MISHAP TO CERTISSIMUS
(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 25. While being driven along the road at Pleasant Point, the champion trotter Certissimus fell, struck his head on the asphalt, and was knocked unconscious A bee stung the horse on the nose. Certissimus plunged and, in so. doing, caught his overcheck over the; point-of the shaft. This caused him to fall heavily on his 1" head. The accident happened at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, and though a veterinary surgeon and doctor were in constant' attendance, the horse did not recover sufficiently to get on his feet till 10 o'clock this morning, when he was taken to the stable. The horse lay on the side of the road all night with a tent erected over him to keiep him warm and dry. An expert has arrived ■ from Dunedin, and there is every prospect of the horse making a satisfactory recovery.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1942, Page 12
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146MISHAP TO CERTISSIMUS Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1942, Page 12
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