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TWO NEW AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Surveyors Half Mile in 45 and Kilboynes Three-Quartcr in 1:10. SYDNEY, X. S. W., Australia. January 1. A gale of wind wag responsible for new Australasian figures for linlf a mile and three-quarters at the recent Xew Zealand Cup meeting. The Dominion held the previous best for those particular distances with Conquerors 4Cli for half a mile, and Sweet Corns 1:11 Vfi for three-quarters, but those records were fairly smnshed by Surveyor and Kilboyne respectively. At Riccarton. Christchureu, short-distance races are run down the straight, and Kilboyne and Surveyor had a strong wind at the back of them. Kilboyne. which is a five-year-old gelding by Kilbroney Arai-te-Ura, won the Criterion Handicap by three lengths in 1:10 for the three-quarters, and carried 108 pounds. In ordinary circumstances such remarkable time would hnve created a deal of fuss, and there would have leen queries as to its correctness, but it was so palpably due to the favorable conditions that it was not productive of particular comment in Xew Zealand. A record such as that of Kilboynes is misleading, but still he did the time, and must receive the credit. He is undoubtedly a useful horse, as with 11" pounds he subsequently won the Fendalton Handicap in 1:39 for the mile. Surveyor made an Australasian record, but the worlds best is Iron Masks 44-74 at Juarez. Mex.. in 1914. The previous Xew Zealand half-mile record Conquerors ""as also made at Riccarton, and had stood since the corresponding meeting in 1897. The nice in which .Surveyor made his time was the Electric Plate, run at weight-for-age. The runners inclitdod Hymestra and his sister, Torfreda, the latter lieing favorite, while Surveyor was second in demand. Torfreda, whose weight was 109 pounds, went to the front early, but Surveyor, 90 pounds, hung on and, worrying the filly down in the last fifty yards, beat her a neck in 45. Particulars of Sasanofs defeat of Gloaming at tbe Xew Zealand Cup meeting were awaited with considerable interest in Australia. It was thought Gloaming -might have- met with some had luck in the race, but it appears no excuse can be made for him on th.ut score" There were only four runners, Gloaming, Iunka, Sasanof and Xanna, and the first named was such a warm favorite that, if he had won, his totalizator return would have been at the rate of about 4 to 1 on. The Oaks winner, Iunka, kept Gloaming hard at it over the first mile, and neither had anything in reserve when Sasanof tackled them Just after entering the straight. Sasanof won easily by two and a half lengths, and Gloaming only beat Punka a length for second. It will be remembered a mistake was made in cabling the time to Australia, 3:03 being the figures given, but New Zealand papers show the race was run in 2:0.", which equaled Xew Zealands best for a mile and a quurter.
