HOW GREYHOUND DID IT
"Peter Manning lost'his crown to Greyhound today, the grey gelding trotting in lmin 56sec, to -become the sole custodian of the trotting crown, says the "Horseman and Fair world, of September 29. were propitious, one of those most perfect days with no wind and <* track thet was the last word. It was a perfect piece of speed setting and the result was that the nfteen-year-old.record of the «on of Azoff went by the board. The champion was accompanied by two runners (gallopers), driven by FTed Egari and Will Fleming. He was at the quarter in 20* we. the next quarter was covered in 28i«ec. making the half 574 sec, then .he eased around the Siird quarter in 30sec, the three-quar-ters in lmin 27J.sec. The two runners moved up to him and he came on to teot the" flnartwo furlongs in 28isec, the mile in lmin 58sec.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 110, 5 November 1937, Page 13
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150HOW GREYHOUND DID IT Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 110, 5 November 1937, Page 13
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