The Alaska citizen., 1910-10-10
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 1 BUFFALO. Aug. 23-People who watch the races from the grand stand little realize the running line of talk that takes place between the drivers while racing. Each heat is a continual chatter all the way around the course, sometimes good. natured testing. but quite frequently there is a line of language which
 is never heard in polite society For instance. last week at Cleveland in the 2:06 trot, which had among other entries the great horse The Harvester and also Sonoma Girl In the second heat the on-lookers were a bit astonished when. in the back stretch The Harvester pulled out from the rail, surrendering that DO. sition to Sonoma Girl who dashed to the front instantly and led the great son of Walnut Hall for a short distance. The Harvester is a horse who always races in front, and Geers' action in surrendering the pole was one that could scarce ly be explained at the time. but the inside facts have developed now that the great horse has won all of the worlds championships to which trOtter is entitled It seems that going up the back stretch Dick Me Mahon. with Sonoma Girl, was close in behind the Harvester at the rail. so close, in fact that the mares nose was rubbing against Pops shoulder. McMahon sung out "Hur- ry up, Pop. l cant hold this mare immediately pulled to the outside of the track and said, There's the rail Dick, help yourself" After the mare had gotten two or three lengths in the lead, Pop started The Harvester going and pulled up alongside of McMahon and went past like flash. As he stepped away from the Western mare Pop said to the driver, Well, Dick. how is she now, can you hold herr" Me Mahon replied Yes, Pop, l could hold her now with a shoestring." :" and The Harvester logged on home to win in worlds record time, 2:O3 IA.
 line of joshing won money for a man occurred in the 2:09 pace at Detroit Walter Cox was driving that unruly pacer Asa Wilkes, while the millionaire amateur, D. l.. Dodge was driving his horse King Cole As they went away from the wire King Cole swung in toward the rail ahead of Asa Wilkes and led in that position so that Cox could not get through. The well-known New England driver commenced talking to Mir, Dodge along this llllt Ou lt q DItlls ltIO", you are, you've got so much money now than you cant spend it, and you shut poor driver off with his horse so that he cant get through the bunch and thus deny him any possibility of winning Why don't you pull out and let poor man through" And this is exactly what MT Dodge did. Pulling to the out side he let Cox through to the rail which got him second money in the purse, while King Cole got no part of it whatever. Many instances of this kind occur daily on the big tracks, and races very frequently are won and lost by the talk of their drivers
 All previous worlds records be- tween New York and San Francisco were smashed by four days, ten hours and 59 minutes by L. L. Whitman in a Rec "4-30" when he checked in at the foot of Market street in San Francisco Thursday af ternoon, Aug. IS. The distance from New York to San Francisco is B. 557 miles. which was covered by Whitman in the Rec in ten days, 15 hours and 13 minutes.
 MT Whitman left New York i2:O1 a. m, Monday, August s, via Albany, Utica, Geneva, Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Bryan, South Bend, Aurora, Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, North Platte, Cheyenne, Og den, and Sacramento. Heavy rains and muddy roads seriously interfer- ed with his progress between South Bend and Cedar Rapids, but he and his intrepid crew forged steadily on towards the much coveted H. day goal, regardless of the heavy rains, mud and dangerous skid ding which were encountered prin- cipally in their night driving.