RACECOURSE DEMONSIRATION.
A TOTE TROUBLE AT RICCARTON.
OVER A SECOND “DIV.”
[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIQHT.]
CHRISCHURCH, April 22
A demonstration that at one time seemed to have ugly possibilties occurred on thq Riccarton Racecourse after the Autumn Nursery Handicap to-day. There were six starters whose names were posted separately qu the tote 'and the public assumed that, following the ordinary practice, there would be two dividends. A notice was posted on the machine blackboards that Sun Danco and .Kilgour, though ostensibly belonging to different owners, were coupled, Sun Dance being raced ou lease from the owner of Kilgour. This eliminated the second dividend, but for some reason, tile authorities recorded the investments on the two horses separately. Many investors were ignorant of the coupling and when only one dividend was paid out, the backers of Some Kid, the second horse, made a de. monstration in. front of the tote, and subsequently in front of the Stewards’ Stand. Many of them invaded the course just as the next race was about to start, and the police had to take steps to clear the course. Some of the crowd showed a disposition to be noisy and argumentative, but the police handled the business tactfully, and the demonstrators gradually reverted to silence.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 April 1919, Page 1
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208RACECOURSE DEMONSIRATION. Hokitika Guardian, 23 April 1919, Page 1
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