The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-17
ROSEBEN SPEED KING
HOrSePrOveS Himself Fastest
Creature on Four Feet.
WORLD RECORDS ALL BROKEN
4 maEes ThrOnG at Belmont Park by
Running seven FurIOngs in One
Minute and Twenty-Five seconds.
Owner Supremacy Confident OF Ills
Dazzling speed, Wins 100000.

New York. oct I5.-Roseben. son OF
Ben Strome- -Roseleaf. proved his right TO
the title Of champion sprinte- Of the
world here this afteruooa, when he
clipped three seconds cf the worlds rec
ord for seven fUrlongs over a circular
course and eclipsed by one ard two
nfths seconds the record that has stood
for twenty years for seven fI-loags
straightaway.
lie covered the seven-eighths OF mile
IN I..2. carrying is p0und8. and defeat
ing The only other entry IN Ire race.
Beauciaire. exactly O1e-siXteeEth Of q
mile. The horse proved himself The fast
est creature on four feet Incidentally
be won for his owner. Plusger Davy
Johnson. S30c5 In beis. despite the fact
that be ruled az odds OF from 70 So
win. OF course. 10 takers III the big ring
Eoseben was dropped Into a coalition
race under the !ishtest weight lie has
had in o sprint this season and twelve o.;
The fourteen entries were Withdrawn
No Surprise to His Owner.
In the clubhouse. before the race. Davy
Johnson announced that the big brown
horse was in the best shape be had ever
been IN and that he would hang Up
aeW track record. But the clubhouse
commissioners doubted this and they bet
johnson $1,000 that the track record OF
% -. held Jointly by Brookdaie Nymph
and the twO-year-Cld SeWe1. would not
be- ecIipsed. Then Johnson became def
ant and he announced that be would
WAGER any part Of Sl0gc0 or more that
his big spr.nter would equal O. beat .he
worlds record OF 10 Fat. THIS 0e!ag
snapped up. Johnson offered Billy Dubers
$1,000 addl-ora! that when the time was
huns 5ut e would be faster than ar;
other ho-se had ever covered, the seven
EG.lCEcs distance over any kind %
track. strsigh;sway or otherwise. Du-
begs took his boz because Il looked good
20 him
on Like n Flash.
When Trainer Frank Weir gare Shaw
the iec Up Of Roseben. Re told him 10
rate him for q quarter 0f q mile. and then
20 come on home. There was 10 delay
a; Tho barrier. ard both horses were
aligned as Starter Cassidy pressed the
electric button ard tae webbing aew up.
That was the only time IN the race that
BeauclaiTe was ever near Rosebca. II
three jumps the big spT!uter-he weighs
100 pounds-was half q length 81 front.
and the further he went the easier he
went Shaw tried va:1ly 20 hold him
back. but IL was like trying 10 sweep
back the ocean with n broom. AID with
mighty leaps and bounds ROseben plGGged
down the back stretch ard aroIEG the
turn.
shaw held him TO tie rail. ard Ee was
soon on the home stretch. Rosebea re-
sponded uob!y. and under a strong haad
ride be came home Beauclaire passing
The sixteenth pole as Roseben's hooded
head caught TIE judges eyes.
When the dine. l.22 was hung oUt i;
vas greeted with wt.d applause, eGd .he
b!g horse w2s given az ovauca when
Sha u came back 20 weigh OFT Boseben
pulled - hardly drawing q ic~s breath
ard cooled OCT. ~ condition &c s,ar. again
tomorrow, should 1t be desired 20 start
HIN. HIS figures of to-day are apt t.
stand fo- many years as there is not
a-Ot-e- horse. either in this country or
abroad. who is capable OF lasting with
l'Ui one 3uSp Up 70 seven and a half fur
longs. lis distance