. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. General Topics. In these days, -with the two-year-old record in 2:18, three- year-old in the same notch, four-year-old two secondB faster, and a yearling with 2:31| to its credit, it hardly seems pos- sible that less than forty years ago 2:2$ was the top mark for trotters of any age. "Great excitement" followed, and accord- ing to the report, "The announcement of the time by the judges appeared to electrify the spectators. The race was on the Centerville Course, L. I., the date July 2, 1849. The contestants were Lady Suffolk, Pelham and Jack Koss
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. General Topics. In these days, -with the two-year-old record in 2:18, three- year-old in the same notch, four-year-old two secondB faster, and a yearling with 2:31| to its credit, it hardly seems pos- sible that less than forty years ago 2:2$ was the top mark for trotters of any age. "Great excitement" followed, and accord- ing to the report, "The announcement of the time by the judges appeared to electrify the spectators. The race was on the Centerville Course, L. I., the date July 2, 1849. The contestants were Lady Suffolk, Pelham and Jack Kossiter, and it took five heats to decide it. Lady Suffolk won the first, second and fifth heats in 2:32, 2:32J, 2:34£. Pelham the third and fourth in 2:28, 2:29 £. Pelham was an uncertain horse, and all of his victories were at heats of two and three miles. It was the era of longer distances for trotting, how- ever, and the winner, Lady Suffolk, in her long list of win- ning starts, a large proportion of them were also at heats of two and three miles. 2:28 measured the time in harness. Previous to that, June 14th of the same year, Lady Suffolk won a second heat over Mac in 2:26 under saddle, which was the best record for her in her long and triumphant career. Mac won the first in 2:31, the third in 2:27 and the fourth in 2:29. The head line to the account, in prominent capitals, was "The fastest time ever made in the world by any trotting horse! ! " There are plenty of exclamation points in the description, of which the following is a copy: "Second heat—After 6even false starts Grey Eagle was drawn, and Mac and the Lady got off first "pop," Lady taking the lead and keeping it, winning the heat in the fastest time on record ever made by any trotting horse in the world, she carrying ten pounds over weight! as after the heat we saw Mr. Bryan and his saddle on the scales weigh one hundred and fifty-five pounds! Time, 2:26! !.'< The time of the ha
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