A £24,000 MISTAKE.
MAN'S BITTER BLOW. _ George King, proprietor of the Queen and Castle Hotel, Kenilworth. had 4 disappointing experience recently, when, f'Tng to a newspaper error, be believed had won the first prize of £24,000. in *he Calcutta Club's St. Leger Sweepstake. The number of Mr. King's ticket was 7956, and on the day of the race this number appeared against the name of Trign, tbie favourite, in ail the morning tSlrcpapej-jj Xot umal -Trigo had wen did Mr King «axn that- the number appearing in the ?apsrs was, incorrect. The middle'dgures been transposed for the winning fcsaher was EC7536 and. not- EC7955.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20402, 2 November 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)
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104A £24,000 MISTAKE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20402, 2 November 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)
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