December 6, 1943
With 228 as against 256 a year ago, entries closed today for the Powderhall New Year £100 sprint, which is to be decided on Monday, January 3.
In 1942 the entry was 118.
There is a large English entry, including N. Taylor, of Blyth, and G.H. Mitchell (Jim Harley), of Letham, the Liverpool football player, who won in 1936.
Other entrants are W. McFarlane, of Glasgow, the only runner who has ever won the handicap in successive years, which he did in 1933 and 1934, and C. Weaver, the Welsh runner.
(Evening Telegraph: December 6, 1943)
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