Sporting and Athletic Records

TROTTING 173 Distance Time Name of Horse Gfc. Place Date Miles M. S. ( Ten Broeck ) J Louisville, Ky. 27 Sep. '76 (4 yrs, 104 lbs) ' i Mr. Brown ) } Rancocas, N.T. 2 Mar. '80 (6 yrs, 160 lbs) ) Trotting N.B.—All distances up to and including 10 miles were done with a flying start. These times were all made in single harness attachedto a pneumatic-tyred sulky, generally with a running horse as pace-maker. Distance Time Name of Horse <£ nc . Place Date Miles M. s. l l< 29°/. Nancy Hanks, br. m Terre Haute, Ind. 28 Sep. '92 1 i'/ I Alix, b. m. Galesburg, 111, 19 Sep. '94 7< 1 3 2 '/a Nancy Hanks,br. m. Terre Haute, Ind. 28 Sep. '92 1 a 2 3 8 m Alix, b. m. Galesburg, 111. 19 Sep. '94 2 4 3 2 Greenlander, blk. h. Terre Haute, Ind. 4 Nov. '93 3 6 SS'/a Nightingale, blk. m. Nashville, Tenn. 20 Oct. '93 4 9 58 Bishop Hero Oaldand, Cal. 14 Oct. '93 5 12 30' , •> m m m 6 16 53 s /iSatellite Keokuk, Iowa 15 Aug. '89 a Fastest mile under saddle 2m. 15*1*5., by G reat E astern atMorrisania, N.Y., 22 Sept. 1877. Fastest 3 consecutive heats 2m. 6s.; 2m. 6'/^., 2m.5 , / 4 s. ; average 2m. s'/es.; by A lix in a race at Terre Haute, Ind., 17 Aug. 1894. Fastest mile by a double team 2m. 12s., by B elle H amlin and G lobe at Kirk- wood, Del., 4 July 1892. Three horses abreast, 2m. 14s., B elle H amlin, J ustina and G lobe at Buffalo, N.Y., 31 July 1891. Four in Hand 2ra. 37s. by W illi am H., N obby, M ambrino S parkle, and C lemmie G. at Cleveland, Ohio, 17 Sept. 1886. Other trotting mile records are as follows: — m. s. Australian 2 i4"/5 Fritz Melbourne 4 Mar. '96 European 2 15',S, Maggie Sherman Baden 15 Aug. '96 British 2 24^4 Rowley Liverpool 20 Mar. '93