An Unsatisfactory Race Meeting.
PUBLIC INDIGNATION EXPRESSED. BSBIGNATION OF THB STARTER. [Bt TtSMauru."] gSrBMAI. <T* TU STAB.J) WANGANUI. MxaoH 19. The race* at Tf averley called forth unmitttakeable signs of disapprobation from the racing public The Hurdle Race was simply a faroe ; and on those present insisting upon an inquiry, the stewards oalled in the jockey, and, after examining him, professed to b« fully •atiafled that the race had been run on its merits. " Big money "_, was understood to be the j cau«u of the trouble. A protest was entered against Goth, on the ground that he went inside a post", and the starter said Goth's jockey had acknowledged that he did so, but when before the stewards the boy told a different tale, and his story then was believed. The starter then handed in his flag, and resigned straight away.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5880, 19 March 1887, Page 3
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141An Unsatisfactory Race Meeting. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5880, 19 March 1887, Page 3
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