Bad Loser Starts Riot At Racecourse
" NE\V YOlNv, May £(>. 'len people iverefiaken to hospilal aii'i about a hundred more treated for cut{! and tjfuises after a riot at the Belmont Ptaceeours.e, New y.ork. ... . The' fiot begh'u atfef" Vulcan 's ^orge, -an outsider, had defehted Coaltown, who was atddng odds-on, in tne •25,0d0-dollar WitKefs" Milc. A negrb who. had backed 'the favourite drew a kuife from his pocket and menaqeO people standirig arouiui hiin. The people fell back and started a pauic, , which sjpread rapidly to the rest of the eroVd of 40,000. Men, women, and children were trampled-.antd their clothing -was toru. A "riot call" was sent out to ponce headquarters and hundreds of extra police went to the racecourse. The police couid not restore order for two hours. Coaltown's defeat was the biggest t.urf upset of the vear. His only previous defeat was by Citation in tnis vear's Kentucky- Derby.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 June 1948, Page 7
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151Bad Loser Starts Riot At Racecourse Chronicle (Levin), 1 June 1948, Page 7
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