Middletown transcript., 1917-11-17
VERY. FAST PAGER
lizzie March Raised By J. C.
Green Makes Worlds Record
RACE IN THE GRAND CIRCUIT

For more than a quarter of CEN
turv Middl.town has been famous the
country over, as breeding center of
speed, and about every five years in
. that time something sensational in the
horse line has been developed here,
notably among which have been R. I.
C. 2.O61, Barnett B, 2.O6l, Bedworth
Jr., 2.O9, Prince March 2. l3i and many
others of lesser note.
The town was al put on the map
last week, when Lizzie March the hand
some little sorrell mare, which was
bred and raised by John G. Green, es-
tablished worlds speedway record OF
81 seconds for the half mile, when she
defeated the speedy little mare Mittie
Bedworth, on the New York speedway,
for the championship of the famous
drive. In speaking of the race The
Trotter and PAGER, says
At the sixth matinee of the Fall
Series given under the auspices of the
Road Drivers Association of New York
on tie Harlem Speedway, last Sunday
afternoon, Nittie Bedworth owned by
James A. Murphey. won one of the
greatest pacing battles ever seen on
the local driveway from John H. Law
rence's Lizzie March, the daughter of
Bedworth paced the opening heat in
.5Sl, thereby reducing the race record
mark SO 3-4, made by Mr.. Lawrence s
Star Patch in 1911 just six years ago.
Last Sunday afternoon, Mr.. Lawrence
with Lizzie March regained the race
record honor, which he had lost the
previous week, and in addition also re-
duced the time-mark of .579 by Mr..
Murphey's Don Derby in 1903,- just IA
years ago. This double accomp ishment
was c1nsummated when the game little
daughter of Prince March stepped in
the opening heat of the fast pace in
ST seconds.
While the great crowd which came
out last Sunday afternoon anticip ted a
stirring battle between the remarkable
pair of pacing mares and fast time.
few expected that the speedway pacing
marks for time and race performances
would both be hammered down another
peg. In consequence, when the judges
announced the time of 81 seconds for
the opening heat, Lizzie March end hcr
popular. owner received one of the
greatest ovations ever made to any one
on the speedway.
Mittie Bedwnrth's performance in
this heat was also brilliant, for she
finished less than a body length behind
Lizzie Narch, and her time must have
been not slower than .57s.
The second heat was paced in 100
grueling speed repeat that told on the
daughter of Bedworth, before it did on
the Prince March mare, the latter fin
ishing in front by wider margin.
Lizzie March is handsome sorrell
mare, five years old, and was bred and
rals d by Mr.. John c. Green. of Mid
dletown, she is by Prince March Is 3
she was broken and received her early
speed education of the roads. by Ed
ward Holmes a colored farm hand in
the employ of Mr.. Green. In 1916 she
was turned over to Arthur Grove, who
at that time was training colts here.
Mr.. Grove drove the mare half mile
over the kite shaped track at Kirkwuod
in 1.O1g, and she was bought by Mr..
John H. Lawrence, of Hoboken, N. j.,
the same day for $12OO She was raced
last veal. some over the half mile rings,
and came back to winter quarters with
mark Of 2.152. she was again raced
during the past season, and was raced
to a record of 2.124. She will be
wlntered by MIR. Lawrence, and in the
spring she will be sent to the stable of
Walter Cox at Dover. N. j.. and will
race in the Grand Circuit next year.
Barring accident she should be a two
minute PAGER before the curtain falls
on the racing in the Grand Circuit in
1915.