The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-02
BREAKS WORLDS RECORD
0NCURLE''s. | ! NECK ! TRACK
Uhlan Trots Eighth of Mile. in Thir-
teen Seconds, With Bill I,
ings in Saddle,
RACING OFFICIALS KEEP TIME
Owner Expresses His Delight With
Curle's Neck Farm, and Says It Is
Not for Sale-New Records Ex-
pected on Fast Training Track. 8

Uhlan, the worlds champion trotter,
with his owner, C, K. G. Billings, in the
saddle. broke another worlds record
yesterday afternoon by trotting nm
eighth of n mile in thirteen seconds on
the CnrIe's Neck Farm training track.
The feat is the more remarkable in that
the horse carried 1919 pounds Of;
fetal timers who witnessed the speed
test regard 1t as one of the, most unique.
m the annals OF racing. The Curle'si
Neck track Is a new one. and from the
showing made bids fair to become
widely Wild known as one Of the fast train
Ing tracks in this country. 1T is
regulation mile track. andis used daily.
in the exercise of the Curle's Neck
horses, among which are some whose
names and records are known around
the. world. The record made yesterday
is the equivalent Of LA gait to the
mile, and gives every Indication that
Uhlan is In the best condition OF his
life, and may not inprobably break
his own worlds record for mile In
tbs near future
HOLDS WORLDS RECORD
AS TROTTING HORSE
Uhlan registers IS a 1853 trotter, hav-
ing made the worlds record to harness
In the open when driven by Charles
Tanner at lexington. KY. In 1912. The
horse. however, is more frequently
known by the lower. record of 1.54k,
made on the same track, October 0, 1913,
when trotting with running mate.
In the race yesterday afternoon the
famous gelding was accompanied by
the runner Stats, driven by Thad
Logan. the Curle's Neck Farm trainer,
and the distance was covered with ap-
parent case. During the past summer
at Saratoga Uhlan trotted an eighth
over the grass in thirteen and one-half
seconds, and repeated in the same time
at the recent meet OF the Kentucky
Trotting, Horse Breeders Association at
Eexingtog,s KY, Insthe view OF expert
enced horsemen who q Witnessed s he.race,
the, pe5fggnlan n cez7s OF esterday will
sanfe~ssas the most wonderful, ever made
by this record breaking horse. The
Gurle's, Neck track is patterned after
those at Lexington and Cleveland,
which are considered the fastest in
America, and, while but recently fin
ished, must now be considered one OF
the best in this country.
RACING OFFICIALS
.,g KEEP OFFICIAL TIME
The splendid feat OF Uhlan was wit
messed by several invited guests OF
Mr., Billings, among whom wore Fred ;
tertek NJ. Stevenson. of Chicago; Edward
a. Tipton,, president of the Kentucky
Trotting Horse Breeders Association,
of lexington. KY; G. j. Wilson; OF; New
York, and others, The horse was timed
by n number. of different watches and
none caught the time slower than thir-
teen and one-hfth seconds, The official
timers were Mr.. Upton. president of the
| kentucky. lrrotting Horse Breeders AS
kscciationi Mr.. Wilson, Captain Thomas
harrington and w. j. Carter. racing
secretary for Virginia, and director OF
fhorse racing for the Virginia State Fair
Association. Mrs. Billings was am In
terested spectator and seemed even
more delighted than her husband with
the performance OF the wonderful
horse. sBss. iss,y ~
/ With the appointment OF j.. A. CO.
tense, of Oyster Bay. Long Island. as
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