SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
f SCULLING. LONDON, July 15. (Received July 16, at 8.44 a-m.) H. T. Blackstaffe won tho Wingfield Sculls, beating A. H. Clouthe. A RACECOURSE FATALITY. . ADELAIDE, July 15. While watching tho Steeplechase at th< races a boy named Jacques went on th< course to assist the rider of a fallen horse, whop another animal kicked him on th« head, killing him instantly. THE BISLEY RIFLE MEETING. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 14. Canada won the Kolaporo Cup with a score of 729. Great Britain made 720. A WELSHER KILLED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, July 15. A young man named M'Leod, who was laying odds on the flat at Flemington, is alleged to have tried to get away without paying up on the Steeplechase. The maddened crowd chased him, and kicked him to death. July 16. (Received July 16, at '9.18 a.m.). It is alleged that M‘Leod had been in the habit of scaling those betting with him. "When he was down several hundred people surrounded him while the attack proceeded. A number of men tried to interfere, but the crowd prevented them. Numerous other alleged welshers were roughly handled. FOOTBALL. A Sydney cable states (hat the New South Wales Rugby Union have lost tho services of Mr Holden (secretary), who has been appointed secretary of the Commercial Travellers’ Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 12866, 16 July 1906, Page 4
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