Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-01
COLORADO {. MAKES Two
WORLDS RACING RECORDS.
The Three Year=Old Trotter Turns Read
Vile Track in zoo IL and Goes the
Second feat in 2.O7 3=4==Owner
Offered SIS, OO0-=O Others Fast.


Readville. Mass. Aug. @.-Colorado
F., the bay stallion owned by George
H. Esta brook of Denver. Col, smashed
the worlds record for 3year old tTot-
tiers at the Grand Circuit meeting here
today by lowering the time of 2.oG%.
made by General Watts at Lexington,
KY. in 1907. to 2.064. and by winning
the second heat of the American
Horse Breeder Futurty i'll 2.01aI. He
also made 4 new worlds record for
1.-TWO consecutive heats.
1t was a most remarkah,c achieve
ment. as nobody present considered it
possible for anything remarkable to be
made in point Of time. the wind blow
ing almost gale in ting FACE Of the
horses when finishing their heats.
Then Just after the start of he Flu
turity. Starter Newton announced that
the New York filly. Native Belle. who
was counted to give Colorado II. hot
race for the honors. had withdrawn,
With the main opposition in the sta
BILE the interest in the race Tagged
right away, it being known that there
was nothing left capable of beating the
son Of The Rondsman.
Hence. the surprise when in tho
opening heat of the Futurity Colorado
T.. going away in third position took
the pole before reaching the first turn
and was to the quarter in 32 seconds,
four lengths in front of his field. Tic
half was reached in 1891 and the
three-quarters in 1874. but the spec
tators well knew the strong wind t.
face in the last 5Cuple of furloHgs ard
even then looked for merely an or'i-
| nary mile. However nothing da'nted
the grand colt swept onward to the
wire ilashing unGer i. 10 lengths in
TIE lead in 2.06t5
With the pole. Colorado f.. led from
start to finish in the second heat max
ing the remarkable time Of 207&. This
could nave been materially faster had
he not been pulled back to a jog in the
| last 100 wards
| The new champion was bred by r. c.
Estill of Lexington. Ky. and has been
lin the hands of Gus Macy. the vet
| eran Kentucky trainer. now in the
| employ of Mr. FStabrook. since "
yearlng He was raced last season but
| a curb bothered him and he failed to
SHOW the high class he has developed
| this year. The record of 206ia is re-
| markable for August, as it was rot I'M
| til october that General Watts made
| the previous mark Experts figure that
| by the time Of the Lexington. KY
meeting in October, Colorado Z. will
be up to trotting mile in 2.04.
Last Monday William G. Bradley of
New York made an offer of $4,000 for
| Jo ~ l,jr rptI1Cn6
This offer was today raised to $4,000
by Mr.. Bradley's agent. but the only
consideration under which Mr.. Esta-
brook would consider the proposition
was that Colorado +. should not be
driven by any man other than Macy
Mr.. Bradley did not think we'll Of pay
ing so much money for horse with
| q string attached and the deal was
| again off.
| In the pacing division of the Futur-
ity the winner was DireCtum Regent,
trained by J. NJ Jones. Ponkapoag
Mass. and owned by A. Jameson. som
erviIle. Mass He was driven by Hugh
Milan It was stiff race. the filly,
Nell Gentry. taking the first heat by
neck In the second the tilly made
break at the half, leaving Directum
Regent to make his own time from
| there 70 'he Nie' 'o' - Wy a
| both COntenders raced Tapped TO ~
yards from the Wlre' when Nell Gen
try went to break.
| Reryaldo the New York trotter.
driven by Tommy Murphy had easy
! work taking the 212 trot. Murphy lay
| ing in the ruck until the home stretch
ana RUNNING INTO the lead lust before
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reaching the wire
Asa Wilkes captured the 2;"S pace
finishing on the DIT 'ohs Sno'.
never had to hurry the chestnut stall
| lion bu+ lent in q good position to go
| .., ~ r,i.bed sum