HORSEBACK JOURNEY.
AIELBOURNE TO SYDNEY. Received Alarcli 19, 12.30 p.m. MELBOURNE, Alarcli 19. The record for the horseback journey of 560 miles from Alelbourne to Sydney is thirteen days. Attempting to break this old record, Percy Lennon, aged 16, has set out for Sydney astride Redlock, the racehorse which was involved in tho remarkable “ring in” case in South Australia in 1934 incurring life disqualification. Lennon and Redlock were farwelled by a large crowd.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 94, 20 March 1936, Page 10
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74HORSEBACK JOURNEY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 94, 20 March 1936, Page 10
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