RACECOURSE RIOT IN FRANCE
CROWDS SHOW STRONG RESENTMENT
OUTRAGES CAUSE SERIOUS DELAYS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received June 24, 6.30 p.m.) PARIS, June 23. Because the favourite in the second race at Longchamp, did not run, the crowd belligerently invaded the paddock. The police intervened and a free fight ensued. Hooligans set fire to the parimutuel booths, the bushes and grass, and tore up the railings. They destroyed the starting gate, cut the electric wires, smashed bottles and scattered glass over hundreds of yards of the racecourse, before they were chased off by reinforcements of police from Paris. Eventually the meeting was abandoned and money returned. The authorities are faced with the problem of restoring order, and picking up the glass, before the Grand Prix which is being run to-morrow. They are therefore working throughout the night.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19834, 25 June 1934, Page 9
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139RACECOURSE RIOT IN FRANCE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19834, 25 June 1934, Page 9
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