FIGHT AT THE AUCKLAND RACES.
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, This Day. A melee ensued at the racecourse yesterday while the police were arresting a man named Charles Clarke for committing a breach of the peace. Some of the crowd attempted to prevent the mounted police from assisting the arresting officer, who was having a bad time. One of the trooper’s horses, who reared, struck the prisoner on the head, causing a nasty wound. Miss Webster, aged 50 years, was accidently knocked down by a horse
and was removed to tlic hospital suffering from a scalp Wound. The crowd Was in a rather dangerous mood towards the finish.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 April 1901, Page 3
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107FIGHT AT THE AUCKLAND RACES. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 April 1901, Page 3
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