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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 281, 27 November 1928, Page 8

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ANOTHER JOCKEY'S ESCAPE. The scene of the hold-up attracted quite a crowd of police, pressmen and photographers this morning, while many motorists drove out to Westfield just to see the spot where the unusual happening took place. Just before mid-day the well-known jockey Mr. H. Wiggins arrivea. To two "Star" reporters he related an experience which he encountered while on his way back to Auckland by motor car from the Te Kuiti races yesterday. "I had two others with me in my car and when a few miles the other side of Otahuhu about 10.30 last night, travelling at a good pace, I noticed what I took to be a Ford car standing on the left-hand side of the road, facing Auckland," Mr. Wiggins said. "As I approached the car I saw two men walk out on to the middle of the road. One of them ran around the car, then both stood in the middle of the road and held their hands up, as a signal for me to stop. I was in a hurry to get home and did not stop. Probably it was just as well, after what happened at Westfield. I did not notice whether they were masked. Of course, these men may have been genuine motorists who were in trouble," the jockey concluded.