424 LOWERING THE RECORDS. 



record was reduced 3f seconds, and there it hung for seven 

 years. Eight years were required in reducing the records from 

 2.06J to 2.04, where it hung for two years, and then, in a single 

 season, dropped to 2.01J, a reduction of 2i seconds. 



With the trotting record the lower it goes the slower comes 

 the reduction, while with the pacing record the reverse is true, 

 and it seems almost a certainty that the two-minute pacer will 

 be a reality very soon, — probably in 1896. 



