Current Notes Of The Turf, Daily Racing Form, 1918-02-13

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CURRENT NOTES OF THE TURF The fastest time made at one mile during the racing of 1U17 was over the extremely fast Aque ¬ duct track Old Rosebud running the distance in 137 on June 30 A few days later on July Omar Khayyam duplicated Old Rosebuds perform ance by running the same distance in the same time and later in the fall Hendric did likewise likewiseThe The English idea of a roarer or thickwinded horse is that under favorable weather conditions hot clear air a great roarer can do great tilings even to winning classic races Prince Charlie which won the Two Thousand Guineas and was sec ¬ ond in the St Ixger one and threequarter miles and 132 yards Ormonde and Donovan were notable roarers which did great things but Ormonde was not a roarer when he won the Triple Crown


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