LATE SPORTING
WILD RUMOURS ABOUT MOUN* TAIN KNICHT.
■ , SENSATIONAL WITHDRAWAL. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright
(Rec. October 6, 1.20 a.m.), ' . Sydney, October 5. Mountain Knight lias also been, scratched for liis Victorian Turf Club engagements. Wild statements are afloat as to the cause, some alleging that the horse has been pois-oned-r-a victim to dope. Aiibther etoTy, and oiie'that is likely to be true, is that the horse's "mouth was burnt, a little, and this caused him considerable pain. This, experts say, could _be caused by one of several weeds which may be picked up in ;hay or elsewhere. However, it is satisfactory to. know that Mountain Knight is nothing like a dead one, as he did slow, work to-' day. As he was a hot favourite for the Caulfield Cup, his . withdrawal caused something approaching a', sensation. ' ,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2585, 6 October 1915, Page 6
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135LATE SPORTING Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2585, 6 October 1915, Page 6
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