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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Alunnae Group
Meets at Home
of Mrs. Rybolt

Beta Beta alumnae chapter.
Alpha Chi Omega sorority, met this
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Mil
ton Rybolt for a luncheon and pro-
gram. Tables were decorated with
red carnations and snilax.
Mrs. E. ]. Branan, chairman of
the program, presented Dorothy
Ann Rybolt, daughter of the hostess,
pianist; Mrs. Lorinda Cottingham
Howell, violinist, and Mrs. Robert
Kinnaird, soloist.
Mrs. an Murphy, hostess chair
man, was assisted by Mesdames Syl-
van Mouser, Wilbur McBeth and
Vorhis Tobin, and Misses Leila Belle
Shipman, Mildred Blacklidge, Kath-
crime Smith, Florence Rem, Janet
West and Edith Allen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
MRS. MOFFITT IS
CLUBS HOSTESS

Mrs. Raymond c. Moffitt enter
tanned members Of the Cedars Of
Lebanon Club at her home, 1876
West Thirtieth street, yesterday aft
ernoon.
Mrs. Charles Stoltz was elected
president; Mrs. Charles Anderson,
VICE president; Mrs. Moffitt, secre-
tary; Mrs. willard Shelburne,
treasurer, and Mrs. John Walters,
corresponding secretary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
HADASSAH LEADER
TO SPEAK

Mrs. David Greenberg, New York
national first vice-preSident of Ha-
daSsah, will be guest of honor and
speaker at the HadaSsah meeting
at 2 Monday in Kirshbaum Center
Mrs. David l.. Sablosky will preside
Robert Tross, Columbus, will sing,
accompanied by Mrs. Frank Eden
harter. Committee chairmen will
give reports. A tea and social hour
will follow the program under the
direction of Mrs. Samuel Falender,
hospitality chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
SOrOrities

Phi Tau meeting will be held at
8 Monday night at the home of
Miss Julia Bretz, 936 East Thirty
fourth street. A representative from
the national sorority will be present.
Delta Sigma Chi sorority will
meet Monday night at the home of
Miss Beulah Storm, 631 East Min
nesota street.
Alpha Theta Chi sorority will
meet Monday night at the home of
Mrs. Don Ellis, IL North Euclid
avenue.
Alpha chapter. Pi Sigma Tau sor-
GRITTY, will entertain with a supper
and slumber party tonight at the
home of Miss Mary Dorman, 1740
Raymond street. Pledges will be
honor guests.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
CHURCH CIRCLE TO
INSTALL OFFICERS

Mrs. Harry Rybolt, 3843 Central
avenue, will be hostess for a meet
ing OF the Mary Conkle Circle of the
Third Christian church at 2:15
Tuesday. Mrs. William F. Rothen-
burger will be in charge Of installa-
ton of officers, headed by Mrs. j.
Albert Crouch.
A devotional lesson will be led bv
Mrs. Minnie Adams. Mrs. 0. r.
Tooley will sing, and Miss Dorothy
Ann Rybolt will play piano num-
bers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
MRS. PRUITT WILL
ENTERTAIN GROUP

Indiana Woman's Auxiliary to
the Thirty-eighth division, United
States army, will hold a covered
dish luncheon and bridge party
Wednesday at the home of Mrs. H
K. Pruitt. 1852 College avenue.
Mrs. William Ruthart and Mrs
George Seal will assist the hostess
Mrs. Henry Roberts will give
readings and Mrs. w. D. Crago will
talk on Pueblo and Navajo Indians
of New Mexico and Arizona. Mrs
Crago will display pottery and jew
elry to illustrate her talk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Club to Plan Cards

Good Will Club of st. Joseph's
church will entertain with a card
party at 2:15 Monday at its hall,
GIT East North street. Miss Bridget
A. Meehan. chairman, will be as
sisted by Misses Mary Barrett, Mil
dred Kline, Mary Ryves, Louise
Weilhammer, Gertrude Fox, Eliza
beth Forwe, Bess Sullivan, Mary
McConahay, Margaret Fitzgerald,
Alice Deitz. Mary Euler, Alice Hol-
lingsworth and Loretta AdcMana-
mon and Mesdames Margaret Puts
and Mary WeiIhammer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
MISS SEARCY AND
PAUL HOUK WED

The marriage Of Miss Ida Searcy,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Searcy, 2022 South Meridian street,
to Paul N. Houk, son of Mrs. Jo-
seph Houk, Columbus, took place
this morning.
The service was read by the Rev.
Ephrain Lowe at the Olive Branch
Christian church. A reception at
the Searcy home followed the cere-
mony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Houk will be at
home at 240 East Michigan street
after a short wedding trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
POETRY CLUB WILL
HEAR DIR. LOOMS

