RACING INCIDENT

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 April 1946, Page 10

RACING INCIDENT

SPECTATOR FINISHES RACE

ON HORSE

ATTEMPT TO GAIN PRIZE (P.A.) AUCKLAND, April 22. Seizing and mounting a riderless horse at the foot of the straight in the Autumn Steeplechase at Ellerslie to-day, a spectator, Mr. T. Kiely, of Epsom, made a gallant attempt to bring him into third place. The horse was Paid, which had fallen at the second fence on the hill, and had come riderless over the stone wall at the foot of the straight. The first two horses, Ngamotu and Rival, were past the post and there was no one in the. running for the third prize of £lOO when Mr. Kiely mounted Paid with the object of completing the course on him. He lost some time through being unable to return to the steeplechase course to get behind the stone wall, which Paid had to jump again to qualify for third place. Undismayed, Mr. Kiely jumped Paid over the obstacle the reverse way and turned him round to complete the course. In the meantime, however, the jockey, W. Jenkins, had remounted Kanui Te Pai, which had fallen when disputing the lead with Ngamotu at the second to last fence. Kanui Te Pai was taken over the last fence, and, lame, and almost at a walk as he passed the post, gained third place. Mr. Kiely had not seen Kanui Te Pai, remounted, and brought Paid over the last two fences safely, reaching the post only to find that he had been deprived of success. Hatless, and without a raincoat, the impromptu jockey was very wet when he brought Paid back to scale. He would have had no trouble in drawing the weight, and would not have been disqualified on this count had his horse gained a place. Mr. Kiely weighs list 21b, and Paid started carrying 9st 3§lb. Ngamotu and Rival were the only two of the six horses in the steeplechase, to complete the course safely. Kanui Te Pai and Paid fell. Tangirere ran off, and Forest Hill pulled up. In the Wellington Steeplechase in 1944, Kanui Te Pai was remounted to take third money. He fell when ridden by A.. Jenkins, and was remounted by L. C. Brown, who brought him safely over the last fence to collect the third prize of £lsffi