The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-21

Lowered In 60 Years from 2.40 to 2.O2A
Reduction In Running Record Is
Smaller-Peter the Great Great Sire
of Tr0tters.
LEXINGTON, Ky, April 2l.-The linn
it in speed of trotting and running
horses has almost been reached, accord
ing to Prof. w. r. Anderson of the ami
NAL husbandry department of the Ken
lucky State College of Agriculture. I'm
provement in the future will be much
slower than at any time in years passed.
he said.
Prof. Anderson has been making a
special study OF record holding stand
ard bred" trotters and thoroughbred
runners, and bases his conclusions on
study of records and histories OF the an
imals covering a period OF more than 5U
years.
In 60 years, the record of three-year-
old trotters has been lowered from 30
to 2O2 81. a reduction of 81 ii seconds
Professor Anderson finds. In As years
the American record of running horses
over a distance of one mile has been
lowered from LAP 81 to 1874 40, re-
duction of six and four hfths seconds
Neither breed has failed to make i'm
provement during a generation, accord
ing to Prof. Anderson, and in some cases
Improvement has been so rapid that
many new records have been made III
the life of a single horse.
Many Trotting Records.
The gradual Improvement in the speed
of trOtting horses, according to PTof
| Anderson, is shown clearly by the rec
! ords of three-year Odds and the years
they were made These are as follows:
! ls6O-Elvira Whiteside, 239; 18l4-Lady
1 gr. ~ IL, y 1.B
| I8S9-Axtell, PA; l892-Arion, 2lO -
| lgl0-Colorado f., 204 81: l9l4--PeteL
| Volo, 2.03 I-2; l9l7-The Real Lady, 2Oi
and l920-Sister Bertha, 2.62 81.
When Peter Nolo established his un
expected race record of 2.o3 IL IN 1913
the prediction. was made that the IlInl'
| of speed for his age had been, reached
| but Miss Bertha Dillon equaIied the rec
| ord in 1917 while the Real Lady cut
one-half second off it. Three years laIeT
Sister Bertha, full sister OF Miss Der
| tina Dillon. placed the time at 2E 81
EProf. Anderson said that there are Tea
| sons to believe that the ambition Of
! breeders to place the three year old rec
| ord at two minutes may be realized.
| Peter the Great, StOughton \. tletch
er's great stallion. has played an lmpoI
| tant part in the Improvement OF tTot
| ting horses, according to Prot. AndeI
! son This great sire has produced d
! -
| . 10 down to POI 81 He also sired Mis-
| Harris NJ. which holds the record as ia,
| fastest pacing mare in the world Will
/ a mark of l.5S Ia.
Progress in Running.
Some idea of the progress made b.
| running horses, according to the PROBES
sUr. may be obtained from a record o
their achievements which follow:
l872-AIarm. 142 81; l815--oeaTcher
la ST; lS77-Ten Brock against time
! l.39 81: lS9O-Racine, l,39 IL and Sal
vator Cstraight course) l.35 IL; 1902
Voter and 0rimar, ,I.38; lsol-Brigadie1
Isl as; l9Q3-Dick Wellse; IS. 2i +,
! lg08-Center Shot, 1877 Is: l94-A maj
! ! &c IA: l9lS-Su Brier, l.36 10; i9i8L
| Roamer against time) LA 45; and l92i
Man O'War. l.35 as.
The most remarkable thing about tn J,
running records, Prof. Anderson said,
/ he FACT that Man o. War. a three.year
old. holds the record for all ages o
thoroughbred horses in a race.