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in the guard of the sulky wheel so as to steady him. When 

 the dust cleared away Elixir was trotting off in front, and 

 finished first, his time being very close to 2 :2c He was 

 placed last, the heat going to May Homer in 2:2134. 

 Elixir continued in the race, winning the third heat in 

 2 \22y 2 , and second money. On the third day of the meet- 

 ing Hal Dillard started against his race record of 2 :o8^ 

 and reduced it to 2 :oy^4, the last half being paced in 



1 102^4. He was driven by John Call. 



A series of track records and a number of world's 

 records were changed at the Cleveland Grand Circuit 

 meeting in 1894. On "Big Thursday" Alix won the free- 

 for-all in 2:08, 2:08^4, 2:09^, the three fastest consecu- 

 tive heats ever made by a trotter up to that time, the aver- 

 age time being 2 :o8 7-12. The ink that recorded the fact 

 in the judges' book was scarcely dry before Ryland T. 

 changed the figures by winning the 2:11 class from a 

 field of seven which included Ellard, Lord Clinton and 

 Pamlico, in 2 :o8^4, 2 '.oy}^, 2 :o8^4, an average of 2 :o8>4- 

 In the first heat of her race Alix reduced the track record 

 for trotters to 2 :o8, and this was in turn reduced to 



2 :oy}i by Ryland T., that time also being a new world's 

 record for geldings. On this memorable day Joe Patchen 

 won the 2:20 pace in 2:11^, 2:10^4, 2:10, and Ballona 

 the 2 :io trot in 2 :iij4, 2 :n^4, 2 :i2,/i- The returns for 

 the afternoon showed that the nine heats trotted averaged 

 2:092-3, while the three heats paced averaged 2:102-3, 

 making the day's average 2:09 11-12, which was the first 

 time in the history of the turf that a day's average was 

 below 2:10. The free-for-all pace on the following day 

 also presented another series of record-breaking heats. 

 The first mile was won by Crawford in 2:o8 T 4, an d the 

 second by Saladin in 2:06*4., a new track record for 



