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GLOAMINGS GREAT RECORD New Zealand Gelding Wins Sprint ¬ ing Stakes in 45 Seconds Son of The Welkin and Light a aHorse Horse of Marvelous Speed Has Won 111365 Gloaming the Australian middle distance cham ¬ pion made a new mark at a half mile in a New Zealand race hist January of 45 seconds Evi ¬ dently the fleet gelding is again in his best form and is winning races witli Jus old dasli and speed In the land of his birth New Zealand ZealandGloaming Gloaming is again on his way to the Australian continent to measure himself a second time witli the best of the horses of the Victoria and New South Wales Districts SMCU as Poitrel Cetigne and Kennequhair in weightforage races and handicaps Gloaming bled in a race at Randwick last yaar and was sent home supposedly at the end of his career He has however won twelve times in succession since Poitrel downed him in the Australian Jockey Club Spring Stakes and is now added to the Aus ¬ tralian and New Zealand list of winners of 100000 and over overTwo Two months ago at the Trentham Wellington N Z course in the halfmile weightforage Kel biirii Plate Gloaming won from a fast band In ¬ cluding Rational a crack twoyearold by Absurd in 45 seconds a new Australian record recordGloaming Gloaming has always raced as a gelding He started first as a threeyearold Knee trouble held him iii the stable an a twoyearold He is iiovc five ahd has raced three seasons The Australian year ends with June so that he is well along in 1921 Gloaming is by The Welkin Light and well named In his career the gelding has run thirtytwo races won twentyeight of them been second in three more and was but once unplaced when he fell in the North Island Stakes on the Tnntham Wellington N Z course upon which he made his last and fastest record recordAs As a threeyearold Gloaming won thirteen races nnd 60880 was second in two races and fell in one race as follows followsRace Race and Distance Wt Time Won Chelmsfprd WonChelmsfprd Stakes Randwick Randwickcue cue and oneeighth miles 94 152 3435 Australian 3435Australian Derby Flemington Flemingtonone one and onehalf miles 122 233 23020 Champion 23020Champion Plate New Zealand Zealandone one and onequarter miles 112 213 3250 New Zealand Derby New Zea ¬ land one and onehalf miles 122 237 5250 Stead Memorial Stakes New ula id one and one quarter i itei 10S second 750 750Islington Islington Plate New Zealand Zealandone one mill ill 137 2500 2500Great Great Northern Derby New Zealand one nntl onehalf onehalflies lies 119 234 5500 5500Wellington Wellington Stakes New Zea ¬ land fiveeighths mile 129 58 3000 3000Kilburn Kilburn Plate New Zealand Zealandonehalf onehalf mile 115 4G 1025 1025Tarunki Tarunki Stakes New Zealand Zealandthreequarters threequarters mile 120 second 500 500Egmont Egmont Stakes New Zealand Zealandthrjequarters thrjequarters mile 120 114 2000 2000Hawera Hawera Stakes Nov Zealand Zealandone one il 124 140 2000 2000Jackson Jackson Stakes New Zealand Zealandthree three quarters mile 110 113 2000 2000Wauganii Wauganii Guineas New Zea ¬ land one mile 117 145 1950 1950North North Island Stakes New Zea ¬ land fell fellChallenge Challenge Stakes New Zealand seveneighths mile 127 120 3500 As a fouryearold Gloaming won six races and 24185 and was second in one race as follows followsRace AVonRosehill Race and Distance Wt Time AVon Rosehill Spring Stakes Rosehill Rosehillone one mile 123 1AOVj 1455 1455Spring Spring Stakes Flemington Flemingtonone one and onehalf miles 123 second 2000 2000Craven Craven Plate Flemington Flemingtonone one and onequarter miles 123 205 7005 7005Champion Champion Plate New Zealand Zealandone one and onequarter miles 126 20714 3500 Stead Memorial Stakes New Zea ¬ land one and onequarter milesl20 212 3500 Islington Plate New Zealand Zealandone one mile 120 138 2025 2025Royal Royal Stakes Caulfield Caulfieldthreequarters threequarters mile 130 113 3500 3500So So far as a fiveyearold Gloaming has won nine raies and 20300 as follows followsRace Race and Distance Wt Time AVon AVonElectric Electric Plate New Zealand Zealandonehalf onehalf mile 127 4G 1750 1750Fielding Fielding Stakes New Zealand Zealandfiveeighths fiveeighths mile 130 102 1750 1750Oroua Oroua Stakes New Zealand Zealandfive five mid onehalf furlongs 134 108 1225 Islington Plate New Zealand Zealandone one mile 12S 13 3500 3500Auckland Auckland Plate New Zealand Zealandone one and onehalf miles 12S 234 3500 3500Kelburn Kelburn Plate New Zealand Zealandonehalf onehalf mile 127 45 2275 2275Waterloo Waterloo Stakes New Zealand Zealandthreequarters threequarters mile 130 112 2fiOO 2fiOOEgmont Egmont Stakes New Zealand Zealandthreequarters threequarters mile 122 113 2500 2500Dunedin Dunedin Stakes New Zealand Zealandone one mile 120 139 7200 7200Grand Grand lotal thirtytwo races twenty eight firsts three seconds one unplaced Sill 3C5 3C5Of Of the Kelburn record the last Sydney Referee eays There is little doubt that Gloamings sensational halfmile record of 45 seconds was correct as sev ¬ eral experienced watchholders agreed with the official timekeeper It was a marvelous perfor ¬ mance considering the bad run he received and only a phenomenal galloinr could have succeeded The crack New Zealand youngster Mermin was not a runner which is a pity considering he proved himself nationals s i erior As the latter was only beaten a head it looks as if Mcrmiu had he been engaged would have won
