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was in front of him and close enough to break 

 atmospheric pressure. At Memphis, October 22, 

 he paced in harness, with dirt-shield in front, in 

 1.56^, buly in one sense this does not displace Star 

 Pointer, whose record of 1.5 9 J in 1897 was made 

 in the good old-fashioned way. The Register 

 Association classes shield records lower than 

 those made without its assistance. The 1.59^ of 

 Dan Patch, made in 1902, is given preference 

 over his 1.5 6 \ of 1903. The wagon record of 

 1.57 at Memphis, October 22, 1903, goes into the 

 shield class. 



Prince Alert 



The bay gelding, Prince Alert, by Crown 

 Prince, paced in 1902 to a record of two minutes, 

 and this is his best credit mark. His 1.57, with 

 the shelter of a big wind-shield, at Empire City 

 Park, September 23, 1903, has been rejected by 

 the proper authorities. Unless the rules are 

 changed, judges hereafter will refuse to start 

 horses behind wind-shields. 



