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RECORDS OF THE JAMAICA TRACK Owing to its width and shape races over the Ja ¬ maica track are not run at many different distances the fact that it has no record at a mile being a peculiarity that is striking Since the opening of the track only eleven different distances have been raced over In the way of new records two have been made thib year by High Private at four and n half furlongs and by Fits Herbert at fiveeighths of a mile King Cobalt tied the record previously held by Gold Rose at threequarters of a mile and the track records now are as follows Dist Horse AWt Date Time 4 12 f High Prlvatc2 112 May 5 IOCS 53J 58 Fltz Herbert2 109 May 2 190S 100 5 12 f Ludy Amelia 120 May 1 1803 l00i l00iBig Big Ben S 105 May 11 190S 100 34 Gold Rose 92 October 18 1905 l12i King l12iKing Cobalt 5 115 May 4 190S 112 112ImOy ImOy Canteen 5108 October 20 1901 1438 1 110 Rostand 4 105 April 25 1901 1458 1 18 Eug Burch 5 113 October 1C 1905 1524 1 14 T Southerner 101 October IS 1905 200 1 12 Brancas C IOC October 29 1907 240
