Close Finish In Rich Running Event
MELBOURNE, April 18. Jack Cann, of Brolcen Hill, today won the rich Stawell Gift in the closest finish in the history of thfe rficfe. Only Sh inehes separated the winner and the last of the five finalists. The Australian sprint champion, John Stoney, Of St. Eilda, in iinishifi£ thircl ten inehes behind Cann, ran 9 yards 85 inehes inside even time — -only one inch .shOrt of Jack D'onaldsdn's wofld ffeeor'd made in January in 1911. Result: J. Cann (Broken Hill) 8-i yards, 1; T. P. Judd (Fullarton, Soiith Australia) 7i yards, 2; J. Stoney (St.- Kilda) 2 yardS, 3. Won by four inehes with six inehes between second and Hhird. Time, 11 13-16secs. This was the fastest tinie since 1934.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 April 1949, Page 5
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