Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-09-08
WORLDS RECORDS MADE
AT CHARTER OAK
81. Frisco Skaters Marks in Captur-
ing Classic Event.

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 1.-Two
worlds records were set here this aft
lernoon when st. Frisco, won the class
,ic Charter Oak Stake for 2:O8 trotters
after six of the most -exciting heats
of light harness racing ever witnessed
lat Charter Oak Park. The second
heat was declared by the judges a
dead heat the time, 2:07 Ia, displac-
ling the worlds record set IN 1904 in
the Brighton Beach track, N. Y, when
Sweet Marie and Aristo raced a dead
heat in 2:0S IA. The other worlds
record established was the fastest six
heat race, the average time for the
six heats being 2:07 Ia, against
.2:07 1924 set at Lexington, KY, in
1910 in a race won by Spanish Queen.
E. All three events on the card proved
decided contrasts to the races held
the other three days of the week, the
contests being fairly fast and close,
but the Charter Oak event furnished
a thrill in every finish, less than half
Mabel Trask at the close of each heat.
Mabel Trask took the first heat in
smooth style, but in the second the
hay stallion and chestnut mare fought
Il out on even terms from the turn
into the stretch to the wire and the
Judges could not separate them as
they passed the stand.
In the third heat Alma Forbes and
Laramie Lad set the pace for the
first half mile, st. Frisco and Mabel
Trask trailing, breaking into the front
on the far turn, but st. Frisco's eff
fort to overcome Mabel Trask's light
margin was not sufficient. In the
fourth heat the veteran Reipsman,
Geers, changed his tactics, going out
in the lead and setting the pace and
forcing Mabel Trask to catch him in
the stretch. This proved successful,
as the mare could not reach him be-
fore the wire.
The fifth heat was a repetition of
the fourth, only it was faster, being
only half a second slower than a
worlds record time. In the last heat
Mabel Ir4sk made a, game effort to
pass the bay stallion and did show in
front, but the burst of speed did not
prove effective until just after St
iFrisco's head appeared under the
wire.
The two-year trot was completed by
Emma Mcgowan, the brown FLY by
Malcolm Forbes taking it in straight
the seven starters in the 2:14 trot, but
owing to a break at the start Of the
third heat was forced to go a fourth
heat in order to get the decision.
The summaries
Two year old trot, 2 in 8; purse $4,000
Emma Mcgowan, br f, by ]. NAL
colin Forbes, Murray . 1
lI4tdDe It4uuGll, y Z, E1yuG z
Bertha Mcclure, br f. Alderman 8 8
Silver Harvest, br S, Proctor 80. dis
Harvest Gale, br f, Cox . dis
WORTHY Volo, oh c, Mcdonald =. dis
Buck Watts, b c, Parker .. dis
Time: PIP IA; 2.14 Ia.
The Charter Oak; 2:os trot; purse
$4,000.
lSt. Frisco, b s, by San
Francisco, Geers ..... z II
Mabel Traslf, CHI m, Cox e. o. 2 2
Laramie Lad, g, Mac
donald ,............. IS 70
Alma Forbes, b m, Acker-
man ............... 4444 70
Vance, b g, Murphy go. S 5ro
Ina Jay, br m, Ernest -. 6 dr.
2:14 trot, in 5; purse $1,000
Pittsburgh, CHI g, by Cen
eral Athol, Murphy .. / 8 1
tTregantle King, blk s, Tall
iCoastess Mabel, br m, Cox 4 8 2 4
tRaby Doll ,br m, Rodney =. 8 4 6 2
Zomrect, blk h. Mcdonald. 5 70
Host Peter, br h, Crossman no
Linden Hall, b h, Smith .. 6 7ro