WINTER IN BRITAIN
EXCEPTIONAL COLD HAVOC CAUSED IN SPORT LARGE MONETARY LOSSES (Received February IG. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 15 Exceptional cold and frosts have caused havoc in sport throughout Britain. Thirty-six programmes have been cancelled since flat racing ended in November, and owners have lost more than £156,000 in stakes. Numbers of trainers whose horses are engaged for the Grand National and important spring events, have sent their horses to the seaside to gallop in sand. Football losses total many thousands of pounds. The Rugby Union has decided to extend the season. The lowest temperature during the present cold spell occurred early on Thursday morning in Invernesshire where there were 30 degrees of frost. At Kew, London, 21 degrees of frost were registered. Skating has been in progress in most parts of tho country, and at Buxton and elsewhere in the peak district other winter sports have been held.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22345, 17 February 1936, Page 9
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