QOME idea of the fast nature of the track at Richmond can be gleaned from the following summary of the times recorded by various placed contestants, in which it will be noticed that improvers severely fractured their handicap record. Tumatakura (3.52) 3.31 1-5, Direct Wave (3.52) 3,31 3-5, Drift Wave (3.52) 3.35, George Again (3.52), 3.40 1- Naldera (3.52) 3.38 3-5, Kodie (3.52) 3.39 3-5, Vikota (3.2) 2.52 2-5, Mercury (3.0) 2.54 3-5, Lincoln Huon 12.21) 2.17 3-5, Abundance (2.23) *2.18. In the trotting section slices were pared off by Great Amazon (5.2) 4.52 2- Maori Peter (5.4) 4.58, Rosie Nelson 3.45.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 274, 9 February 1928, Page 15
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