. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. mm&r SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1898. VoL SXXIH. No. 13. No. 22% GEART STREET. SUBSCRIPTION THREE DOLLARS A TEAK AN AUSTRALIAN TROTIER. Has a Record of 2:14 and Will be Matched Against Any American Horse. Those who know the difference between Australian and American tracks will not hesitate to acknowledge that a mile trotted over one of the Antipodean courses in 2:14 is a marvelous performance. That, however, is the record made by the horse Fritz over the Brighton course at Sidney, July 25,1898. The track is a composite one of sand and clay, and
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. mm&r SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1898. VoL SXXIH. No. 13. No. 22% GEART STREET. SUBSCRIPTION THREE DOLLARS A TEAK AN AUSTRALIAN TROTIER. Has a Record of 2:14 and Will be Matched Against Any American Horse. Those who know the difference between Australian and American tracks will not hesitate to acknowledge that a mile trotted over one of the Antipodean courses in 2:14 is a marvelous performance. That, however, is the record made by the horse Fritz over the Brighton course at Sidney, July 25,1898. The track is a composite one of sand and clay, and in dry weather is hard, but the rain which fell on Satur- day made it soft (says Sydney Mail). In fact the track looked little better than the Kensington one, on which Fritz failed on Friday last to improve on his 2 min. 14 4-5 sec. for the mile, and there were a number of bookmakers on the ground willing to lay money that eveD 2 min 16 sec. would not be registered. Fritz, driven by his owner (.Mr. J. A. Buckland) and accom- panied with Carbine II, ridden by J. McGregor, as pacemaker, started to hia work at a great clip. The first half mile was done in 1 min. 6X2 sec. and then tha angle of the track causing many people to think that Eritz was tiring, the bookmakers offered 2 to 1 against the record being broken. Instead, however, of slack- ening his pace, Fritz was improving it, and this became generally realized as he swept round the home bend. Mr. Buckland urged Fritz up the straight with a few flips of the whip, and the gelding passed the winning post at a faster rate than he traveled over any other part of the journey, establishing a new record of 2 min. 14 sec. The horse and his driver were cheered on return- ing to the weighing-in inclosure. The performance is a great one under the circumstances, as the track is a few yards less than half a mile in circumference, and was soft and in many places uneven. In addition the distance was measured three yards from the rail of the
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