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INCIDENT) AT AWAPUNI
There was a sensational ending to the race for the Maflawatu Cup at Awapuni t?A Boxing Driy, Tbp fidev of' Ked Sun, who finished second, could not pull him up after passing the post, and the horse continued for another round, at the eild of which art attempt by the clerk of the course' to stop him failed, after they had bumped together, Red Sun nearly falling.
This seemed to give Red Sun fresh impetus, and he went on for another round of the track, When a second'attempt by tbp clerk of the course to stop him resulted 1 in another collision, this time both "horses falling and losing their riders. They thert careered away riderless. Red. Suh being finally caught by the stable head lad, A. E. Browrte. Meanwhile the rider, G. Tattersall, had returned. to the. enclosure, and when Red Sun finally arrived eventually weighed in all correct..
! In all Red Sun galloped the. best; part of four miles; The clerk of the course had to change his mount.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18590, 28 December 1934, Page 7
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179AN EAGER HORSE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18590, 28 December 1934, Page 7
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