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MAKES A NEW AUSTRALASIAN RECORD. Another Australasian record has been made at Trenthain Wellington. N. /... It was on that track that Warstep ran two miles in 3:24 last April, and now Sweet Coin lias made a six-furlongs record of 1:11MI o" it. This clips three-fifths of a second off Charinillas New Zealand record, and is ■lightly over a second better than anything accomplished in Australia. From this it will be gathered thai Trenthain is an exceptionally fast Hack. Sweet lorn was bred in New South Wales by Mr. W. Tli unpson. is by Malster from Condiment, by Gossoon from Cinnamon, and as a yearling was bought by Mr. W. G. Stead for ."i7." guinea--, sh,. wa» lirst of all trained at Kandwick by F. .McGrath. and ran second to Starland in the Gimcrack Stakes. Ob going to New Zealand she wa- BBsacccaafal as a two-year-aid, and only quite ieci atly opened her winning account, in the race in Which Sweet Corn made her record she carried ninety-six pounds. The Martian — Lady Disdain mare Bee sot close to t in- Aastralasiaa mile and ■ half record of 2:316 .jointly held by Comedy King and Cagon in winning the Wellington Cap. She did the trip in 2:31%, and even at that only beat the imported mare First Glance by three-uaartera of a length. The previous lies! for the Wellington Cup was Pavlovas 2:32. Lady Disdain, dam id Bee. is by The Officer from OrilhUUne, by Dreadnought. In addition to the Cup. Bee won the Wellington R. c. Handicap, one mile and three fui longs, ami in Uiix. as in the Cup. Balboa was third. Alter being beaten by Desert Gold in so many races this Reason, it must have been quite a pleasant change | for Mr. G. D. Greenwood to win a race the Welleshy Stakes with the Martian Illy None-. though on the third day of the meeting she was beaten in the Kelbourn stakes by Egypt. in the Wellington Stakes, Deeert Gold 120 pounds scrcii her ninth win of the aeaaoa, and ran Ire furlong* in M second-. As her brother. Egypt, also won a couple of races, Mr. T. H. l.oi ry had another proitable Meeting, and ii is certain that this s-as.m he will ca-ih beat his 1914-18 total of 2,500. Sydney Referee. Teaching on tie fast time- reported at Trent- ■ bam daring tin- course of the Wellington K. C. meet lag. a writer in the Christchurch Weekly • Pre-- -ay-: --possibly the Wellington timekeeper now and then makes some of the times a tilth of a second or so faster than they really are. tor i is difficult to get the actual in-taut of despatch for I the si an i live furlong mark-, and perfect Been- racy in timekeeping will not be reached until we I have the automatic starting clock. In many raeea other than live or -i fnrlong event- we Bad all watches make ch,-e agreement with tin- watch of the official timekeeper." I
