SENSATIONS CAUSED
CASES OF TAMPERING;
(ONITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPTIUgBT.) MELBOURNE, 15th July. A sensation has been 1 caused in racing circles at the discovery that one of the fences on the National Steeplechase course had been tampered with prior to the race on Saturday last. The insid,p top rail was sawn almost through, and the padding replaced, at one of the most formidable fences on tho course. On the first round all the competitors cleared the rail, but on the second round Booliga,l and Doiran struck the rail, which foil awsy. Another sensation occurred at Townsville, where the mam Etal, her owner (Cormack), and a. jockey named Thompson were disqualified tor life. Tho stewards found that Etal'g tongue had been tieißvith m. taps. »(*««• lceing « tn.ua i« which she started favourite,
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 14, 16 July 1918, Page 5
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