BEST RECORD TO DATE IN NEW ZEALAND
Four furlongs — Conqueror, 46 l-ssec, C.J.C. "Welcome Stakes, November 1897 (this timing was questioned). Blazer, 46 3-ssec, C.J.C. Electric ' Stakes, November 1897. Altair, 47sec, C.J.C. Nursery Handicap, November. 1897. Safeguard, 47sec, C.J.C. Nursery Handicap, November 1894. Golden Fleece, 47sec, C.J.C. Electric Plate, November 1894. Five furlongs — Forester, lmin lsec, C.J.C. Flying Handicap, November 1886. Six furlongs — Loyalty, lmin 14sec, C.J.C. First Challenge Stakes, April 1893. Barmby. lmin 14sec, Asbburton Flying, September 1894. Seven furlongs — Ruby, lmin 27Jsec, C.J.C. Craven Stakes, January 1888. One mile — St. Paul, lmin 41sec, St. George's Handicap, Auckland, April 16, 1898. One mile and a furlong — Leda, lmin 56Jsec, January Handicap, Wellington, 1896. " One mile and a-quarter — Titbit, 2niin B£sec, C.J.C. Grand Stand Handicap, January 1837. One mile and a-half — Merganser, 2niin 35! sec, C.J.C. Great Autumn Handicap, April 1893. One mile and three-quarters — Swordfish, 3min 4 l-ssec, Wanganui Cup, March 1898. Two miles — lioseleldt, 3min 29sec, New Zealand Cup, November 1893. ' Two miles and a distance — Occident, 3min 50sec, Dunedin Cup, February 1892. Two miles and a-quarter — Euroclydon, 3min 57|sec, Canterbury Cup, 1895.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2328, 13 October 1898, Page 31
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185BEST RECORD TO DATE IN NEW ZEAAND Otago Witness, Issue 2328, 13 October 1898, Page 31
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