GISBORNE, LADIES' ATHLETIC TEAM

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 126, 24 November 1926, Page 7

GISBORNE, LADIES' ATHLETIC TEAM

ened, and another steward had a heart-to-heart talk with Stanton before he got on the mare. By this time her price had shortened to about b third of the original quote. Drawing, No. 1 position at the barrier, 'Ilka,had a flying start when the Machine wont up> and was soon going well in!: front. She remained there until fifty yards from the post, when the odds-on favourite, Wallace Bower, swooped down and beat th« leader in a few Btrides. Had H}ca been a little more judiciously handled tb* probabilities are she might' have just •bout won. . : ■ ' -A pharmacist* mistake in preparing a prescription was responsible for the death of the American racehorse, Captain Hal, and resulted in an insurance company having to pay out £5000 in Chicago recently. An investigation into the cause of tin horde's death showed that a chemist, in preparing a prescription, had included sixteen grains of strychnine,' instead of foar, in medicine, later administered to fbe horse. First reports.were to the effect that a stable boy, when reaching for a bottle containing castor oil picked up one containing strychnine, and had given it to Captain Hal. The investigation, however, cleared the stable boy of blame. Mr. William Thompson suffered a stroke «{ bad lut recently when the well-known imported stallion, Dane's Voo (Swynford —Anchora), died as a result of stomach trouble. Dane's Voe, who was bred in Bmdand in 1920, and brought to AustraSiihu 1923, was a failure on the racecourse, but gave promise of making a good name lor himself at the stud: The oldest of his .get are now foals, and they are | described as good stamps of youngsters. Fortunately for his owner, Dane's Voe •was insured. ■