The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
TROTTING RECORDS
PUT ON o LAST YEAR
MANY New Amateur Marks Made, However, c. X. G..
Billings Leading List With His Mile Behind
the Great PAGER William at Syracuse.

On the trotting turf 1915 was a rather
lean year in worlds record breaking. Tor
outside Of two or three brilliant colt
performances no notable records were
established. The amateur reinsmen'
however, made some records that are OF
much Importance. G. X. q. Billings OF
New York, who. In his comparatively
brief career as a reinsman has set more
than 1876 regular and matinee records,
added to his list the frst mile under
2 He had ridden In just z
minute behind both Lou Dillon ana
Uhlan, but the best record with a PAGER
was his own OF 2 sol ". made with the
geldlng Little Boy In 1900.
At Syracuse last September MT.
Billings, in his first and only attempt
behind the peerless william. % In
:5oL to wagon. II was a splendid per-
formance for an initial trial. and TO make
IL somewhat more noteworthy, ME-
Billings was somewhat of form. not nav
ing driven In three years. Wlllinih ~
being we'll wintered at Curles Neck In
anticipation Of a fast mile to wagon next
summer, and It Is believed by his friends
that this stallion will set a wagon rec
ord at about :5s. While this pacing
ma k Is highly priced. Mr.. Billings saw
one OF his kTedtcSt " PooS ="
hands this yeaA
An amateurs covet the team record,
and for years Mr.. Billings enjoyed alone
the honor OF having ridden better than
2:lO behind a palr OF trotters. His rec
ord was not made with Chlan as a mate.
bu, with the geldings Equity and The
Monk. which ne drove IN 2:o7& In 1909.
reducing the best record from 2:l2i.'
His star performance was badly nit AT a
regular matinee in Plttsburs on Septem-
Der IS. when j. r. McCune. president OF
the Union National Bank and one Of the
most ardent amateurs IN the country.
drove his pair Of geldings. Ross Is. and
Brighton B.. in 2 ;06 u. trottlng the third
quarter in 81 seconds and the last half
in 1 :O2h. Only one professionally driven
team. Uhlan and Lewis Forrest. carry n
faster record. This crack pair Is IN
commonly we'll matched AZ 70 size. color
and action, and each was regarded
among the handsomest trotters when
raced in the Grand Circuit.
Ross p. is . years old and ID oy Pe-
tronius. a grandson OF ANteli. In l9l2
he won nine straight races ana a rec
ord of . :0s. The rex year he was the
best lNrse at Lexington II won the
free for all in . :o+i.. After two years III
matinee stunts he appeared at Lexing-
ton again last October and won both his
ENGAGEMENTS, defeating among others
Margaret Druien. Brighton Il. IS "A SIX
year-old and was bred and raised by r.
T. Bedford Of Brooklyn. and In by
Brighton 2:0ss., son OF Noko. ont of
BLACK Ide o:l7, Mr.. Bedford's great road
mare that was famous In both single
and double harness. As a f~ive-year-old
Brighton X. won four races. 81 900 and a
record Of . :O5i. In the Grand Circuit.
Among other amateur performances or
merit during the season the heat in
. 1854 TO wagon BY tho ~hve-year-old
stallion Peter Mac reduced a worlds rec
ord that lad stood for fifteen Years.
Peter Mac was driven by his breeder
owner. David Shaw, who Is - years old
Ernest ]. White of Syracuse. a brother
OF Gov. Horace white. drove his pacing
mare Lady Lyndon 90 a worlds wagon
record Of 2:o5i4.
OF the professional record breaking all
the new marks were set by ,rottcrs
4 wears old or under. II was n disap-
pointment to all followers of the trotter
that the superb racehorse of 1914. Eta
wah, did not come up 70 expectations.
He trained Splendidly. n In his efforts
went halves under a minute. something
he did not do last year, but no failed
to carry his speed all the way In jus
tice to Etawah It must hc added that
the fall days Of this year were not SO
propitious for fast work az they were
one year ago when he won three heats
better than 2:oA. on four occasions
Etawah trotted in 2 :03 and that seemed
to hang him up.
Peter Nolo. that has been n champion
since his yearlIng form. reduced the four
record from .:O3li to zoe,
To win the stallion crown from The Har-
:OI. should not have been en-
pected from him this year. hut SO much
was asked of the big four-year-old that
he trotted four heats in :02, one in
2:02h and twice he finished in 2:02H
Mary Putney. the uHbeaten thrce-ycar-
old. was an even greater marvel than
Peter Volo, for within four weeks from ,
her first mile az good as $40 she had