DAN PATCH BREAKS A RECORD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 806, 2 May 1910, Page 4

DAN PATCH BREAKS A RECORD.

(By TeleiraiA.—Press Association.! Auckland, May 1. Keen interest was taken at the meeting of the Auckland Trotting Club yesterday in Dan Patch's attempt to beat his owii Australian mile record of 2min. lOsec. This he did, covering the distance in 2min. 9 2-sse;. The time is two-fifths of a second outside the Australasian record put up by Ribbonwood on a clay track, banked at the turns, at Christchurch. Dan Patch's time constitutes a world's, record for a grass track. ' He was timed to trot his first quarter in 31 2-ssec., the half-mile in lmin. 3 2-ssec., the three-quarters in lmin. 36sec., and the mi!o in 2min. 9 2-ssec. The champion is a New Zea-land-bred horse, hairing been reared in Canterbury. His first appearance in Auckland was four years ago, when he won tho Great Northern Trotting Handicap as a three-year-old. AUCKLAND T.C. MEETING. (By Mccreph—Press Association.) Auckland, May 1. The Auckland Trotting Club's Autumn meeting was concluded yesterday. Results: — TRIAL TROT. —Harry Mace, 1; Mararoa, 2; Elsie's Child, 3. INNOVATION STAKES—Kirikiriroa, 1; Grampian, 2Manx man, 3. : CAMPBELL HANDICAP.—Cavalier,. 1; Kalgoorlie, 2; John Harold, 3. PARK HANDICAP.—Frontino, 1; Pairawaatu, 2; Mistime, 3. MEMBERS' HANDICAP. — Wild Mario, 1; Rothschild Lad, 2; Kirikiriroa, 3. ; HIGH-CLASS HANDICAP.-V.S., 1; Vibon, 2; Royal Victor, 3.

FAREWELL • HANDICAP—MapIe'-wood,-1; Manxman, 2; Jungle, 3.