The Bearings, Vol 8, No 15
Articles in this issue
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J.S. Johnson sets a new flying mile world record of 1:55 3/5 at Independence, Iowa on November 8, aided by a running horse to the quarter, a triplet to the half, and the Yellow Fellow quadruplet for the finishing straight, cutting a full second from his own record set the previous day.
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Tom Eck experiments with a running horse carrying a canvas wind-shield on a sulky to pace Johnson to the half-mile before handing off to the quadruplet, achieving 1:59 on the first full attempt, though the horse is not in proper training and unable to reach the 55-second half needed.
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Johnson claims the flying two-thirds-mile record in 1:16 flat (clipping Windle's 1:16 1/5) and the standing two-thirds in 1:23 3/5, both set behind the quadruplet at Independence, with the flying record taken into a head wind on the back stretch.
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Johnson silences doubters on November 7 by equalling his famous 1:56 3/5 mile twice in one afternoon, beating Windle's more recent mark by one-fifth of a second each time, with the official party including Bearings correspondent acting as judge.
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Conn Baker of the quadruplet team describes riding the mile record attempt: the running mare takes Johnson to the quarter, the triplet carries him to the half, and the quadruplet picks him up and drives him home, with Johnson passing the big machine in the final stretch.