The sun., 1915-03-07
PAGING RECORDS LIKELY
TO BE BROKEN THIS YEAR
William and Directum /. Should Shatter Old Marks
During Coming Season of Grand
Circuit Racing.

Unless accidents happen tho racing
season OF 1915 should furnish the great
est pacing in the annals OF the harness
turf for there will be raced as many
PAGERS capable OF beating two minutes
as In all previous years combined. and
among them three or four should be
sensational record breakers. That mar
velous New York stallion D!rectum l..
winner OF n race last September in ! 5s
and = 90. improved more during 1914
than In any OF the three years he raced
previously. Last fall he showed clearly
that he has not reached his limit and
this year he will gain by Tommy Muir
phys ability as trainer and skill as II
reinsman.
But Directum l. is now eight year.
old and he has all that nature intended
y" should have from her. and the ad-
Vantage this year is all in favor OF
William. the Indiana colt. that gave him
three years and "A beating the first time
they met, and which Directum beat -
inches only in that | :5s mile. There
are many turfmen who believe that
William. all conditions equal. was the
better horse last year. hut II not. tn.
fact remains that this year he reaches
tive-year-old form. ana is a big. strong
and, so far As ~ known. absolutely
sound horse He has a greater aght
Of sped than any harness morse the
world ever knew, and last wear could
take the track f.om Directum az any
spot or place William always has been
game, but maturity will help him -
carry the clip further this year
The record for pacing geldings Is
:59i,. made by Frank Bouash. Jr..
only las September. and although 1t
looked as II this horse had something
left also he too IN ON the dowuward
patn 50 Tar as age Is concerned. lie Is
now ten wears old. and twice last SUM
mer he went lame. The most proms. .nH
record breaker. therefore. is the Phil
adelphia PAGER II H. Brett. and where
lie Will wind up by next October IL hard
10 predict This big son OF Wap"uce
was one of the most brilliant race horses
in the Grand circuit At the start he
looked Ike "a soft horse, but II was be-
cause he was only four-year-old and
previously had never been trained up
t. a mil" in 80 lie gathered speed
and strength with every start and tho
seasons results showed eight victories
and two second moneys In as many
starts aud he cut the worlds record for
four-year-old geldlngs from :o1 TO
:03ia,
This year II II Brett should easily
hccomc the champion nve-year-old, fur
he has to beat only 2:02A,, and he Wa
quite equal to that last fan The record
now belongs TO James Butler's black
whirlwMd Coney, and has been standing
since 1903. II will not be a surprise If
r. H. Brett earns a faster record than
Frank Bogdsh.
This years career OF Anna BradforI
will be watched with as much interest,
and perhaps more, than that OF DireC-
tum |. or William. At years of age
She was so far in advance of William,
Notwithstanding that he was a cham
pion then, as 10 leave no room for COM
parison. From having been trained up
To "A mile In .:lOL, az a two-ycar-0ld,
she raced to the three-year-old record for
hlles In her maiden effort, and when
she closed the season she had reduced
the prime effort of William from :Ga
to 2:0Oa,. and Was within "A fraction
of the record for aged pacing mares.
There are many followers of the Grand