DR.. Clarence LOOMS, head of the
theory department at the Arthur
Jordan Conservatory of Music, will
be the speaker at the regular meet
ing of the Butler University Poetry
Club at 8 Sunday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Alice Bidwell Wesen-
berg, faculty sponsor.
Words and Music" will be the
subject of DR.. Loomis' lecture. Fol-
lowing the talk, members will read
original verse.
DR.. LOOMS is the composer of
five operas and numerous pieces for
cello, voice. chorus and piano.
Among his operas is "Yolande and
Cyprus" produced in 1929 by the
American Opera Company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13

specially built divan, ornate and impressive felt
it should be in theater Mr.. Rocker says I realized
that it must be different from the furniture which
would select for home. The upholstery that selected
bright material which just escaped being garish
watched it being completed in the workroom and
listened to the remarks of the workmen."
Finally those remarks were too much for
went in the workroom and looked at the bright coored
upholstery again. I called the foreman to the
corner of the and confessed that had lost my
courage I'm going to change that divan, I said.
THE foreman persuaded nae to forget it. Your
original idea right he said. Let's go and finish
it. think it will be just what you want when it is
finished. He right; it Today it sits in that
darkened just the thing that needed. In
the subdued light the color and pattern appear to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Ne1U Permanent Wave to Be Sho1Uu
Institute to Be Held at Meeting
of Seventh District Clubs

Mrs. Frank E. Weimer will con-
duct meeting of the Seventh Dis
trict Federation of Clubs at 10 Fri
day morning at AyreS' auditorium.
Mrs. Albert H. Of will lead the
flag salute and assisting with activi-
ties will be presidents of the third
division: Mesdames David Ross,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
DIR. HARRISON TO
PRESENT REVIEW

DR.. John Smith Harrison, head
of the English department of But
Ter university, will talk on THE
Man of the Renaissance, by Ralph
Roeder at a mass meeting Monday
night at Earlham college, Rich
mond.
The meeting, to be held under
auspices of the book review classes
Of the college, will be attended by
students, faculty members and resi-
dents of Richmond.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13

Williams, Oscar Baur, Samuel Cor
nell Carey, John M. Cunningham
H. w. Bennett, Frank F.. Hutchins
Mary Louise Keifer, Hugh Nc
Gibeny Charles P. Lesh, j. Ray
mond Lynn, Leo M. Rappaport,
John w. Carmack, John E. Hollett,
James F. Frenzel, George P. Meier,
j. William Wright, Lafayette Page
and Henry G. Thornton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Directors Will
Be Elected at
Guild Meeting

Following the annual meeting of
st. Vincents Hospital Guild Mon
day, Sisters Of Charity of the hos
pital will entertain the active and
associate members at a tea in
Louise de Marillac hall.
Mrs. Ellard Duane, president, will
be III charge OF the meeting which
will receive annual reports Voting
for three three-year term directors
will be held from 100 to in the
auditorium.
On Tuesday morning the board of
directors will meet in the nurses
home to elect new officers. Assist
ing the sisters at the tea will be
nurces OF the hospital staff, and
Miss Gertrude Gallagher, dieEtian.
Miss Ruth Zinkan and Miss Anna
Callahan will pour at the tea table.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13

Sunday afternoon, Jan. 81, at the
Irvington Presbyterian church.
Miss Ferguson was a student at
the University of Leipzig for the last
two years on an exchange fellowship
from Western college, oxford, o.
She is graduate of Western.
Mr.. Dybwad received his degree
Of doctor of literature from the
University of Halle, and has been
working in Italy on his thesis. He
is studying prison systems and GRIM
inal methods while in America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Personals

William Moon and Casper Cox
have returned from visit in Miami
Beach, Fla.
Mrs. Clarence I. Baker and
daughters, Misses Martha and
Mary Lou Baker, 4438 Broadway,
will leave Tuesday for Los Angeles,
Cal. Miss Mary Lou Baker will
enter the University of Southern
California.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
ANN BURKERT WILL
ENTERTAIN THETAS

Miss Mary Jane Alspaugh will
read the one-act play, 1.-THE Duchess
Says Her Prayers" at the luncheon
meeting of Alpha club of Kappa
Alpha Theta sorority Friday at the
home of Miss Ann Burkert, 2942
Broadway.
The committee in charge of the
affair includes Miss Pauline Becker,
chairman, assisted by Mrs. Charles
L. Walker and Mrs. T. A. Moyna-
han.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
City Interior Decorator
Recalls Sharp Clashes
of Theory and Practice
Carlos Rocker Says Occasions Arise When
There's Doubt About Carrying Out
What Seemed Good Ideas.
BY HELEN LINDSAY.

