| 27 July 1929 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Edinburgh Handicap ( 4 Laps Standing start ) Heat 1 Bob Dawson Syd Parsons Archie Chisholm James Logie Norrie Isbister 1min 42.2 Heat 2 Andy Milne Bill Barclay Dick Wise William Forsyth Eric Burnet (EF) 1min 36.8 Heat 3 Allan Campbell Drew McQueen James Edward Oliver Goodfellow Les Maguire 1min 36.8 Heat 4 Bill Dickie Freddie Hore John Duncan Harry Duncan Sam Reid 1min 42.2 Semi Final Bill Barclay Andy Milne Syd Parsons Archie Chisholm Bob Dawson 1min 37.4 Semi Final Allan Campbell Drew McQueen Bill Dickie Freddie Hore James Edward 1min 39.4 Final Andy Milne Bill Barclay Allan Campbell Bill Dickie Drew McQueen (EF) 1min 32.4 Scottish Gold Helmet ( 4 Laps Flying Start ) Heat 1 Norrie Isbister Sam Reid James Edward Dick Wise (F) 1min 29.8 Heat 2 Drew McQueen Bill Dickie Andy Milne Eric Burnet (EF) 1min 30.8 Heat 3 James Logie Freddie Hore Les Maguire Archie Chisholm 1min 33.8 Heat 4 Bill Barclay Harry Duncan Oliver Goodfellow Allan Campbell (F) 1min 35.4 Semi-Final (1) Drew McQueen Bill Dickie Sam Reid Norrie Isbister (EF) 1min 29.6 Semi-Final (2) Freddie Hore Bill Barclay James Logie Harry Duncan 1min 33.8 Final: Drew McQueen Bill Dickie Bill Barclay Freddie Hore (T) 1min 29.8 Lap Record Attempt Eric Burnet 21.0sec ( New Track Record ) Freddie Hore 21.8sec |
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| The dirt racing track attracted a crowd of about 9,000 spectators on 28 July . The two events, the Edinburgh Handicap and the Gold Helmet were well contested, especially the handicap. The cracks had mixed fortunes. The scratch man Drew McQueen was the only low handicap man to enter the last stage and here he made little show, his engine failing him. The race was fought out between Bill Barclay and Andy Milne, the latter prevailing mainly because of his more expert riding on the turns. Drew McQueen won the Gold Helmet against moderate opposition as Freddie Hore, who looked like making a race of it, had to retire in the second lap. Dick Wise came down in the opening heat and Syd Parsons did not ride in the event owing to a troublesome ankle injury. The lap record was once again broken, Eric Burnet covering the circuit in 21 secs against a previous record of 21 and one fifth secs. |
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Marine Gardens 27/07/1929
