DEATH AFTER VICTORY.
STUNNED MAN WINS RACE. Tragedy has followed an nmazing race at tho Uurworth Hunt point-to-point races held at, Northallerton recently. Mr. Raymond Hill was riding bis mare, Alaneda, in the Uurworth Hunt Farmers' event. At, the last fence ho was leading the field by 200 yds. At, the jump ho was thrown, and fell heavily, being stunned. Onlookers thrust Mr. Hill on to his horse, and he was first past the post, hanging limp and unconscious in the saddle. Immediately after the race he. was taken to the hospital, where he died without recovering (joiisciousness.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19328, 15 May 1926, Page 2 (Supplement)
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