vEN
we'll
startling when executed that's what Carlos
would
believe.
decorative ideas
ability
he wondered about O
theae
"Tere particularly which planned place
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Rosemary Ferguson WIZ Be
Bride of G11mnar Dybzgad

The Rev. and Mrs. John B. Fer
guson announce the engagement Of
their daughter, Miss Rosemary Fer
guson, to Gunnar Dybwad, Leipzig,
Germany.
The ceremony will take place at 4
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Luncheon Scheduled

A business meeting will follow a
luncheon Of the Mothers Alliance of
Alpha Delta Theta sorority of But
Ter university at Wednesday at the
home Of the president, Mrs. c. H.
Held, 430 North Euclid avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13

short cut home by
the Pacific, and
that was during
the turbulent war
period when boats
were menaced.
When she re-
turned this year
after seven years
work without a
V a C a t ton, she
pc mt hire e
months travelling
in Egypt, Jerusa-
lem, India, Tur-
key, Italy, Ger
m a ny, SWitzer-
land and Greece.
With Miss Lettie
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Professor to Lecture

Professor John J. Haramy will
speak at a meeting Of the woman
auxiliary Of the Irvington Presby-
terrain church Thursday night. Mrs.
Fred D. Stilz will preside at the
business meeting when new officers
will be elected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Mozart to Be Tonic

Beta chapter, Kappa Alpha Gam
ma music sorority, will hold a guest
meeting at 22e North Pennsylvania
street Thursday night when Miss
Jennie Kornblum will sponsor a dis
cussion Of Mozart.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Film GrOup to Meet

Picture committee Of the Indiana
Indorsers Of Photoplays will meet
at 10 Tuesday morning at the
American National bank, with Mrs.
James E. Sproule presiding.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Al,ln,nGe to Meet

st. John Alumnae Association
will hold It's monthly meeting at 8
Monday night az the academy
HostcSses for the evening will be
Misses Alice Lipps. Eileen Yanzer,
Mary Fischer. Rosemary Dugan and
Frances Lips.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Mothers Club TO Sem

lambda Chi Alpha Mothers Club
will sew for the Red Cross at 10
Monday morning at the chapter
house. 472l Sunset avenue. Mrs.
j. P. Johnson will be in charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Director of
Hospital Is
Taking Rest
DR.. Rebecca Parrish, on
Trip From Manila,
Used New Route.
BY BEATRICE BURGAN,
Times Woman's Page Editor

XXTHILE DR.. Rebecca Parrish,
w superintendent of the Mary
Johnston hospital at Manila, Philip
pine islands, has been visiting rela-
tives here during her years fur
Tough, she has been beseiged by re-
quests from friends and clubs to
describe her hospital experiences
and her travels.
Only once has she taken the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Tri-Kappus to Meet

Mrs. Dick Heller will entertain
Tri-Kappa alumnae at her home,
3707 North Meridian street, at Ills
Monday afternoon. Mrs. Edward
Kuntz and Mrs. Edward BARGE will
assist the hostess.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
GrOnnS to Hold Dance

Sahara Sands and Brookside
Women's Club will sponsor a dance
at $50 tonight at the Brookside
community house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13

After
attractive it when it placed there"
Credits Ability to Study and Work
arrangement furniture
1V1 for homes theae public buildings
Methodist skill
the Harrison hotel product his knowledge furniture
decoration The furniture heavy
Though colleagues patrons of the Rocker
tribute his ability particular aptitude this
himself believes it, like all other successful work the result
and hard labor.
Even actors arrive at the of their through hard
rather than genius according belief recall
the old theater Indianapolis frequently furnished
settings for the old Keith theae baksage
acquaintance with the helped
which most suited to their production.
Illustrates His Theory Regarding Genius
"VXTHEN Will the beginning
w Keihs vaudeville performer,
time good His spontaneous humor probably the
of the Yet
the heights
kind of w.t. and while ordinary
behind it think will find of hard study"
NeW Permanent Wave to Be ShO1Un
REPRESENTATIVES of the permanent system give
demonstration
con The achneess process
onraion will be in charge
the kind of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13
Dinner MeetinQ Set

indianapolis Tri-Kappa Club will
hold dinner meeting at, $50 Mon
day night at the Barbara Frietchie
tearoom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-13

