TROTTING DERBY MISHAP.
DRIVER OF WINNER BLAMED. SUSPENSION FOR SIX WEEKS. [Br TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday. An inquiry was held into a mishap during the running of the New Zealand Trotting Derby at Addington to-day. Two horses fell and a third lost its driver. The judicial committee of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club tonight found that M. Holmes, driver of Arethusa, the winner of the race, caused the accident by crossing over too quickly. Holmes was suspended for six weeks.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20721, 14 November 1930, Page 10
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82TROTTING DERBY MISHAP. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20721, 14 November 1930, Page 10
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