LOWERING THE RECORDS. 



423 



1835 

 1839 



1844 

 1849 

 1851 

 1852 

 1855 

 1868 

 1879 

 1881 

 1883 

 1884 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1893 

 1894 

 1894 

 1894 



PACERS. 

 Oneida Chief, saddle, 

 Drover, saddle, 

 James K. Polk, 

 Dan Miller, 

 Tecumseh, 

 Roanoke, . 

 Pocahontas, wagon, 

 Billy Boyce, saddle, 

 Sleepy Tom, 

 Little Brown Jug, 

 Johnston, .... 

 Johnston, .... 



Direct 



Hal Pointer (Aug. 18th and Sept. 22d), 



Mascot (Sept. 29th) 



Flying Jib, ... 

 Robert J (Aug. 31st), 

 Robert J (Sept. 6th), 

 Robert J (Sept. 14th), 



2.31 

 2.30 

 2 23 

 2.23 

 2.21 

 2.18* 



3.17* 



2.14J4 

 2.12J4 



2.11% 



2.10 



2.06% 



2.05* 



2.05% 



2.04 



2.04 



2.03% 



2 02* 



2.01* 



From the above it will be seen that a period of thirty-seven 

 years was required to effect the reduction of the trotting record 

 from three minutes to 2.30 ; sixteen years to reduce it from 

 2.30 to 2.20 ; fifteen years to reduce it from 2.20 to 2.15 ; ten 

 years to reduce it from 2.15 to 2.10; and only eight years to re- 

 duce it from 2.10 to 2.04 ; and two years to reduce it from 2.04 

 to 2.03f. 



Hence, for a period of fifty-one years, the average reduction 

 per year is a trifle less than half a second, and with this ratio 

 kept up until the year 1900, we will have the long-looked for 

 two-minute trotter. 



It is my belief that we shall not have to wait longer than 

 this for the fulfillment of this achievement. The reduction of 

 the pacing record is attended with some peculiar features. 

 From 1839 to 1852, a period of thirteen years, the record was 

 reduced from 2.30 to 2.18|, and in 1868 it was placed at 2.14i 

 by Billy Boyce. 



A period of fifteen years was required for a reduction of 4i 

 seconds, to 2.10 by Johnston in 1883. The following year the 



