Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-17
WORLDS RECORD
FOR ROSEB[N
Runs Seven FurIongs Around a
Turn in 1.22.

wonderful race against time over the Bel
mont Park main track yesterday. With LIZ
pounds ON his back he turned seven fur
longs in l.22 q new worlds record. and In
cidentaliy enabled his owner. David C. john
son. Frank J. Farrell. James Lewisohn and
others to cut UP about $4,000 in winnings
taken from the clubhouse booknakers on
the proposition that the champion Sprinkler
would beat 125H. The best record for seven
furlongs straightaway up to yesterday was
1.233h, made by Bella B. at Monmouth Park
in July. 1890. while the previous worlds rec
ord around a turn was 1.24 4-6, hung UP by
Aleck Shields great sprinter Halifax. with
119 pounds. who made the mark in the Swift
stakes at sheepshead Bay last June. Halt
fax on that OCCASION clipped a fifth of a sec
ond of the record made In August, 1902. by
The Musketeer at Saratoga. which has since
been equaled by Frederick Johnson's Aero
maui and the Brownleigh Park stables Ew-
eli, a two-year-oid. who performed the stunt
at Belmont only last Monday. when with 100
pounds on his back he beat Ggapple.
Roseben was entered in q handicap on
Monday with 1874 pounds. but Owner john
son withdrew him SO that he could cinch
the fifth race yesterday. an event for all
ages, the conditions OF which let Roseben
In with 126 pounds. johnson expected to
get some action in the betting ring for his
named in the original list Of entries, but
Roseben looked so invincibie that owners
and trainers. barring one, concluded to
scratch. This left only two,year-old. a
by N. Hirsch and ridden by a novice. J.
Powers. to oppose the mighty son of Ben
Leaf.
Prohibitive Odds.
When the jockey board was raised. there
fore, the crowd laughed aloud and few Of
the regulars, who stood on the lawn or sat
in the grand stand, took the trouble to go
into the betting ring, where the layers quot
ed 1 to 30 against Roseben and 60 to 1
against Beauclere. George Ross wagered
$500 on the big Splinter to pick up So
which. he said. would pay for the theater
tickets.
Then another heavy operator from Call
fornia, known around the racetracks as
Little Pete who was once a waiter and af-
terward a barber before he became turf
plunger. wagered 5000 TO win $50 But
business except dollar wagers by the pikers
on the two-year-old. Meanwhile Dave
johnson and Frank Farrell were busy In
the clubhouse. Johnson went up to Cad
DOggett, bOokmaker who won 100000 last
and said:
"Whatn you lay me that Roseben does
not rum the seven furiongs In better than
EVEN money! replied Doggett with his
usual pleasant smile.
Betting on tho Time.
"Bet you ten thousandr' exclaimed John
son and the wager was promptly accepted.
Farrell followed with 5000 wager. which
Johnson and Farrell made wagers with
other clubhouse commissioners. while Jesse
A. B. Hudson. Al Dryer, Matte
Corbett and others who were In the know
helped to swell the whole wager on the time
to about $4,000. Of which So
no betting on the time In the ring and the
matter was kept SO quiet that nobody had
an inkiing OF what was going on until Shaw
broke Roseben away from the post like
stand with his split second watch in hand.
while checkers In all parts Of the grand
stand were busy. Roseben in the teeth of
a gale that had been lifting hats OF all the
onds. Then he turned the first quarter in
q As seconds apd reached the three eighths
pole in 0.35 Id The half was covered in
D 10 as, at which point hoseben had reached
the middle of the far turn and was fully
thirty lengths in front of Beauclere. AS he
rushed into the homestretch Shaw was seen
to be launching the big Splinter and the
cry went up:
Hes after a worlds record!"
Grand Reception.
Many timers caught RoseDen at the three
quarters in ITO 2-5. worlds record in it
SELL though 1t will not be accepted. Of
course. AS the wonderful racehorse dashed
down past the field stand and then the
grand stand. Shaw was riding as II for his
life. He was hunched up over the geldings
withers and he was urging the big Train"
for all he was worth. There was not fall
tering stride, not sign Of WEAKNESS as
Roseben In all his majesty rushed on, amid
the wild cheers OF 1900 men and women
whose blood was churned to the boiling
point. Shaw did not relax as he reached the
wire, but worked Roseben out the full mile,
which he covered in less than LAO, as he
was firing at the end of that journey. He
won the race by twenty-five lengths, Beau
clere running the distance in 1925 As. When
Timekeeper Barretto hung out 1.22 there
was a sensational scene. Hats were thrown
in the air and hundreds rushed down to the
judges stand to tender an ovation to Rose
ben and Shaw. johnson leaped for joy and
was warmly congratulated. So was Trainer
Frank Weir, to whom belongs the lions
share Of the credit, for Weir has trained