
turf. AS the band played Hail to the Chief"
and 10000 people made the course a scene
OF pandemonium. the mighty gelding went
under the wire in 2Ol1+, establishing new
worlds trotting record without a wind
shield here to-day.
Four times previous this year he has tied
Cresceuss mark Of 2 orr made at Columbus.
Ohio on Aug. 1, 1901. but to-day the Major
was equal to the task set him and tonight
E. F.. Smathers ia even on the $4,000 he
paid last year for the marvellous trotting
horse.
Major Delmar did not come on the track
for his great effort until after all the races
had been trotted and paced, as all the after
noon the flying flags told the story of the
wind being contrary. Otherwise every
thing was most favorable for record
breaking performance, the weather being
clear and warm and the track fast though
some good Judges said they had seen the
back stretch in a shade better condition.
The mighty horse came on the track with
Driver A. p. Mcdonald behind him, accom-
panied ny d driven 10y oCOtJ 1uChOn,
while another runner was in waiting at the
half to take up the Maj or as he neared that
point. After scoring three times, Mcdonald
nodded for the word, and the great horse
went to the quarter in 294 seconds.
Down the back stretch his speed was
onds, so clip. He showed no slack in
speed as he rounded from the half to the
three-quarters in lbs, trotting this quarter
in 2sH.
ing OF Cresceus as king. and amid ire
mendous excitement the mighty horse
came home resolutely, crossing the wire
in ,2?o1H without having made skip or
bobble for the entire mile
u All the he. watches Of the official timers B
1albert. tailed exactly with the official
time as hung out. Major Delmar pulled
up in good condition and as, side by side
with trainer Mcdonald, 4. +. Smathers
his face was wreathed with smiles.
Major Delmar, with to-day wonderful
performance, now holds four worlds rec
ords. His mark Of 1891 is the worlds
record fol, trotting geldings with a wind
shield. and his mile in 2ol>. to-day i, the
a wind shield. He also holds the worlds
record for half mile, iO1, and mile and
an eighth. 222L. He is son of lelmar,
2:l64 dam, Expectation, by AutogIaph,2l6l-
He was bred by W. L. Spier, Gilens Falls,
N. Y, but Thomas W. Lawson. the boston
millionaire, now ownes his dam.
Ma jor Delmar is years old and has
been on the turf since he was a two-year-
old. At that age he got n record of 2:3l,
at three he held a mark of 2I5 and as a
flve-year- he reduced his record to 2O5;a
Smat hers bought him last year when he
looked like candidate for championship
honors
The Wilson stake for PAGERS fell to Morn
ing Star, the favorite, in straight heats, and
the other two races we're won cleIerly
by the favorites Mainland and Nancy H.,
both driven by Scott Hudson.
2:2o class; pacing; the Wilson stake: purse 81 oco