Racers and Problems They Suggest 5 



improvement of nearly 30 per cent. There is 

 given in Table I the list of American horses that 

 have successively lowered the record. 



TABLE I 



Flora Temple . . . 



Dexter 



Goldsmith Maid 



Occident 



Goldsmith Maid 



Rarus 



St. Julien 



Maud S 



St. Julien 



Maud S 



Maud S 



Jay Eye See . . . . 



MaudS 



MaudS 



Sunol 



Nancy Hanks. . . 



Alix 



The Abbot 



Cresceus 



Lou Dillon 



Cresceus 



Lou Dillon 



Uhlan 



2:o8i 



2:o8i 



2:04 



2:03! 



2:03! 



2:025 



2:00 



i:S9l 

 i:s84 

 1:54* 



*Without windshield or running pace setter i : s8. 



What are the factors which, since the days 

 of Flora Temple, have brought about the 

 marked improvement that enables the present 

 champion to do the mile in less than two 

 minutes? Some of them are very evident. 



