THE PACER 



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Pacing records now receive much attention from the public, 

 although in early days the trot was the greater favorite of the 

 two, especially prior to i860. The following table shows how the 

 pacing record has been reduced since 1839. 



Reduction of Pacing Record to January i, 1906 



Name of Horse 



Drover 



Fanny Ellsler .... 



Unknown 



Pet 



Pocahontas 



Sleepy George .... 



Sleepy Tom 



Little Brown Jug . . . 



Johnston 



Direct 



Hal Pointer 



Mascot 



Robert J 



John R. Gentry . . . 



Star Pointer 



Prince Alert 



Dan Patch 



Place of Record 



Date Record 



New Jersey 

 Albany, N.Y. 

 New Jersey 

 Long Island, N.Y. 

 Long Island, N.Y. 

 Rochester, N.Y. 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Hartford, Conn.- 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Independence, Iowa 

 Chicago, 111. 

 Terre Haute, Ind. 

 Terre Haute, Ind. 

 Portland, Me. 

 Readville, Mass. 

 Empire City Track, N.Y 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



'839 

 1844 

 1844 

 1852 

 i8s5 

 1879 

 1879 

 1881 

 1884 

 1891 

 1892 

 1892 

 1894 

 1896 

 ■ 897 

 1904 



1905 



2.28 



2.275 



2.23 



2.l8i 

 2.17i 



2.152 

 2.I21 



2.1li 

 2.06} 

 2.06 



2.04 

 2.0l| 

 2. 00 1 



1-591 



1.57* 



I -55 J* 



Some of the Fastest Pacing Records to January i, 1906 



Event 



Half mile 



One mile 



Fastest heat, stallion 



Fastest heat, gelding 



Fastest heat, mare 



Fastest heat, four-year- 

 old 



One mile to high wheel . 



One mile with running 

 mate 



Three miles to wagon . 



One mile on half-mile 

 track 



Name of Horse 



Dan Patch, by Joe Patchen 

 Dan Patch, by Joe Patchen 

 Star Pointer, by Brown Hal 

 Prince Alert, by Crown Prince 

 The Broncho, by Stormcliffe 



Searchlight, by Dark Night . 

 Dan Patch 



Flying Jib, by Algona . 

 Longfellow, by Red Bill 



Dan Patch , 



Date 



1903 

 1905 

 1897 

 1 90 1 



1905 



1898 

 1903 



1894 



1905 



.56* 

 i-SSl* 

 2.00V 

 2.00} 

 2-031^ 



2.041 

 2.04|* 



l-S8i 

 7-S3 



2.01 • 



* Wind shield and pace maker in front. 



