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quarters in i min. 28^ sees., the middle half in 

 58 mins. J sec. Swinging into the stretch, he 

 defiantly faced the breeze. Flesh and blood could not 

 maintain the terrific early clip against that handicap, 

 but the stroke of the lion-hearted bay was only slightly 

 stayed ; he came on past the stand full of wildly-cheering 

 thousands, reaching the goal in i min. 59 J sees. 

 Again Lee Axworthy had triumphed over the greatest of 

 all opponents. 



And now we come to the greatest of all the great 

 performances of the stallion king. Desiring to take 

 advantage of the splendid brand of weather which 

 favoured the trots, Lee Axworthy was again scheduled 

 to try against his record on Saturday, three days after 

 his i min. 59^ sees. mile. It was a perfect day for 

 record breaking, warm, with the flags hanging limp and 

 a lightning-fast race-track. And such a day of record- 

 breaking performances started by the Real Lady with 

 a mile in 2 min, 4J sees., supplemented by sensa- 

 tional miles by Russell Boy, Braden Direct, Judge 

 Ormonde, Lucille Spier, Harrod's Creek, and the 2 mins. 

 3 sees, pacers were hanging up a new four-heat 

 record. But overshadowing all was the mile of Lee 

 Axworthy a mile that cast into the shade all his 

 previous performances and placed him on a pedestal 



