The New York herald., 1922-10-08
Mile i'm / so 3-4 Shows He Is
Fastest Harness Horse
Ever Foaled.
FIRST QUARTER TOO SLOW
Murphy Probably Feeling Him
Out for Supreme Effort as
Season Ends.
by GURNEy C. CUE.

Though Peter Mannlngs record Is
now more than a second faster than
that OF any other trotting horse and
equal to the best legitimate record ever
made by PAGER, his mile in 1854 at
Lexington on Wednesday afforded new
ground for belief that with all condi-
tions favorable he will before the close
of the season put on record the fastest
performance yet credited to a harness
horse. After trotting the first quar-
ter in 0.30--a 200 gait-he reeled off
the next one in 0.2sA--a 1854 clip
and then had enough left to move the
last half mile faster than the first half.
Had Thomas w. Murphy let him step
the first quarter just a trife faster IL
is altogether probable that he could
have beaten all harness records there
and then. But II is likewise probable
that the astute driver of the champion
rated him in just the way he did de-
liberately and for the purpose OF find-
Ing out how fast the great horse could
cover the last three-quarters after
going away at a comparatively slow
rate. When Murphy gets ready to ask
Peter Manning for the last ounce OF
effort that is in him. which is likely TO
be this coming week at Lexington.
the official watches are pretty sure to
record faster time than thirty seconds
in the first quarter Of the mile, for his
wonderfully strong finish on Wednes-
day must have convinced the great
reinsman that he can safely set the
pace a little faster from the start
without danger of pumping out his
horse before the wire Is reached. II
Peter Manning could maintain for
full mile the rate Of speed at which he
trotted the last three-quarters on
"Wednesday his record would then be
1:551s--a very respectable record for
a running horse within the memory Of
horsemen now living. This may be
expecting too much of him. but a mile
right around 1855 now seems TO be
within his capacity when everything
favors him.
BY starting on the same day with
Peter Manning. Media was thrown into
partial eclipse at Lexington. and her
wonderful mile in 1:5SA did not attract
the attention such performance might
have received on any other occasion.
Tho little bay mare from w. B. Dicker-
mans Hillanddale Farm. in Westchester
county. went to the three-quarter pole
within half second of the time made
by the gelding. trotting every one OF her
Quarters in 29 and a fraction: but the
terrific pace evidently told In the home
stretch. and the last quarter was at a
2:01 gait The performance Topped a
full second off her previous record and
made her the fastest trotting mare OF
all time. 1t also gave her a record no
pacing mare has ever beaten Media
can never be rated more perfectly than
she was rated by Harry Fleming last
week. but her recent performances have
demonstrated that she is improving rap
Idly, and IL she starts again this season
under favorable conditions it will not be
surprising TO see her end the campaign
with faster record than Uhlan, :5S.
or any other trotter excepting Peter
Manning AS her record now stands.
II is almost seconds faster than any
other mare has made under normal con-
ditions. and quarter Of a second faster
than Lou Dillon could. trot with the aid
of a windshield. Another interesting fact
about Nedda's performance at Lexing-
ton is that II represents an advance of
no less than seconds In the record OF
the mare this year.
The result OF the annual race for the
Pennsylvania Purse at Lexington last
far wrong when he proclaimed Peter
the Brewer "the best stake horse have
seen this season." The great four-year-
old equaled Peter Manring's record for
this famous race :02 H-beating such
formidable competitors as Bill Sharen. e.
Colorado. Great Britton. Bscotillo and
Favonian. AS the winner of the Char
ter Oak, the m and NJ" and the Tran
sylvania, he has fairly earned the dis
tinction with which Cox credited him.
In calling him the best stake horse of the
year that noted rensnan intimated that
ne was not among the best bred sons of
Peter the Great As Peter the Brewers
dam was the once famous PAGER Zom-
brewer. 2:04H. by the trotting stallion
Zombro. 2:11 one of the best sons of
Mckinney, 2:11A, and his next dam
Mary Bales 2:26H. dam of the great
trotter Wilkes Brewer. 04A. II is a
hypercritical or poor judge of breeding
who has any fault to find with the cham
plou four-year-old of 1922. Edward
Stout OF Pontiac. Mi IN. who owns Peter
the Brewer. paid $4,000 for him last
season at the dispersal sale of the late
John II. Stadler's horses in Cleveland.
y Results OF last weeks racing at Lex
Angton left the question of supremacy
among the colt trotters still In doubt as
the Grand Circuit campaign draws to
close.
worthS, 2:o3h. and Peter Earl 2:04&,
win not meet again, though the latter
colt Is billed TO start tomorrow for the
historic Kentucky Purse, which is an
older fixed event than the Kentucky
Futurity or any other race for three
yesr-ods in the country. AS the win
ncr of the Futurity the honors are now
y with the son of Lee Axworthy, yet II
must be said In Justice to the Brooklyn
trotter owned by John J. Archbold, that
he has never shown his true form in
contest with his great rival.
Should Nat Ray drive him mile
below 2:03h in to-morrow's race, his
admirers Will have grounds for still be-
licying him 10 be the fastest three-year-
old Of 1922. Jane Revere's defeat in the
May Day Sweepstakes after winning
the Futurity for two-year -olds. was
one OF the biz surprises OF the Lexing-
ton meeting. though no horseman could
consistently wonder that the Ally failed
when called upon TO trot two heats in
1:0sA and 2:06A on Monday and then
come back on Friday and fight out
three more In 2:07H. 2:06A. and
2.oT%. The only wonder is that an
other two-year-oid could be found fast |
enough and stout enough 10 beat such a
MnIm ~k a.