TRACK 2.5 FURLONGS
ADELAIDE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The track at Wayville, on which the Inter-Dominion Championships are being run, is only two and a half furlongs in circumference, but it is surprising that at such an important meeting a championship event should have had to be re-run because of a mistake by the lap-keepers. Even with a round short Lawn Derby won the first distance —a mile —from Speedy Boy, who had raced prominently at the championships in Perth. Lawn Derby was only set to give away 10 yards, but in the original list of handicaps published, only Logan Derby, Royal's Echo, Auburn Lad, Roi lOr, and Indianapolis were asked to concede him a start. Lawn Derby is regarded as one of the greatest pacers ever raced- in Australia, and while Indianapolis was looked to to provide the thrills- at the Inter-Dominion Championships, a Melbourne writer, in comparing the two horses, had the following:—"lndianapolis is the recognised fastest horse in Australia and New Zealand, his best against time being 2min 0 2-ssec, which is the Australian and New Zealand mile record. However, while Indianapolis has the time, it is a moot point whether he is any greater than Lawn Derby, who lis just as good unhoppled as he is in '. hopples. Few will forget the perform|ance he recorded at the last Easter Show when he created a new record for a three-lap track by running the mile in 2min 3 l-ssec without I>oots or hopples. It seems certain that he will be taken to Perth after the championships to have a crack at the two minutes. His trainer, W. J. O'Shea, has a high opinion of the horse." O'Shea is not unknown in the Dominion, for some years ago he brought to New Zealand a team of horses that
included Machine Brick, winner of the Otahuhu Cup, Auto Machine, and Flying Machine, while he also drove Mr. J. R. McKenzie's pacer Acron in several races in Auckland. In the one and a half miles and two miles championships Lawn Derby is still on 10 yards, and his prospects of success are bright.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 17
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350TRACK 2.5 FURLONGS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 29, 4 February 1937, Page 17
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