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NEW RECORDS AT FLEMINGTON. Fast time- arete a feature of tic recent fall meet-lag at Flemington, Australia fresh records fur the Ira I. being established in four flat races and a steeplechase, in the St. Leger, Radnor cut the pre? leu- record of 3:05*4 down to 3:62*4. and in the Champion stake- the same horse did .1:22;., as against the r, -.•£: ,. of the dead-beaters. Quiver and Wallace, which bad stood as the record -inc.- 1866. Trafalgar, however, -till boidS the Australian three mile record with hi- 5:22*4 at Randwich a couple of .m..is ago. Waiialo not only reduced the Australian 1 :;i record bj a sec I and a quarter, inn dipped I [Barters of a second off the previous Australian hi -1 Peru- :: :-"",»;-" , ai Randwick; while Rathlea, in winning tbe Farewell Handicap m 1:38*4, easily made a mile record for Flemington ami got within a quarter second of Broadswords Doncaster Handicap time at Randwick. Montcalm. 1: may U- added, still hed- the u-lraliali record of 1 :.!7:i, for a mile, the occasion "f thai performaace being the All-Aged si.ike- at Randwick .11 April of nn 4. In the steeplechase on Cup day the dead heaters. Pl.nhla and Pel lew vml. clipped a second and a half off the previous best at Flemlngtoa for two mile-. It has been extremely dry in Melbourne for -ome time part. hence the new records.
