PRINCE ALERT III 



2:05, 2:051/4 in his victorious effort, rare time those days 

 for a half mile track. He also won at Hagerstown, Md., also 

 a half mile track, and was the winner at Philadelphia. At 

 Memphis in the late fall he defeated Harold H. and Dan R. 

 in 2:021/4, 2:03^4 &nd also won the memorable match 

 race with Sir Albert S., a half mile dash originally made for 

 $5,000 a side. Prince Alert stepped the half in 57'^ sec- 

 onds, a sample of the wonderful speed he possessed. At 

 that same meeting he started three times for a record and 

 the first effort was in 2:01'^. The second attempt gave him 

 a new record of 2:00 and made him a member of the select 

 list. The next day he paced a mile in 2:0014- That was on 

 the 31st of October and ended his activities for the year. 



In 1903 most of his work was in exhibition miles, though 

 he did engage in two contests against his old antagonist. 

 Anaconda, then racing under the name of Knox's Gelatine 

 King, the manufacturer of the gelatine having gathered a 

 stable to carry the factory colors. Prince Alert won all the 

 races he started in, losing one heat to Dan R. at Providence 

 in 2:0Vy^. Then he beat Dan R. at Bethlehem and the next 

 day set the world's record for pacers over a half mile track 

 at 2:03^3 lowering the track record of 2:04. At Lexington, 

 in the fall he started to beat 1:59 and paced in l:59l/o, a 

 two minute performance but a losing one. He had tried pre- 

 viously at Cincinnati and had done the mile in 2:01*3/4. At 

 Providence he started to beat his half mile record of 57*^ 

 and took off the fractional time doing the half in exactly 

 57 seconds. 



That same year, on October 15th at Philadelphia he 

 lowered his record to 1 :59^/'o thus having to his credit three 

 different miles in two minutes or better. 



Prince Alert was a hoppled pacer, was a giant physically 

 and was a true race horse and while at the time he was before 

 the public the hoppled pacer was by no means as popular 

 as he became later. Prince Alert was one of the popular 

 idols and the multitudes who saw him race made him one 

 of their chosen favorites. 



Mart Demarest drove him to his official record of 1:591/0 

 and Jack Curry had to mount when Prince Alert paced a 



