412 RECORDS FOR PACERS. 



Dexter Prince; dam, Fanny Bayswater (thoroughbred), by 

 Eayswater. 



Fastest five miles in harness, 12.30J : Bishop Hero, g, by 

 Bishop ; dam, Lida Kendall, by Hero of Thorndale. 



As an object lesson to the breeders of American Trotters, 

 the following facts may be gathered from the above records : 



Alix, 2.03|, the world's fastest trotting record. 



Abdell, 2.23, the fastest yearling record. 



Arion, who holds the world's two-year-old record of 2.10| 



Fantasy, 2.08|, the world's record for three-year-old. 



Directum, 2.05J, the world's record for four-year-old. 



Ralph Wilkes, 2.06J , the world's record for five-year-old. 



Directum, the world's stallion record, all trace in a direct 

 line, and some quite close up, to that great progenitor of speed, 

 Rysdyk's Hambletonian ; and the list might be extended. 



Kitty Bayard holds the fastest race record on half-mile 

 track, 2.12J. 



THE WORLD'S RECORDS FOR PACERS. 



Fastest yearling (2.20f) : Belle Acton, by Shadeland On- 

 ward. 



Fastest two-year-old (2.07f): Directly, blk. c, by Direct; 

 dam, Mabel of ISTaubic. 



Fastest three-year-old (2.10) : Whirligig, bro. i., byWilks; 

 dam, Minnie Barrington, by Eaban. 



Fastest four-year-old (2.04) : Online, b. c, by Shadeland 

 Onward ; dam, Angeline, by Chester Chief. 



World's Record, 2.01J : Robert J., b. g., by Hartford ; dam, 

 Geraldine, by Jay Gould. 



World's stallion record (pacing), 2.03| : John R. Gentry, 

 b. s., by Ashland Wilkes ; dam, Dame Wood, by Wedgewood. 



Fastest race in straight heats (pacing), 2.03f, 2.021, and 

 2.04| : Robert J., b. g., by Hartford ; dam, Geraldine, by Jay 

 Gould. 



Fastest two miles in harness, pacing, 4.47f : Defiance, b. g., 

 by Chieftain, and Longfellow, ch. g., by Red Bill, dead heat. 



