An extraordinary (series of accidents occurred in a horserace run at Gin Gin, Queensland, recently. It was the Farewell Handicap, the final event of the day, and there were eight starters. When half-way round four of the horses bolted off the course at a furious pace into some thick timber. William French (25), married, with a family, tho rider of the horse Jasper, dashed against a tree and the rider was killed instantly. Eddie Dixon, aged 15, the rider of Alice, was thrown against some timber, and his legs broken in two placeo. He was picked up insensible and conveyed by train to the Bundaberg Hospital. Dixon is not expected to recover. The other two riders were not so badly injured. All the four horses were badly bruised. Jasper and Bebered had their shoulders broken.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8961, 19 August 1892, Page 5
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