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not until 1921 that the feat was accomplished by a profes- 

 sional, Tommy Murphy achieving the honor at Lexington. 

 He made up for lost time, too, for he beat two minutes with 

 two different trotters the same afternoon. The other exhi- 

 bitions by Uhlan in 1911 consisted of an assault on the half- 

 mile wagon record, which he lowered to 56^ seconds, where 

 it still stands; a mile at Lexington in 1:59^ to beat the 

 track record of 2:01^ to sulky; and two half-mile track 

 performances which were histor}^ making. At White River 

 Junction, Vt., he lowered the track record from 2:14*^ to 

 2:04^, a matter of a mere ten seconds. But prior to that 

 start he had set a record which bids fair to stand unchal- 

 lenged for some time. He was started at Goshen, N. Y., to 

 lower the track trotting record of 2:08 and all he did to it 

 was to put it at 2:02^, a world's record. 



Mr. Tanner tells us that his training was practically the 

 same as for his 1910 season. As he was not exhibited for 

 money it naturally followed that he was used as his owner 

 desired, and the result was that the track management was 

 fortunate indeed to secure him for an exhibition. 



The following year he made the famous trip to the land 

 of the Czar. That was before Russia became Soviet. But 

 on his return he was prepared for a few assaults on the 

 watch and again proved his ability to perform any task set 

 for him. On October 8th he was started to beat the world's 

 record trotting, 1:58^^, and accomplished the undertaking 

 by trotting a mile in 1:58. Three days later, with Lewis 

 Forrest as his mate, he was started to beat the world's record 

 of 2:07'^ to pole, and the pair trotted a truly wonderful 

 mile in 2:03^4, Uhlan carrying Lewis Forrest most of the 

 way. Charlie Mitchell, also owned by Mr. Billings, had 

 been conditioned to go the mile to pole with Uhlan, but fell 

 lame in warming up and could not start. He had been care- 

 fully prepared, for one of his legs was about gone, but it 

 was Mr. Tanner's hope that he would last long enough for 

 the one supreme effort. His ambition was to set the pole 

 record at two minutes or better. He knew he could depend 

 upon Uhlan, and it is no secret that he had all the confidence 

 in the world in Charlie Mitchell, who had shown him a lot 



