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: The .Eiccartoii-'track was in remarkably good -order : for Tuesday's. : racing,~. ..and times ■ ; yere comparatively fast . for a Grand National programme. . . ■' ' The big steeplechase- was run, in 7min 2 l-ss.ee, which hadpr^viously been, bettered only pn four occasions. In'the' Winter, Cup Mount: Boa's, time';,' lmih -40 ;2-ssee, was" , only two-fifths 'of a second ' outside the I record for the race, established by Lfe Choucas in 1926; The last half-mile of this event was timed- to-be/run in 50 2-ssec, ibut as both Jtfount Boa and : Polydora were well 'back'from, the leaders at -that, point, their'time must have been .considerably less.- , ■■•..;■
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 35, 10 August 1933, Page 8
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FAST TIMES REGISTERED
Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 35, 10 August 1933, Page 8
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