The sun., 1918-09-13
PEN ROSE CREDITED
WITH NEW RECORD
Timer Says She Sped Five Fur
longs in IS 3-5 Sec.-Othcr
Watches Register SO 2-5.

Penrose. the little bay tllv owned by
the Triple Springs Farm. was officially
credited with hanging UP new Amcri-
can record at Belmont Park yesterday
afternoon The official timer said she
sped Eve furlonss in IS as seconds. hut
watch timed her In better than SIS. Hun
dreds OF expert horsemen, including
many veteran trainers. held stop watches
on her and all agreed that she went tho
distance in 5s 2-5. They, accounted for
the official time by saying the timer
had mistaken an assistant starter rum
ming across the track for the fall of the
nag.
Although the official time was wrong
Penrose will be credited with the record
and her figures will 60 down In turf
history with the 200 for the one mile
and a quarter credited TO whiskbroom I'd
In 1919. when hundreds of horsemen
timed him In 2:05.
Yesterday was the second time this
season that Fenroee. has been awarded
n mark that she did not earn. In the
spring the late Matt Allen timed her in
n i've furlong dash on sloppy track In
~ % seconds. The American record
for the distance Is j6H,, m1do by Maid
Marian at Morris Park in 1897.
While Penrose's time w" questioned
few doubted her ability tn ruI 1T q ter
rifle pace. She defeated halr dozen
and earned herself the title OF queen of
her age. She followed Harry Payne
Whltney's Pigeon Wing TO tho head Of
the stretch. Then she came away and
won rather easily by n length and a
half. Pigeon Wing finished second. half
a length ahead OF John f. Madden's
Looking Up. Mrs. Joseph T.. Davis's
ophelia was fourth, half a length be-
hind the Madden miss.
While Penrose undoubtedly was the
best there Is a question as to which was
second best. During the last half mile
Pigeon Wing, Looking Up and Ophelia
raced stride for stride with Ophelia in
the middle where she couldn't do her
best.
The days sport was marred by rough
riding and horses boiling all over the
track
As result OF the bad riding Tom
McTaggart. which finished third in the
ffth race, was disqualified and Jockey
He'll. who rode him, was suspended for
the remainder OF the meeting. While
entering the home stretch Tom McTag-
CART ran out and carried A. X. Macon
Strengthened out for home Bell guided
his charge In front of Star Master al
most all the way to the Judges Despite
this handicap. Johnny LOTUS managed
to get star Master in front OF McTag
CART. but his efforts were In vain. for
while he was being carried wide Sur
Flash slipped through on the rail and
landed stellar honors by a head.
In the third race. Jockey Lyke wal
| severely criticised by the crowd. HI
| was riding Wise Man. His mount boltet
at the head OF the stretch and he car
| ried the Quincy Stables Barry Shannon
| with him When Strengthened out FOL
the run home he bumped Barry Shan
non and killed the chances of thu
Quincy Stables horse. for Right slippct
| up on the rail- and won by length anc
half. .,-. ,.,.a Il ...
st Isidore won the Nassau Stakes
| the feature OF the programme. HI
only opponent was Whimsy, AID thi
| gelding was no match for him. st. Isl
dore sped to the front and quickly Opened
up a big gap. Entering the homestretc,
he boted to the outer rail. but he ha'
sufficient speed to regain the lead an'
win by two lengths.
! The Flushing Handicap for two-year
Odds went to the Brighton Stables Lore
| Brighton. QUESTIONABLE finished Secont
and Willis sharpe Kimers Tableat
dHonneur third. Vindex, Harry Payne
| Whitneys Futurity candidate. led ID
half a mile and then quit and finished
! last