The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13
Noted Driver Has Covered M
merous Fast Miles Behind
Trotters and PAGERS.
HIS RECORD STANDS ALONE.
No Previous Handler of Harness
Horses Has Ever Equaled the
Mark He Set the Last
Season.

Alta Mcdonald has driven more sem
s~ational miles behind trotters and PAGERS
in 1901 than any reinsman ever did before
him in the long history of the turf.
He is the only driver who ever drove
two performers in one yea to as sensa-
tionai worlds records as that held by
Darrell. 202f1. the champion pacing
r,are. and Major Delmar. 2:oi1&. the
worlds CHAMPION t%rotter, both PERFORM
ances without the wind shield.
Mcdonald virtually developed both
Darrell and Major DeImar. He has now
had The latter three seasons. lille when
IarieI came into his care she only had a
mark of 2:07I.. With the aid of the wind
shield he marked Major Delmar and
Darrell miles 1:Ss7s and 2Oei&. respective
ly. McDonaid's marvellous record of ex-
IRENE speed miles behind the cracks no
has driven this season stands as a mark
not likely to be excelled by any other
driver for perhaps years TO come.
He has driven Major Delmar In 26rt.
2:olai. four times in eO2i. (equaling the best
previous trottlng record without the vino
shield. twice in 2:O2a4 and again in 2aS,
and TO the high-whecled sulky he has
marked the great geldinS at 2.Di. lowering
Maud SIS lo~ng-standing record of 2rSs.
A.; noted above, he has driven Darrell III
2'I.24 this year. so all told this season he
has ridden eleven miles on different &C
caSionS in 2:S or better Every start of
Sweet Marie with Mcdonald behind hs
the great mare has won. and he gaNS
her the present race record she holdS
2.G43.. He also drove Prince Alert. 1:5ele.
to his record at Syracuse. the fastest mile
the hopplcd king ever paced. with a pace
maker at his side. He has also. this sea-
son marked Albert 2:4'.. and driven Nc
I;,la,- - t-fNfnrt- IN H.laT. that CpldtnC'G
best record.
In the Transatlantic with Sweet Marie
he equaled the record OF Bud Doble and
w. o.. Footc by driving two winners CT
piloted -Asote to victory in that event.
and he also with Sweet Marie Won the
most sensational Transatlantic ever trot-
ted, thus atonlng for his defeat in that
race when behind Major Delmar in 1907
Mcdonald pen his boyhood days in
Glens Falls. y. Y. and for years his
father conducted Il hotel in that city. 1t
is odd that the horse which has given
him his greatest fame or the turf claims
Gieus Falls as his birthplace. McpoIald
has lived I number of years in Albany.
n. Y. where he owns valuable oadhouse
property. and from November until June
he is always at home. He is now over
the border Of fifty years and Is a grand
father. He drove his first %trotters and
experienced his first sensation in the
sulky when he was IA years old.
John Splan. who has driven two cham
pions in Rarus and Johnston. says Major
Delmars performance 10 the high-wheei
sulky at the recent Memphis meeting
demonstrates that the present-day trotter
has after all improved little in extreme
speed over the champion OF other days.
With the benefit OF all Improvements in
the art of training, thoroughly condi-
toned and seasoned and over the fastest
track in the world. the best the champion
of champions of 1904 could do was to clip
SIS mark of 3,0sA, made by the great
chestnut mare nineteen years ago. The
OF Harold made her record in
the month of July. while the leaves were
turning brown as Major Delmar swept
under the wire I'm the Southern city, she
thus going against the watch nearly three
months earlier in the year than the date
on which the great geldinS at last wiped
out her marvellous record. Splan regards.
however. all things considered, that Major
Delmar is the greatest trotter that has
ret appeared on the turf.