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mile, going the last quarter in 29 seconds, and 

 the last eighth in 14 seconds. He told me 

 that she went without check, with 4^-ounce 

 shoes forward and 2f-ounce shoes behind, and 

 with very few boots. Now that the trotting 

 horse has reached the two-minute mark and 

 within one second of the pacing record, what 

 does Mr. Busbey think will be the limit of speed 

 for a mile ? " 



The shield innovation looked so dangerous 

 to me that under date of September 22, 1903, 

 I addressed a formal letter to William Russell 

 Allen, President of the American Trotting 

 Register Association: 



" Previous to the conference between the 

 National Trotting Association, the American 

 Trotting Association, and the American Trot- 

 ting Register Association, which led to the pres- 

 ent rules governing performance against time, 

 the validity of many so-called time records was 

 questioned. There were heated controversies 

 in the public prints over trials against the watch, 

 and but little faith was reposed in some of the 

 stated efforts. As the official head of the Ameri- 

 can Trotting Register Association, and as a 

 member of the Board of Appeals of the National 



