An Interesting Contest.
(Per Press Association.) Melbourne, Jan. 24. An interesting contest was decided at a meeting of the Australian Trotting Association in the shape of a match between Harris, English champion cyclist, and Robertson's well known trotting mare Mystery, for 60soys and a prize of 25sovs. The race was run in mile heats the winner of two out of the three heats to secure tbe prize. The first race was won by Mystery by 6 yards in 2min 26 l-sth sec. The maro also won the second by teh yards in 2min 39 l-sth sec. In both heats Mystory went off with the lead. Though Harris , hung on to the Sulky and made some fine spurts he was never able to head his equine opponent. The betting on the Ist heat was 6 to 4 on the mare, and in the second 3 to 1 on Harris. '
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 173, 25 January 1896, Page 2
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148An Interesting Contest. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 173, 25 January 1896, Page 2
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