AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
SYDNEY. April 10. Despite showery conditions, all Show records were eclipsed. The 400,000 attendance mark has already been passed. No less than 122,000 passed through the turnstiles' yesterday. T i ? The races drew 60,000. To-morrow's prospects are not promising, as it is raining heavily. Higgins and Harringtorn, holders of the Commonwealth championship, created a. world's record by sawing an 18in log in 25 l-ssecs. At the yearling sales bidding was brisk. Fair prices were obtained. A Linacre-Nutraile colt brought f< price with 825 guineas. It is claimed that Thrice has established an Australasian two-year-old record by winning £8692 in stakes.
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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 11 April 1917, Page 5
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102AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 11 April 1917, Page 5
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