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![]() Races were timed from the beat of a drum and with a standing start in the 1800's. Not with a running start after a period of "run-up" as they have been since the 1900's.
But still, it's almost certain that those horses were much slower than modern horses. The tracks were probably a lot slower as well. He had the North American record for 12 furlongs, which was only 2:34.75 He ran two one-mile heats the same day. Both of them in 1:43 |
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In other news, here's the call of his Travers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0EuqJLhhDA |
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![]() I wonder what kind of numbers Jerry Brown would give a him. Since he thinks horses from the 1970s were a slow pack of mules compared to those of today I can only imagine what he'd think of horses from the 1870s.
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It's amazing what could get published in 1906. That first article had 3 different N-words in it...capped off with an "in coon phrase" |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preakne...four_finishers
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--Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson |
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![]() I just read here that use of the N-word was okayed by the Jockey Club until 1941:
http://www.slate.com/articles/sports...aw_nuts.2.html --Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson |
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