BEES DELAY RACES.
STEWARDS TAKE PRECAUTION. Received April 23, 10.35 a.m. • BRISBANE, April 23. A swarm of bees held up the Ipswich Races yesterday afternoon. A few minutes before the first race the swarm settled on the rails near the winning post. The stewards, fearing an accident should any °f R le horses be stung, refused to allow the races to'start. A bee farmer then captured the bees in a hag and tile meeting started, a quarter of an hour late. -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 121, 23 April 1936, Page 9
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81BEES DELAY RACES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 121, 23 April 1936, Page 9
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