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the Washington Park track, making the mile in 1:37^. In 1910 

 Fashion Plate made a mile in i:37| in the Metropolitan Handicap, 

 which record was again equaled in the same race in 1914 by 

 Buskin. The above are the fastest mile records up to 1919 in- 

 clusive. In 1855 Lexington ran four miles in 7:i9|, winning 

 $20,000 in a race against time. In 1876 Ten Broeck, in a race 

 against time, lowered the four-mile record to 7:i5|. This same 

 year he made a mile in i:39f, which was the record for about 

 thirteen years. In 1881 Luke Blackburn, a very famous runner, 

 then four years old, made a mile at Jerome Park in 1:45. In 

 1880 he also made a record of 2:34 for a mile and a half, which 

 was not lowered for many years. 



Thoroughbred records of the English Derby are regarded as of 

 first importance. The winners from 1900 to the present day 

 have furnished some of the most remarkable speed in the history 

 of that historic course. The following are the more recent records : 



Thoroughbred records on the American turf of special interest 

 are those made in the Futurity and in the Suburban Handicap, 

 Sheepshead Bay, New York ; the Brooklyn Handicap, Grave- 

 send, New York ; the Metropolitan Handicap, Belmont Park, 

 New York ; the Brighton Handicap, Brighton Beach, New York ; 



1 Record time. 



, 1916, 1917, 1918, abandoned owing to the war.' 



