The sun., 1914-09-01
'DIRECTUM |. BREAKS
OLD PACING RECORDS
Butler Horse Wins Big Race
ard Lowers Mark Made
Seventeen Years Ago.
STAR WINTER Is BEATEN
Loser for First Time This Year
When Marta BrlliEi
Finishes Fast.

ShkACISE, aug. Jls--DlTCCtun l., nrtd
and owned by James Butler OF New York.
came into his own again when he won
the big Grand Circuit free for all to-day
and smashed all pacing race records
Until to-day only William ever had paced
In two minutes in race, but Directum
equaled that mark In the second heac,
and came right back IN two minutes in
the third, breaking star Pointers record
that had stood seventeen years. The time
for the race Is the fastest on record for
contest Of divided heats by five second.
For the hig purse Dreoium had re-
ceived four weeks preparation, but ne
was no nearer racing perfection than
Frank Bogash. Jr., and they we're equal
favortes In the first heat they iuaf,d
TO the half in :03a. From that point
II was terrific fight TO the wire and
Bogash won by a neck, pacing the last
half In 5s% and the last quarter In 21k
seconds. In the second Sne"eclier took
Dlrectu1n away flying and ne led to the
finsh When Murphy gave II up at the
distance Directum was also taken back.
though he could have beaten two min
utes. The fractional time was 29L 5gt
and i.29Ll.
Braden Direct. making his frs. start Of
the year. broke at the word and was dis
| tanced, although he paced the midGlo
before the deciding heat. This time
Frank Bogash kept in closer company
and was only a length ba,x as IN
turned into the stretch. The magterful
| Murphy made one OF the greatest drives
Of his life. He drew up to the New York
stallion at the distance. but hung ther,,
and was half length back as Drectum
| flashed under the wire going straight and
! true. The fractional time was 23ii, t9h
and .29i,.
Almost as sensational was the first de-
feat this year OF star Winter. lie was
not quite good to-day, while Marta
/ Bcllin. was great and game trutter
| Coming from behind she caught S:ar
/ Winter just at the wire. and by trottny
! the last half in .00G.. and the last quar-
I ter IN 2Sa4 seconds. took the race from
the winner OF i've straight races. Marta
b. llni won at odds OF to l. She was
bred AMI is owned by W. Il. Dickertn,n
of New York. Lady Grattan broke down
ll'd Miss Perfection fell in the stretch but
wasn't injured The state Fair has
crowded its big racing programme into
three days. The summaries:
The Mcs'ina stake; tuoyear. .olds: trottius:
! ,.Eudora, by wilton IL, / whitej. j...'......l
Denton Hac. Blk % iAlTorss ':'..:.....:
Colonel King. ch. = tCahilD ..................t 4
'"e'EAe Ct Tim. 0e..tr' s:s:t :.sii;.'''''''''' :.sii;
/
Free for all pacing; purse 5000
| Direrum l., ch. :. by Dlrectum Kelly
Frank Boga.h Jr., or. e.. by Frank Bo-
EsgI SsJ Jr ,mrrphy, Cox, ''''''''.'''''''''
Braden Direct, blk :. CEsano............. 4 dis
Time :o2i9, 200 200.
The onondaSa; 2IO class. trott,ns: purse
/ Marta Bclllni. ch. M. nv B-liin-Mon.
erta by Mendoano lDickersonl........
/ Brighton r.. ch g Murphy). ......,....... .
lienrietts C., oh. m. tiialD D................ 4
S,arlie6t Mckinney. nix, m. Pheips,,.,. : !
Time-2:Gig 2Os's. 2:07A.
IN. Kanoono, three. year olds: trottins; purss
Lee AHvorthy eh c, by Guy Arwor,hy
W. J Leyburn, blk c, mccarthy. .........2 4
AdGell NJ o;a, Sh c sM;poRad'' ''''..'.'.."s z
Troicdor. ch. c. (Dickerson) ....,..,........ s
Adbeils Watts b. T. lMeDeyittl .:........ ads
Miss Perfection. b I. tDe Ryder ........ dis
Tme-2:i0h. 2l0h., 2:o9%.
2ls class, pacing; purse $1,000 tnnished %
cording 10 conditioner.
A Brother~Je.s,e Stanley. by In
dianapolis Jr. (Snow>..........:..
Major Woolwor'h. blk -. oy The
r apps O. ), SoUT,, en- a By W W. .sc;rribnt.r
The SsA...s Assessor. ch. g. BY w,'ts, Di.
:;$;5:: 81: < liz
rme--2;Gk, .1N. s:0T%. a'osH. s:ioA,
rri-state League.
Wilmington. s; Trenton. o.
Allentown. Reading. ),
Harrisburg. !; Lancaster. l.
Eastern Association.
Hartford. =; New Britain, o.
No other samss scheduled.