| Marine Gardens Sports | 17 May 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Handicap Event Heat John Duncan Oliver Goodfellow (After re-run) 1min 58.2 Heat Harry Duncan Walter Forsyth 1min 47.2 Final Walter Forsyth Harry Duncan 1min 52.8 Four Lap Special Flying Start Race Harry Duncan Bt Oliver Goodfellow 1min 38.4 One Lap Record Attempt Spencer Stratton ( Time Not Known ) Frank Duckett (Time Not Known) |
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| Other sports went in tandem with the Speedway. For example, on 17 May the Edinburgh Pharmacy Club, Edinburgh Southern Harriers and the Edinburgh City Football Club combined in a large programme of athletic and other items. In the former events the Edinburgh Harrier members did better than the other club men in carrying off five prizes. The invitation five a side football was good without being exciting. The dirt track racing, however, compensated in thrills and H. Duncan proved himself to be the best of the competing riders. The Australian rider, F. Duckett made an unsuccessful attempt to lower the figures for the lap record. The proceedings closed with a fireworks display. The attendance during the evening was about 10,000. The 16,000 spectators who gathered at the Marine Gardens Speedway on 18 May were well catered for. The weather was fine and the quality of the sport excellent. The racing had been more exciting in the past but that Saturday’s events nevertheless reached a high standard and were always interesting. The visiting stars introduced to the public were Frank Duckett, Australia, who held the world’s record over a mile and Smoky Stratton, New Zealand. Duckett, in his match with Stratton, who just previously had fallen heavily, found his difficulties on the bends a big handicap and Stratton beat him in the end by a short margin. A new trophy was offered for competition, the Scottish Gold Sash and this Drew McQueen won after a great race in the final. R. McGregor had all the misfortune of the handicap final, leading the field to the last bend where his machine skidded and he was thrown, leaving Archie Chisholm to win with ease. There were two falls during the afternoon that luckily were without consequences. Stratton was heavily thrown when in collision with Drew McQueen in a semi-final of the handicap and Allan Campbell was later thrown heavily on a bend. After removal to the emergency tent each was found to be uninjured. |
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Marine Gardens Sports Event 17/05/1929
