The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-10
SPEED HORSES
BREAK RECORDS
New Marks Are Hung Up and Com.
petition Is Keen

Worlds records have not been brob-
| en- in as large numbers this season as
! in some recent years, still several old
| Undiscovered figures have lost their
meaning as the result of the speed
shown by one Of the great trotters Of
the year by one Of the fleet trio of
PAGERS who are making turf history
on the grand circuit.
Among the new records established
this year the names of Peter Volo.
Etawah, Peter Billiken and The Wan
derer stand foremost among the trot-
tiers while the words, William, Anna
bradford and Rose Magee are familiar
TO the devotees oI the light harness
sport.
Peter Volo has started only once
this season. but in that race he equal
ed the worlds record for 3-year-old
trotters made by Colorado f., and low
cred the record for stations regardless
OF age by winning the Horseman stake
forced out by the Cleveland colt Lee
Axworthy in 2:O4&, 2:O5& and 2:06%.
Etawah Lowers Record.
Etawah jumped into prominence at
North Randall by trotting mile
against THE wind" in 2:04. by so
doing the great little son of Al Stanley
lowered the record for 4-year-old stall
lions Of 2:O5A, which was made by
Dlrcctum in 1898
At Grand Rapids, Etawah took an
other nier at the record and reduced
ii TO 2:O3%. Seldom GO trotting rec
ords stand twenty one years as did the
4-year-old stallion mark, but if Moth
ing happens before the season closes.
Etawah will lower the mark to point
where it will require champion to
shade II.
Peter Billikin is good trotter who
has been kept under cover most OF
the time. Vance Nuckols started him
az the grand circuit meeting at North
Randall where he got piece of the
money, and then laid him away until
the Goshen IN. " meet. At the his
toric Orange county track Billiken won
hve-heat race the first day and then
on the final day, while hitched to
high wheel sulky. the big horse won
the Rarus prize offered by John Splan
FOR the horse beating PIG over half
mile track and also the Nelson prize
for beating 2:15h. Billiken negotiated
the mile In 2:14h.
Wanderer on Half Mile Oval.
The Wanderer, ridden by Reamy
Macy, trotted the Goshen half-mile
track two weeks ago i'm 2:14k and
thereby established a new record for
trottcrs. Macy also rode County JAY
TO the worlds record over a mile track,
stepping the old campaigner mile in
2:0SA at Syracuse.
The pacing honors belong largely to
william. the Otterbein, Ind, Agar
old, who reached two minute speed in
a race at Grand Rapids, Mich, the
third week Of the grand circuit cam
paign Williams speed has earned him
the title OF l-year-old champion; gives
him the credit of pacing the fastest
first heat 2:00t4, the fastest second
heat, 900; fastest two heat race, 2;02,
2:02% and the fastest three heat race.
2:OOh, 200. 2:021s.
Anna Bradford. a filly owned by
Shropshire and Weathers Of Lexing-
ton and raced by Tom Murphy. won n
race for 3-year- at Pittsburgh and
in go doing paced one heat in 2:03h,
| Just two seconds faster than the rec
ord for pacing FLIES of the age. Miss
weforrest who formerly held the rec
ord, paced in 2:05A in 1911.
Rose Magee, Kentucky trained pac-
ing Ally. lowered the time for year
ling hllies TO 2:19ts few weeks ago
while driven by Hunter oMody. Pres
ent Queen held the former record, hav-
ing paced i'm 2:2OA three years ago