AFTER MANY YEARS
Nineteen yenrs n£o the iO'cat and brilliant Gloamin.U ran tiie Dominion record half mile in ].">secs t this time bein<> roistered in the Kelbnrn Han. d'.can. It has now been learned. th:it the Wellington Racing Club will not accept- this as a New Zealand' record as it lias been found Lhe half mile mark at Trcntham is short of the proper distance. The record will now i(o to the record of Surveyor, who ran lour I'tiilonys at Ricearton in ]•"> It is worthy of note that Surveyor's descendants are siainin-i i'l'os country honours, 1 c a d i n ;i performers under this heading beiny Survoy, winner of the Great Northern and Wciiinjfton Steeplechases.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 52, 21 August 1939, Page 8
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116AFTER MANY YEARS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 52, 21 August 1939, Page 8
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