A Racecourse Row
IVBB tTOITBD FBBSS ASSOCIATION.! Auoklato, March 7. . At the Onehunga raoes oh Saturday a great puhlic disturbance .took place, over the running of Capella in thj»Xovel Eace. Capellar was a firm" favorite for the rape and heavily backed on' the totalisator; but her running was not at all like her previous form, and at the close of the race a large and excited crowd eurreunded the totalißator, threatening to •mash it. The tumult was quelled, and the stewards met and resolved to disqualify the mare for six months, and fined the rider, Fergus, £5. At one time a free fight seemed going on and the jockey had to use his whip to defend himself from violence. '
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 103, 8 March 1887, Page 2
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119A Racecourse Row Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 103, 8 March 1887, Page 2
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