Show MARE IS STILL QUEEN OF TURF TIM r Major Delmar Failed to Break Brcak Lou Loii Dillons ns Record t PACEMAKERS WERE NO GOO GELDING COVERED THE TaE BULB MILB IN FAST OP OF Readville Mass Sept 14 the weather conditions were iOta and the Readville track lightning fast Ma Major jor j ut the latest aspirant for tOr rec rc record ord trotting honors failed to beat Lou Dillons performance on the same track of a mile in two minutes principally through poor Th The geld gelding lug ing with the assistance of an t bile for the halt half and a canning f horse ahead in the second covered Use the mile lulls in When Major Delmar was brought out there was scarcely a breath of wind blowing and the ale air was quite warm After scoring three times the berse was wag sent away with the automobile slightly behind on oi the The quarter was negotiated tn 39 seconds the automobile SUIt still keeping Oft off to the side At the pole pale a rIm rtin ner the half was go going going ing in good shape about ten yards ahead of the big trotter The halt half win was made in and as the Judges an announced announced before the eort wag made that such a time Ume at the half would be bemore bemore more than satisfactory the excitement when the time was posted rose to fever fer heat beat The two horses one galloping with long easy strides and the other trotting In perfect rhythm with tee be automobile still speeding il ng on the outside swept round around the curve t the te reaching that pole in 1304 from the start which made the tine time for the third quarter 39 35 seconds i Looked Like New Record Everything looked bright for the smashing of the mark sad and the changing of the sign which wag W hung over the gate of the track Just eighteen days But a as the 11 three passed that sign and caine into t the stretch the runner faltered slightly and McDonald was forced to pull up ft bit It seemed only tel for an instant V t that Instant meant perhaps a full sec sac second ond Coming to the wire McDonald used his best efforts effort to get every even par particle tics of speed out of the trotter but was unable to make mak up the time lost at the head of the stretch After the effort McDonald that 1 he believed that Major Delmar Delinar could i beat two minutes with good and looked upon the effort today as k wonderful performance Summary pact pacI purse 1000 Major C won two straight heats in arid and Sphinx S MA Mt Jor Muscovite Prince Direct and Trilby Direct also started Foals of 1901 1101 trotting puree perse won two straight heats hete 41 and amid California Cres and Morgan also aide started 2 21 IS class elkas trot trotting trap purse won two straight heats In and Crescent Pug AJoy and Anna Held also started Special trotting to beat 3 2 minutes Major Delmar b g by Delmar A He e Donald lost Time 1034 Foals of ISM trotting purse LM Margaret Bathgate won three straight heats in arid and Wain cot Judge Green and also aIso started |