After
ttractive as it when it placed there"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
Good Year for Travis,

NTHER than Manush, Nationals to
~ swat their way into the 300
class were Cecil Travis, the re-
cruit; Jack Stone, playing his first
year with the club. and Myer. Travis
finished with .319, handsome figure
Tor a first-year youngster. Stone hit
Tor .315 and Myer for .3O5. Schultz
barely missed the select class, finish
Ing with .298. Joe Kuhel had raped
for .289 before he cracked his ankle.
to finish among the leagues first CO.
In a trio of ties, the Nationals
played more games than any other
club in the circuit. They were in
l55. But with SAB times at bat thew
were not up so often as the Tigers.
AT scoring they eXcelled only the
Browns and the White Sox, yet their
hit total of 1,5l2 was topped only by
two clubs.
The Cronin-led Nationals were not
so strong at cracking doubles and
home runs, but they knocked out 70
triples to tie with the Red Sox for top
honors for these kinds of wallopS.
The Washington club led the league
with 13l sacrifices. And, unfortunate
ly, it led when it managed to leave
1855 stranded on the bases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
Manush of Mats Shines.

"A T THAT Manush managed to get
n third place in the batting lists,
with an average of .349. Heading
him at the finish were Lou Gehrig,
the New York Yankees power plant,
with a mark of 1868, and Charley
Gehringer. the smuggling king of the
champion Detroit Tigers, with a rec
ord of 1856.
Manush set the pace for the Ma
tionals almost every way in attack.
He had the most times at bat with
$50, the most hits with 1874 and the
greatest total of bases from hits with
291. Heinie hammered AZ doubles, IL
triples and II home runs, to top his
own bunch in three classes of smacks.
Other leaders of the faltering Ma
tlonals in the past campaign were
Buddy Myer with 139 for the most
games and 103 for the most runs,
Walter Stewart with Is for the most
sacrifice hits, Fred Schultz and Joe
kuhel with each to tie for the
most times caught in stealing at
tempts and Joe Cronin, the manager
shipped to the Red Sox, who stole
8 bases.
incidentally, Cronin had a perfect
record as base stealer with the Ma
tlonals the past season. Opposing
catchers never managed to head him
Oh when he set sail for a station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
ST. JOHNS QUINTET
UNDER WAY FRIDAY
MYTH its opening game scheduled
wv Friday afternoon against the

MYTH its opening game scheduled
wv Friday afternoon against the
Mount Rainier High quint,
the st. Johns basket ball squad to-
day began speeding practice. The
game between the Kaydets and the
Mounts, which probably will be the
first schoolboy tilt of the court season
hereabout, is scheduled for the st.
Johns gym at $3.50 o'clock.
Under direction of Coach Hoss Hol-
brook, who is tutoring their court
SQUAD for the first time, the Kaydets
have been drilling for two weeks or so.
They are counting heavily upon
half dozen seasoned players, including
Koepenick, McHugh, Sheehin, Simone,
Avignone and Counselman.
Twenty-Five games have been ar
ranged for the st. Johns quint, all
to start at $3.50 o'clock, unless other
wise indicated.
Here's the Kaydet card: December
Z, Mount Rainier; IA, Bethesda-Chevy
Chase; II, Central, at Central: 20,
Eastern, at Eastern; 81, Tech, at Tech
(pending), 7:30.
January 2. Roosevelt. at Roosevelt;
8, Central; S, Mount St. Joseph's, at
Mount St. Josephs. Reltimore; IA,
Eastern; %, Kendall; %, Roosevelt,
at Roosevelt; IS, Washington-Lee, at
Ballston, 8 pm; 81, Georgetown Prep;
70, Bethesda Chevy Chase, at Leland.
February 1, Gonzaga, at Gonzaga,
3 pm; 5, Kendall, at Kendall; II,
washington-Lee, pm; IA, Tech; Is,
GEORGETOWN Prep, at Garrett Park;
20, Georgetown Freshmen, at Tech,
7:3o pm; "a, Mount st. Joseph's, 8
pm.
March /. oonzaga, 8 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
Gehrig Brightest Star.

