RACING.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1926, Page 3

RACING.

C.J.C. SECOND DAY. [BV TELEGRAPH PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 12. August Handicap.—4 Centrepiece 1, 8 Solferite 2, 4 Kilbronsyth 3. Won by one length ; half a length. Time Ll 6. . Sprevdon Hurdles—2 Wharnehffe 1, 5 Glument 2, 8 Axle 3. Won by two lengths; three-quarter of a length. Time 3.21 1-5. . Islington Handicap.—6 Chickwlieat j Xipny 2, Rivalry 3. Won by one and’ a" half lengths; a head. Time 2.13 1-5. The tote handled £47,115, as against £40.003 on the corresponding day last year. j||n l||; jump and "shot put, or the possibility of Princeton’s representative winning the 220yds. hurdles. KILLED ON EYE OF WEDDING. LONDON, July 1. Unaware that- her fiance. Mr E. Gaiger, of Cliertsev, Surrey, bad been killed on the previous day. Miss Elsie Lilian Taylor, of Cambridge, wont to St Barnabas’ Church. Cambridge, on Sunday for her wedding. With her friends slie waited there for an hour, and the non-arrival of her prospective husband left her prostrate with

grief. It was not until her relatives liad started for Chertsney that they were shown a report of Mr Gaiger s death. He fell in front of a train at the Bank Station of the Central London Railway. Mr Gaiger, who was about 40, met Miss Taylor while he was an instructor of cadets at Cambridge during the war. after he had served with the Queen s Royal Rifles in France. He was expected to arrive in Cambridge for the wedding on Saturday night. He was of a cheerful disposition and a man of education. Miss Taylor is 2«. The wedding had been delayed owing to the illness of her mother. The bridal bouquet is to be placed on the coffin.