The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18

ing, made either to sulk ky or wagon.
the previous record being establish
ed In 4 904 at Memphis by Major Del
mar who was hitched to sully and
went in q oil !. 35s
And then the son OF Binger. and
Blonde further exhibited to the
sporting public on August 10, four
days later, at the North Randall.
Grand Circuit meeting. Uhlan was
brought up to establish the worlds
record to harness or sulky and driV-
en- by Doc" Tanner he went mile
{ In the sensational time OF Il SIS q ],
breaking all trotting marks. but one.
and that one was established by aid
Of Windshield, when Lou Dillon
went in 1858 " over the Memphis
track In, 1903, but she followed a
runner to whose sulky was attached
a canvas screen to break the wind.
Uh1an's next effort to lower rec
ords failed, but only on account Of
lnfayorable weather conditions. The
ebony marvel was started at the
Hartford meeting Of the Grand Cir
cult over Charter Oak Park. where
Mr.. Billings drove him to beat his
wagon record Of 2 :O1, but Uhlan
failed to equal it by a quarter OF a
second the time being, :01 The
day was not ifaVorah bic, there being a
high wind Which retarded him.
And vet old hOrsemen who saw
this effort claim that with track and
weather considered, iii was a better
mile than the North Randall rec
ord, as the fractional time, so
:01 *. 1921 and 2 :O11 showed
that he went the last quarter in 80
seconds, a remarkable performance
Old horsemen will tell you that
& "a boss without a heart amt no
good, q this reference. Of course, not
being meant literally, but as
synonym for stamina and grit. And
the possession OF Ia hearth one nf
Uhlan's greatest assets. tfors.theres
never was q horse bred or raised
WHO has more grit than Bingen'ss
son: This was illustrated at the CO.
shen half-mile track In New York
state when the black beauty went
for a world Is record over the two
tlapped track in 2::02A with Doc
Tanner up ssS4 s$
He got away from the starting
I post III good shape hut at the guar
ter pole he STUN bled and fell to his
knees: Fearing some injury to the
great trotter, the audience rose and
let forth one long gasp and sigh. But
what was their anazement when
they saw the beauty pick himself.
up, sstaEger for two steps, then jog
for q few more. held back by Tan
+ 7: = er w. then break INTO a fierce;
trot that nearly wrenched Tanner,s
arms from the sockets. Speaking
of the performanc after the race
y the q river said
sure thought JJhlan was al
goner when he led there and
after he picked himself up. Is Just
held him to 2 Jog. not caring any
thing about the record But he
seemed to want to go. 50 let him.
thinking maybe: we Eht get in IN
der 2 10, but 4 never thought we'd
get that record n y. n, $
The season Of 1s1l was lUhlan:s5
greatest and that summer saw more
trotting records broken than any
previous year. And they Were nll
smashed by the marvellous son Of
Bingen. #.s 55 3335
AT the North Randall Grand Cir
cult meeting, Mr.. Billings drove his
pride to a worlds record to wagon.
going a mile IN two minutes fat,
equaling the mark which Mr.. Bill
lings had set over the Glenyille
track at Cleveland IN 1908, with Lou
Dillon, but the trotting queen vas