NEW BRIGHTON TROTS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 90, 16 April 1923, Page 11

NEW BRIGHTON TROTS

MILE RECORD BROKEN.

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CBCR-ISTCHDECH, 14th Spril. The New Brighton Trotting Club's Autumn Meeting concluded to-day. Happy Voyage, assisted by two pacemakers, lowered the Dominion mile record by two seconds, covering the distance in 2min 4" l-ssec. The totab'sator returns/ were £34,258, making £57,508 for the meeting-, compared with £57,045 10s last year. Additional results :— Telegraph Handicap, of 225 soys; one mile.—Thea, scr, 1; Hayseed, 24yds behind, 2; Adair, 12yds behind, 3. Also started: Teneriffe, Energetic scr, Lord Lytton, Peter King, The Rook, Flora Goldinff 12yda behind, Rorke's Drift, Lady, Wildwood 24, .Idris 36. Won by six lengths, with a neck between second and third. Time, 2min 17 2"-Ssec.

Flying 1 Handicap, of 270 soys; one mile and a quarter.—Elite, 12yds behind, 1 ; Chid, 36yds behind, 2; Ouimet, scr, 3. Also started: Hal Junior, August Dillon 24yds behind, Trix Pointer, Willie Lincoln 48. Tommy Direct. Won by three- lengths, \with Ouimet a good third. Time, 2min 49sec.

Final Handicap, of 202 soys; one mile. —Progress, acr, 1; William the First, 60yds behind, 2; Sir Henry, 48yds behind, 3. Also started : Pita's Greeting scr, Matty's Boy, Olive Huon, Henry Tracey, The Rook 12yds behind, Linden, Hickorywood, Soprano, Rorke's Drift, Prince Lyons 24, Ben Dillon, Glen Mavis 36, Xavier 60. Won by three lengths, with a length between second and third. Time, 2min 15 4-ssee.