Says the Melbourne Age: The new rule of racing establishing a minimum distance of two miles for hurdle races came into force at Epsom on September 1. As anticipated, its effect has been to completely revolutionise the way in which suburban hurdle races have been run in the past; Instead of adopting a breakneck pace from the jump the three contestants traversed the earlier part of the journey leisurely, and the subsequent portion gave the jockeys every opportunity to use their judgment, whioh promises to be one of the chief recommendations of the change.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 426, 22 September 1898, Page 17
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94Untitled New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 426, 22 September 1898, Page 17
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