Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-31
FEW new HARNESS RECORDS
This is Especially Noticeable in the
Trotting Division. "'
PACING RECORDS ARE LOWERED
Some Attribute Poor showing in
1911 20 Continued Rainy Sea-
son and Heavy Footing that
Existed Over Country.

NEW YORK, Dec. SO.-one of the most
notable peculiarities OF harness racing
during the last season was the compare
lively few worlds records that were re-
duced, over either mile or half-mile
tracks, especially in the trotting division
This popularity becomes more notice
able when it is considered that as the re-
suit of harness racing in 1911 the number
Of new 2;10 trotters and PAGERS was the
largest on record for a single season.
while the twenty-five PAGERS and sixteen
trotters that had former marks in 2:1O
or better and reduced them, made sensa-
tionally fast time.
The complete returns OF the season
show that no less than fifty-one trotters
and ninety nine PAGERS entered the new
2:l0 list, while twenty-five PAGERS and
sixteen trotters reduced their former
marks, Yet in the trotting division oniy<
eight new worlds records were made and
four equalled, Uhian getting credit for
six Of them, mostly over half-mile track.
In the pacing division ten worlds rec
ords were lowered and two equalled
which is really a very poor showing.
judged by the performances and fast
times in many notable pacing events OF
the season.
During the racing season of 1910 no less
than twsnty-six new worlds records
were made ana two eaualled in the .trot-
ting division, while PAGERS were credited
with only five new marks. Some nave
attributed the poor showing OF 1911 In this.
respect to the continued rainy season ana
heavy footing, and this claim is true, for
such champions as Uhlan and The .Har-
vester, repeatedly failed to keep their, Ell
gagements because of unfavorable
weather and track conditions, when both
were ripe and ready for the task before
them.
In her sensational contest against Billy
Burke and Hailworthy at Columbus the
veteran trotting mare. Bracegirdle, re- Z
duced the worlds record for a five-heat
race to 2:OSst, 2:O61l, sO51l, 2:Os1s and 2:O7ss
Billy Burke winning the first and Hail
worthy the second heats
The former worlds record for a similar
event was made by Sweet Marie and
Tiverton In their sensational contest for
the Transylvania race of 1904, the latter
winning first and second heats in 2:05sz
and 20Ih and the former the race In the
remaining three heats in 2:05, 2:OS1s and
zoe, or a total Of 1924 seconds for the
five heats. against the new total or coz
seconds.
Next to Uhlan. Billy Burke. 2:Osas.
owned by ]. Howard Ford figured
most prominently in championship rec
ords. His record taken in a race !.
as stated. is second only to The Har1'
westerns mile in 2;02 at Fort Erie. as the :.
fastest heat ever trotted by a stallion I'm
race. equalling that OF Cresceus, but
technically Is not a worlds record, al
though The Harvester trotted that mile
all by himself with distance waived.
Billy Burke won the worlds fastest
threc-heat, divided heat race, in his con-
test against Spanish Queen. The latter
won the first heat in 2:O4Il, and Billy
Burke the second and third in s:0k and
2:O4%, reducing last years record of
Country Jay and Sonoma Girl for a SINH
lar event in 2;Olll. 2;O5H and 2:O5H. The /,
only other worlds record over a mile
track was that OF Lewis Forest, whose
record OF s:O6h equAlled that of Highbsll
in 1907, as the fastest new performer, that
Is. q horse that started without a standard
mark and trotted at that clip.
Half-mile tracks, however, furnished
more than their share, yet only partially
redeemed the lack OF big tracks. At
Goshen willy trotted a mile I'm a trip
against time In 2:OTs, beating Cresoeus'
1908 record Of 2:OS. while the 2-year-old ,
F'loy Belle reduced Al Stanley's record
from a:20 to 2:lssl.
Joe Bowers, owned by John L. Dodge.
former president of the New York Road
Drivers association, won the fastest first
heat ever trotted over a half-mlle track
in 200 the former mark being 2:lo. made
by Sweet Marie. He also won the fastest
three-heat race ever trotted by a stallion.