THE WRONG HORSE.
AN ALTERED MESSAGE. . - United Presa Association — By )E}«ofcrlo , ! T«legiaph.r-Capyrigkt. ! (Received July 20, 9.17 a.m.) i SYDNEY, July 20. i A telephone boy, who sent a message from Flemington on Saturday, altered the name of the winner of the Footscray Steeplechase from Error to Bluejacket, and a number of " tote" chops paid bets on*4t. The boy confessed that a man formerly employed in the Postal Department had induced him to send the wrong name, promising him £20. When 'he met the man to receive the money, he was told that somebody had made trouble, -and he could not have it.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8679, 20 July 1906, Page 2
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102THE WRONG HORSE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 8679, 20 July 1906, Page 2
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