| 18 August 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Edinburgh Handicap (4 Laps Standing Start) Ht 1 Harry Duncan James McDonald Charlie McEvoy Bill Barclay 1min 41.4 Ht 2 Drew McQueen Johnnie Walker Alex Stewart Thomas Baird 1min 40.6 Ht 3 Bill Dickie John Yates Andy Milne Jimmy Valente 1min 43.6 Ht 4 Chris Hughes William Forsyth Al Johnson Ralph Brown A Holmes 1min 50.4 Ht 5 Arthur Sherlock Eric Burnet George Cumming Donald McDonald 1min 39.2 Ht 6 Norrie Isbister George McKenzie Peter Coia John Jackson 1min 47.8 Semi-Final Bill Dickie John Yates Chris Hughes William Forsyth 1min 44.8 Semi-Final Harry Duncan James McDonald Johnnie Walker Drew McQueen (F) 1min 38.6 Semi-Final George McKenzie Eric Burnet Arthur Sherlock Norrie Isbister 1min 39.8 Final: Bill Dickie Harry Duncan George McKenzie Eric Burnet (F) 1min 40.4 Scottish Silver Gauntlet (4 Laps Standing Start) Ht 1 Harry Duncan William Forsyth George Cumming 1min 44.4 Ht 2 Drew McQueen Norrie Isbister Charlie McEvoy (F) 1min 44 Ht 3 Jimmy Valente Al Johnson Johnnie Walker (F) (New Track Record ) 1min 37.2 Ht 4 Eric Burnet Ralph Brown (Douglas) Chris Hughes 1min 47.2 Ht 5 Arthur Sherlock Bill Dickie Andy Milne 1min 38.6 Ht 6 George McKenzie Peter Coia John Jackson 1min 48 Semi-Final (1) Jimmy Valente Drew McQueen Harry Duncan (New Track Record ) 1min 34.8 Semi-Final (2) George McKenzie Arthur Sherlock Eric Burnet (EF) 1min 57.4 Final: Jimmy Valente Drew McQueen George McKenzie 1min 36.2 Hard Luck Race (4 Laps Standing Start) Andy Milne (12) George Cumming (10) John Yates (18) Charlie McEvoy (8) 1min 43 One Lap Record Attempts Al Johnson 22.2sec ( New Track Record ) Jimmy Valente 22.0sec ( New Track Record ) Four Lap Record Attempt Jimmy Valente 1min 34.8 ( New Track Record ) |
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| By the time of the first evening meeting the following Saturday, the crowd had risen to 19,000. Better or more exciting racing had not been seen since the season started. It seemed as if fate had decided that all records must go, for not only was the crowd the largest yet, but two new speed records were established by the Glasgow rider J. Valente. He won the Silver Gauntlet and it was in his heat of this race that he returned 1 min 37 and one fifth secs for the four laps, to displace Drew McQueen's figures of 1 min 37 and three fifth secs. In the semi-final he went a bit further and in covering the distance in 1 min 34 and four fifth secs he returned figures which were officially stated to be the best yet recorded on any track. His time in the final was 1 min 36 and one fifth secs, so that in his three appearances he got inside the previous record. His fourth outing was in the attempt on the lap record. The best time, 23 secs, stood to the credit of Al Johnson, Australia and prior to Valente's effort Johnson went round the track and put up new figures, 22 and one fifth secs. Valente got inside even this and completed some remarkable evening performances by finishing the quarter mile track in 22 secs. In face of this riding the Edinburgh cracks were rather overshadowed and Glasgow's star was undoubtedly in the ascendent as another western rider W. Dickie won the Edinburgh Handicap. |
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Marine Gardens 18/08/1928
