That the danger of steer-riding contests is not always confined to the rider was evidenced at the forty-eighth spring show of the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association at Palmerston North, when two or three of the am mals, after careering around the ring, jumped the fence and landed in the midst of the spectators. On one occasion a steer, still with its rider hanging on, landed on the front portion of a perambulator containing a young baby. Apart from receiving a severe fright, the baby was uninjured. The front springs of the perambulator were broken. There was wild commotion among the crowd when the steers landed in their midst, but there can be no doubt that the animals were more frightened than the spectators. In the ensuing contests, when one of the mounts came near the ring fence at full gallop the crowd beat a hurried retreat. WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE —For Children’s Hacking Cough.—Advt.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 35, 4 November 1933, Page 22
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