RECORD ATTEMPT FAILS
The champion pacer Lawiri Derby made an unsuccessful attempt to lower his Australian mile record of 2min 2sec at Snowtown, South Australia, last month. In spite of a strong head wind in the straight, he registered 2min 2 2-ssec. running the last half-mile in lmin 0 2-ssec, and breaking his South Australian record of 2min ssec. which he established at Adelaide in 1937. .. ■ The Snowtown Derby, of £250. 1£ miles, was won by Admirer, who defeated W- J. O'Shea's candidate. Ribbon Robert, by 20 yards, in 2min 46£ sec. The trotter Derwent Bells, who was in receipt of 72 yards from the two pacers, was third, going 2min 56isec. Admirer and Ribbon Robert are by Robert Derby, sire of Lawn Derby, and Derwent Bells is by Derwent Derby. Admirer, who previously won the Warragul Derby, is now a strong favourite for the Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney Derbies,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 59, 9 March 1940, Page 23
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