Horse racing in the picturesque city of Siena, Italy, is an annual event datw ing back to the Middle Ages. Unlike racing in Britain or New Zealand, the Siena event is more of a burlesque than anything else. The horses are led to the starting post by pages. The jockeys ivear close-fitting helmets for protection. for, according to the rules, a jockey is permitted to hit another jockey on the head, charge into him, hit his horse, or push him aside. Sometimes a rider is knocked off his horse by a blow o<i the head. The race is twice round the niazza in the centre of the city, and the winner is given a "palio," or silken cloth, by. the city governor, and is then carried off to a banquet by his friends.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19152, 8 November 1927, Page 6
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