. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 218 %\xs %xu$L$x attd ^Bvtsxwm* Sept. 13 RACINE 1:39 1-2. So many reoords have been broken this year, many of them by California horses, that a picture representing one that has a national reputation always haB more or less inter- est for the reader. It is but a few weeks ago that Salvator stonished the world by running a mile over the Monmouth s traight course in the remarkable time of 1:354. Naturally Oaiifornians felt highly elated to think that the champion of the world was owned in California, but there were a few who saw fit to deride the wonderful time m
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 218 %\xs %xu$L$x attd ^Bvtsxwm* Sept. 13 RACINE 1:39 1-2. So many reoords have been broken this year, many of them by California horses, that a picture representing one that has a national reputation always haB more or less inter- est for the reader. It is but a few weeks ago that Salvator stonished the world by running a mile over the Monmouth s traight course in the remarkable time of 1:354. Naturally Oaiifornians felt highly elated to think that the champion of the world was owned in California, but there were a few who saw fit to deride the wonderful time made, their grounds being that a straight traok was not a proper one for a horse to make a record on; such being the oase the honors would then fall back on a California-bred and owned colt, Racine having negotiated the distance on a circular track at Washing- ton Park, Chicago, in the last week in June of this year, in 1:39*. It is a great pity that Racine has been very sick, for the Eastern turfites have had no chanoe to see what a re- markable three-year-old he really is. Pit and well, we believe that he is the peer of any horse ever raced in America. It is but a short time ago that we gave an account of his per- formances, and in connection with the pioture in tbis issue( it will not be out of place to republish the account of his races as then given. fact that he won by sis lengths from a field of good horses, the time being 1:02. On Thursday, April 25th, he was a contestant in the So So Stakes for two-year-olds, the slake to be named after the winner, if So So's time of l:14f was beat-' en; the beBt the bookmakers would put against him in this race was $10 to $100, and he won by four lengths in 1:14}, that being the time given out by tne judges, although scores of watches made the time 1:13|. After the good work per- formed by him in his spring form, he was given well merited rest, and did not again appear until the State Fair where on September 13th, he and four others fo
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