The Bearings, Vol 8, No 17
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Midget riders Julian P. Bliss and Mike Dirnberger arrive at Nashville's West Side Park and Cumberland Park tracks to attack all records up to two miles, using the celebrated running horse Clarkson and two specially built Rambler triplets as pacemakers.
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On their first official day Dirnberger claims the 100-yard flying-start record in 5 flat (two-fifths inside Johnson's mark) and Bliss takes the 100-yard standing record in 8 4/5 and the one-eighth-mile standing in 16 4/5, all at the West Side Park inner training track.
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On November 18 Dirnberger lowers the half-mile flying record to 54 seconds behind the horse Clarkson, while Bliss takes the one-third-mile standing record to 38 1/5 and the half-mile standing to 56 3/5 — three more of Johnson's marks in a single cold afternoon.
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The Bearings details the track conditions and official setup at Nashville, where Nashville's Cumberland Park clay surface is judged the fastest in the South, and where timing is overseen by J.C. Combs with multiple horse-racing stopwatch holders as independent verifiers.