RACECOURSE SENSATION
JOCKEY DIES DURING RACE THE CORPSE WEIGHED IN (United Press Association) , (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) ■ LONDON, ■ November 2. (Received Nov. 3, at 5.5 p.m.) The Daily Telegraph’s Bucharest correspondent eays: A jockey aged 72 was specially permitted, because he was a great favourite, to participate in trots. He collapsed in his seat as he finished the race. Grooms caught the bridle and found the jockey was dead. Backers claimed their bets, asserting that he was alive when he passed the post. The judges conceded the point, but insisted that the corpse must weigh in. Women placed flowers at his sides and arms. The crowds followed the body to the weighing-in room. Many refused to cash their totalisator tickets, retaining them as mascots.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22719, 4 November 1935, Page 10
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