Sydney, Feb. 5.
The opening day of the British Empire. Games on the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day saw a wholesale shattering of records, five now marks being set up in six events. No new world records, however, were established. Canada took the lead with two victories, in the Javelin throw and the" 440-yard hurdles, while New Zealand, Eng-Jand, Australia and South Africa each registered one win.
The first event, the three-mile race, resulted in a comparatively easy win, for Matthews, of New Zealand, who, completed the distance in 13 minutes '596 seconds for a new British Empire
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