Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-04

2:OsA, 2:osh (made by Etawah in
1919 to 2:07A, 2:O5, 2:03h. by
Peter Volo. .,E
Worlds record for three heat trot-
ting race by a stailion-2:071 X. 2:OS,
2:02 (made by The Harvester in 1910
to 2:O3H, 2:03h, 2:03A, by Etawah.
a trotting race-2:O5A (made by s..
prano in 1910 to 2:04h, by Etawah
and Tommy Horn.
Worlds record for a seven heat
trotting race-2:07A, 2:O7A, 2:O6A,
.2:0aA. 2:13. 2:O7A (made by Monte
Carlo in 1903. Hawthorne winning the
third and fourthkend DR.. Strong the
x: st.a s saaa < s sss9e4 3 ks ! & s;e e:os: s:Ss
y. by Tommy Horn. Lizzie Brown
winning the first1aDd. sixth heats, Oak
dale the second and Maymack the
fifth.
Worlds record for a mile trotted to
saddle in a race-2:16% (made by
Great Eastern in 1870 to 2:14h by
The Wanderer.
=. Worlds ecord for a mile trotted to
saddle over a half, mile track-2:17A
(made by Country Jay in 1911) to
2:14h by The Wanderer as above.
Worlds record for q 3 year old trot-
ter over a half mile ,track-2:12M
(made by Muda. Guy in 1909) to
2:l1A by Hugh Miller.
Here are bakers dozen items. On.
or two more might be added to the
list by including. other reductions o.,
records which might be squeezed into
the worlds record" category at =
pinch. but relate to performances of g
nature so distinctly minor that they
are not usually tabulated as cham.
pionshfps and may. therefore, be dis
missed as negligible.
1t will. therefore, be seen that the
PAGERS. as record breakers, excelled
the trotters of 1914 almost three t.
At no time during the season did an
trotter appear even remotely ap-
preaching the class of the PAGER Di-
rectum 1, which stallion lowered the
worlds record for that gait regardless
of sex or age, I'm the open," from
1:5Sh to 1888, and did it in a con
tested race, being also Tapped out by
whose separate time was 1851 off,
cially.
The fastest mile trotted during the
year was the 2:02%. Of the little bay
stallion Anvil. which performance
took place at the opening Of the
Grand Circuit meeting Of the year, at
North Randall, Ohio, in July. At that
tlNne IL was considered merely an
entering wedge for Anvil, both h,E
owner, Frank Jones OF Memphis. and
his trainer, e. r., Geers, being conf
dent that he had a chance to lower
the championship record for trotting
stations, the 2:01 of The Harvester.
later on. But Anvil did not come along
as was anticipated. as he was used
for racing rather than. attempts at
record breaking. And finally In the
fall he became lame and had to be
let up on n retired for the s
Anvil Deserves Credit.
50 1t eventuated that, Anvil's 2:O2X.
mile remained the years high water
mark for trottiis speed. In conse-
Quence it does not compare with the
records of previous seasons, for. ow-
Ing to the presence Of Uhlan 1850
upon the turf We had miles better
than two minutes during each Of the
four seasons of 1910. 1911; 1912 and
1913. while in 1909 Hamburg belle
raced two miles in 2:01A and 2:0x.
Still, Anvil deserves q world Of credit
for what he did, for he placed his
name at the head Of the trotting ros-
ter for the year, moi; only but second
to that Of The Harvester along aiming
the trotting stations OF all time, to
date. ..a.e.