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AUSTRALIAN LONG DISTANCE FIELDS Australian longdistance racing fields keep up their average of starters The big handicaps usu ¬ ally have twenty or more starters startersThe The smallest field for the Sydney Cup during the past eight years was seventeen when The Fortune Hunter won in 1917 Xominations that ypar totaled 127 constituting a record 1013 with eightyeight entries there were twentyseven runners which shows that a smaller nomination dous not necessarily mean fewer runners In lllrt them were 155 entries and twentyfour starters for the Doucuster Handicap while the previous years H8twtrtint3 produced thirtytwo starters v
