BEST TROTTING RECORDS. NEW ZEALAND.
One mile.— Saddle, Yum Yum, 2min 27isec, Canterbury T. 0., May 1594 ; harness, Brooklyn, 2min 41sec, Plumpton Park, May 1894. One milo and a-halr'.— Saddle, Susan, 4uiin, Forbuvy, December 1893. Two miles.— Saddle, Blacksmith, smin 9sec, Forbury, May 1894 ; hames I*,1 *, Imperious, smin 21sec, Canterbury T.C., May 1894, and Berlin Abdallah, Tahuna Park, May 1894. Three miles.— Saddle, Wanderoo, Bmin, Forbury, March 1891 ; harness, Specification, 7min 35sec, Canterbury T. 0., May 1894.
AUSTRALIAN. One mile.— Harness, Osterles', 2min 25seo, in match against Mysteiy. Two miles.— Harness, Mystery, 4min sGisec. in match againat Osterley. Three miles.— Harness, Osterley, 7min 3O3sec.
AMERICAN (IN HARNESS). One mile. -Nancy Hank?, 2min 4sec, Sept. 1892. Two miles.— Greenlander, 4min 32sec, Oct. 1893. Three miles. — Nightingale, 6min 55Jsec, Oct. 1593.
AMERICAN PACING. Ono mile. — "Westniont, 2rain ljsec, July ISS4. Two rnile3. — Defiance, drain 47'«sec f September 1872. Three milea.— Joe Jefferson, 7niin 33Jsec, November 1891. TO CORRESPONDENTS. S. L. S. (Macetown).— January 29, 1892; three years of ago ; 50so\'tf. Ciun (Nevis) writes : Please settle a dispute over a game of four-handed cribbage. A and C are mates,, B and D are mates. (1) A plays a 6, B a 7, C a 5, and takes a run of three ; B plays another 7 and demands a run of three. Can he do so? (2) The same mate 3 are playing together, but A'fa cards are played out. 13 plays a4.C a 2, Da5,C a 3, aod takes a run of four ; D then plays a 2, and claims a run of four also. Is it correct? Answer: No second run in either case. Ciiibbagc (Gore) writes : A dispute arorc N thc other evening over a game of ci'jbbage, one contending that four B's and a 7 counted 24, whilst the other maintained it should only be 20. It was agreed to refer it to you. Kindly say which was right. Answor : Twenty,
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Otago Witness, Issue 2113, 23 August 1894, Page 29
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321BEST TROTTING RECORDS. NEW ZEALAND. Otago Witness, Issue 2113, 23 August 1894, Page 29
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