INDIVIDUAL honors of the league
went to Gehrig of the Yanks, who
went through another season with
out missing game. led the circuit in
batting, topped with 40 home runs
and with total base mark of 400.
Before the campaign began Gehrig
declared he had three ambitions-to
60 through without missing a game,
to lead at bat, to hit the most hon.
ers. He didn't miss. Lou now has
played in 1904 consecutive games.
He started his record June l, 1925.
Gehringer of the Tigers led as
hit maker with 214 and also as
scorer with 1874 runs. Hank Green
berg of the Tigers pressed the league
record by cracking 63 doubles to lead
at this class of hit. Ben Chapman
of the Yanks was top with IS triples.
Bill Werber, the Red Sox flash, won
base stealing laurels with 40 thefts.
Team honors went to the champion
Tigers. They led with 958 runs,
1914 hits, 1921 total bases, 349
doubles, 124 stolen bases and 872 runs
driven in. And the Tigers were the
only lot In the league to bat 300.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03

State doubles champions. VS.. Bronson
Cuaites and Evelyn Ellis (Quaites is for
mer team recordholder and Ellis No. %
JOHNNY Miller. Maryland sweepstakes
champion. and second in Baltimore Ma
lor League, with 1913 average. VS.. Gait
Davis. Northern Virginia sweepstakes
Betty Day and Electa Gladfelter. Pat
terson bowling alleys. Baltimore. and for
mer United States team champions VS..
and Ford
former United States an-events cham
Lorraine GULL. No. ranking bowler.
VS.. Lolita Janowitz. Baltimore. former
Jack Whaien: Evening Star and United
States singles champion, VS.. Hap Franz,
former United States team champion.
Ollie Paclni. former No. ranging
Former United states Ht swee ssse cham n
pion.
Catherine o.,igley Washington. D. c..
gsret Holiday Baltimore, Md. former SIN
un h5y stss; t sssm sssnD ns Is
= Elects Gladfelter Baltimore, Md. VS.
Mary GalloWay. stwenty-hcth ranking
Lucky Strike team.
Paul Lohr and Johnny Miller. Maryland
sweepstakes champions. VS.. Charlie Young
and Joe Freschi. young is South At
lantic high game holder. with 201. and
Freschi is former Italian sweepstakes
championD
Loretto Leaman and Helen Sullivan Of
the champion Lucky Strike team VS.. Mar
ga-et Galloway and Frances Krieg, high
ranking bowlers.
10 PM.
Aston Clarke United States sweep
stakes chamDion. VS.. Ray Won Dreele.
most valuable bowler"
Red .Meeaw and Joe Pricci VS. Paul
Harrison and Eddie Espey. (Megaw pres
ent doubles champion. Pricci holder of
South Atlantic three-game record. while
Harrison and Espey are former United
States doubles champions)
Prank Mischou. former allevents cham
pion. vs.. Red Morgan. former doubles
champion.
Ruth Rotheeb. high-ranking bowler. VS.
Frances KrieR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
NEW RACE TRACKS
THREATEN MARKS
Revision Of Records Seen
Likely on "Pasteboard"
Strips in Vogue.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, December 3.-Two
M world record performances on
Y the American turf during the
1884 season give promise that
the entire list OF racing records may
be revised during the next few years
as thoroughbreds take advantage of
the opportunities afforded by the fast
tracks being constructed throughout
the Nation.
A. G. Vanderbilt's Discovery
cracked the world record for a mile
and three-sixteenths in New England,
running the distance in 1855 The
former world mark, 1858, was set
by Sir Barton at Saratoga in 1920.
Col. E. r. Bradley's Blessed Event
equaled the world mark for a mile
and an eighth in Florida, racing it in
l:4825 to share the record jointly with
Hot Teddy which set it at Belmont
in 1929.
Disputes Sure to Follow.
TINE very fact that faster tracks
are aiding thoroughbreds in
improving their time records
will leave in dispute the age-old oues-
ton of whether the race horses Of
the present day are the equals or
superiors of the turf immortals of
the past.
The Churchill Downs track had
been resurfaced and never before had
been so fast the day Twenty Grand
broke the Kentucky Derby record n
1881, running the mile and a quarter
in 2:0145. On the same afternoon
Gallant knight ran 6l2 furlongs il
1:l6ls, breaking the world record.
Twenty Grand was not extended il
setting the Derby record, which still
was much slower than Whiskbroom
DDS disputed world record of two
minutes fiat. Yet it was the fastest
mile and quarter run in many years.
Like "Pasteboard" Tracks.
EQUIPOISE, which set the world
T. record for q mile at 1:342s in
Illinois in 1882, raced a mile
and quarter In 2:02 the following
year. The fastest time for a mile
and a quarter this year was Gallant
Sir's 2:o24s in the Aqua Caliente
Handicap.
No world records were set on the
American turf in 1888, but the cur
rent year saw the record perform
ances of Blessed Event and Discovery.
Selective breeding of thoroughbredS
and the growing popularity Of
'pasteboard" race tracks are bound
to show even more results in the
list of turf records in a few years.