IRATE PUNTERS WRECK DOG COURSE
I Keceived Tuesdav, 7 p.111. j LONI)ON, July 22. I Angered by the disqualiiication of a' greyhound which finislied second in aj j race at the Barringway track, crowdsl. 1 surged on to-the track, tore up the; hurdle fencing and plioto linisli camci'a, ! started several lires, wreclced the light : ing arrangements and ' smaslied tlie! : plateglass in a rcstaurant. Irate punt-j ' ers, before the police regained eontrol,) j pfevented liremen from extinnuishing the fires. The track, when the crowd dispersed, presented a seene reminiscent of a blitz. It looked as though it liad beeu sliow1 ered by inceudiaries and suilered from blast. The police arrested several 1 demoustrators.
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 July 1946, Page 7
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