ATTACKED BY HORSE
TRAINER BALDLY SAVAGED (By Telegraph,) (Special to "The Evening Post.") CHBISTCHUpCH, This Day The American trainer, B. B. Plaxieo had an unenviable experience on Saturday morning, when he was attacked by the pacing stallion Silk Thread. Plaxieo was driving a horse in a sulky and leading Silk Thread along Yaldnurst road, when, without warning, the stallion rushed Plaxico, seizing him by the leg just above the knee, and dragging him from the sulky. Once he had. the trainer down, Silk Thread, commenced to savage him, and inflicted severe wounds, besides tearing Plaxico's overcoat and trousers. A passer-by saw the predicament that the trainer was in,, and beat the stallion about the head, but it was some time before he could make him release his grrp ; When beaten off he still had a piece of Plaxico's apparel in his mouth, and reared ana shook the clothing savagely. Medical assistance was quickly secured, and Plaxico's injuries were attended to. They are not regarded as dangerous. Silk .Thread has been a very successful performer, ana he has given Plaxico the two wins he has gained since coming to New Zealand. Home little time ago Silk Thread sent one of his attendants to the hospital minus a .finger. This- incident, howover, was Tegardea more as an accident than anything else, the mischief being done m one of his playful moods.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 139, 17 June 1929, Page 11
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229ATTACKED BY HORSE Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 139, 17 June 1929, Page 11
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