Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-06
TEN BROCK WAS
FIRST HORSE TO
HOLD MILE MARK
Established E-cord of 1 m.
80 3-5 S. in 1877-Grad-
ually Been Reduced
From the American Racing Manual.


Far back In 1877, at Louisville. Ten
Broeck electrified racing enthusiasts by
running a mile in the then unprecedented
time of :39A. This record stood until Ra-
cine reduced 1t TO 1894 at Washington
Park in 1890 This was equaled at Morris
Park by La Tosca in 1891, and at the same
track ChorIster ran mile in :39A in 1898.
1t was not until 1894 that a mile was
run in better than l :39. Libertlne scoring
in l:3SA at Harlem, October "a OF that
year, 1t thus requiring II years to reduce
the Ten Broeck record to the full extent
of a second. Previously in that same year
1894, a mile had for the first time In this
country been run in 1888. This was when
George FoVbes' speedy old selling platter
Arab covered mile in that time at Morris
Park June /. and Ducat equaled it at
Sheepshead Bay on August 2S.
The Libertine record held good until 1900,
when Voter ran a mile in 1898 at Brighton
Beach and Ormar did the same at Wash
ington Park. In 1901 Brigadier became the
record-hoder by running mile at Sleeps
head Bay In :37 4-5, and held that distnc-
ton until Alan-a-D Dale cut the time to
:37 3-5 at Washington Park. July /, 1908.
Alan-a a-Dale's supremacy was short lived
lasting until August II of the same year,
when Dick Welles established the faster
record of 1887 2-5 at Harlem.
Time Equaled Twice
This time was tied by Klamesha at Bel
mont Park October 8, 1905. 1t was not
again equaled until August is, 1908, when
Fern L., carrying the light burden OF so
pounds, ran in the same time at Seattle.
From the time horses began to run over
the new Santa Anita track it was obvious
that it was such phenomenally fast course
that In time II must inevitably hold many
OF the records, 1t acquired the mile record
December %. 1908, when Centre Shot with
lO5 pounds in the saddle, set a new record
Of 37 l-5 In It's short existence 1888 was
surpassed Is times on the Santa Anita
track,
Fast as the Santa Anita track was, Il
had a faster successor in the Juarez course
on. December l2, 1913, such an ordinary
racer as the four-year-old hlly Manasseh
ran a mile over II in 1887 l-5 thereby
equaling the long standing record OF Centre
Shot
little later-on December 95, to be
exact-Vester Rights a S-year-old. with an
impost OF 105 pounds, also equaled Centre
Shots record. Then. at the same track. on
January lS, 1914, Bonne Chance made q
new American mile record OF 1897, with 9S
pounds up. This record was surpassed on
March g. 1914. when the 3-year-old hlly
ChrlstophIne ran the distance In 1875 as
over the same course, with an impost OF 1O2
pounds.
on September 8, 1914 however the
Juarez track lost the distinction of holding
the American mile record when r. T. viii
sons 6.year-old gelding Amalh ran the
distance in 1854 In winning a race over
the New York State Fair track OF Syracuse
American Record
The fact that the Syracuse course was
also used for trottlng races, and therefore
had q harder surface than the tracks de-
voted exclusively to thoroughbred racing,
was factor In AmRlhs wonderful perform
anee. which now stands as the American
record
stromhoM ran the mile az Belmont Park
on September Z, 1914, IN 1895 s-5. with 10
pounds up, ana sam Jackson covered ths
distance year ago in 1885 as under ia
pounds.