TWO HORSES KILLED.
UNUSUAL ACCIDENT AT EPSOM.
TIiftOPERS BADLY SHAKEN.
Two horses were killed and their riders badly shaken as the result of a peculiar accident which occurred at the Epsom Showgrounds during the course of the 3rd New Zealand Mounted Rifles' sports tourney on Saturday afternoon.
The accident, which occurred in a wide open paddock some distance from the ground where the sports were held, was caused by the collision of two troopers who were exercising their mounts prior to the commencement of one of the events. The horses were galloping in opposite directions when .hey met head on. Both rider-,, Troopers I!. Fisher (Patuinahoe) and 0. Nicholls (Papatoetoe) were thrown to the ground, and it was at first thought that they had been seriously injured. They were taken on stretchers to the doctor's tent, and were later conveyed to the hospital for examination. It was found that both men were suffering from concussion, while Trooper Xicholls had fractxired his right forearm. Both were reported to-day to be progressing satisfactorily.
Of the two horses, one was killed outright, and the other was destroyed a few minutes after the accident.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 79, 5 April 1926, Page 6
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