The Bearings, Vol 8, No 7
Articles in this issue
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Sanger sets new competition records for the one-mile (2:08 1/5) and two-mile (4:46 1/5) at Springfield's first day of racing, lowering the one-mile record twice in fifteen minutes and the two-mile with Bliss riding as his pacemaker in the handicap heat.
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Harry Tyler lowers his own one-mile competition record to 2:10 1/5 in a handicap heat at Springfield, only to have Sanger break it ten minutes later in the next heat.
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Full heat-by-heat summaries for Springfield's first day cover the half-mile 1:15 class, half-mile open, two-mile 5:20 class, one-mile 2:30 and 2:40 classes, half-mile 4:20 class, and one-mile handicap, with Sanger, Tyler, Zimmerman, Rhodes, and Taylor among the qualifiers.
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Taylor, who had beaten both Tyler and Windle multiple times, is given a twenty-yard start rather than scratch, which The Bearings notes as a clear indication that the home contingent wanted Tyler and Windle on scratch for record attempts without Taylor impeding.