A GOOD TRACK
FAST TIMES RECORDED The trotting track on the Washdyke racecourse has never been in luster order than it was on Saturday, and this is shown by the fast times registered and the big improvement on what the winners were handicapped to do. la running third in the Timaru Cup in 4min 24sec, Rey Spec'lowered the record of 4min 24 2-ssec made by Author Jinks, and in pacing a mile in 2miu llsec Grace McElwyn established a record for a three-year-old. The following table will show the times winners were assessed at. the time actually made, and the improvement registered:— •5 «J q -J. C K H Hp: s£• m.s. M.s. see. ONE MILE Grace McElwyn 2.19 2.11 8 ONE MILE AND A QUARTER. Marie Celeste .. 2.55 2.45 10 Bracken . . 2.47 2.43 4 ONE MILE AND A HALF Nelson Guy .. 3.42 3.30 1-5 11 4-5 Big Author .. 3.37 3.23 2-5 13 3-5 ONE MILE AND FIVE FURLONGS Wee' Wrack . . 4.3 3.41 22 TWO MILES Little Nelson . . 4.34 4.25 Bosun . . 5.0 4.11 1!)
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21419, 11 March 1935, Page 15
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174A GOOD TRACK Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21419, 11 March 1935, Page 15
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