CALCUTTA INJURED.
NOT TO RACE AT ROTORUA. {By Telegraph.---Special to "Star.") ROTORUA, this day. Aβ the result of injuries received when Home timber guve way while he wae being unloaded from a truck, the Matamatuowned hurdler Calcutta, an acceptor for the Roforim Racing Club's meeting on Saturday and Monday, has boon scratched for all eventn nnd will not be raced for several months. The horse was found to have two broken rfbs, while it is thought that he mny alno be internally injured. When the timber gave way the home fell heavily on its side ocroe a pine log. TO REAPPEAR ON SATURDAY. After having n spell from racing since lent November, Kleetwind is due to reappear at tho Rotorun meeting on Saturday in the Mokoid Handicap. She has been working well at Ellerslie recently, but the fact that «he has failed to finish in a place in her seven starts this season will not enhance her prospects.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 33, 9 February 1939, Page 24
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