RIOT IN CANADA
BETTING-HOUSE STORMED
United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. TORONTO, June 5. At Thorncliffe Park a race won by Vanished was ordered to be re-run when Lassies Mary, the twelfth entry, was missing. The official starter said the flag had not dropped. Hundreds rioted, stoning the horses and storming the betting pavilion. Police quelled the disturbance and the race was re-run. Lassies Mary won. Vanished was last.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 133, 7 June 1937, Page 13
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68RIOT IN CANADA Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 133, 7 June 1937, Page 13
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