HUNTSMAN KILLED
THROWN FROAI HORSE
TRAGEDY AT AYATTAAVA
TIALAR U, May 5
T!io ‘sont'i Canterbury Hunt Club’s Me ' u'c a! V'aitawa. near Levels, on Saturday a,i. >r.;non, was marred by a t — r< dy. wlnui ilu' whip, Hr .Janu".V: ,-Donald. a 'ingle man, aged ”24 year iif " •«*v. met iiis death as the result of b: nurse fouling a feiiee and throwing his rider heavily. The huni was in full cry. and the huntsmen and the whip were riding across a paddock, when they came to a netting fence. The huntsmen negotiated it safely, but Mr McDonald's horse half rose and crashed into the ience, tin rider being thrown heavily on to his head and receiving a ’broken neck. Dr. G. 1C Kingston was sent for, but on his arrival could only pronounce life to be extinct. .Mr McDonald was a popular sportsman and his untimely death is regretted by lifs fellow members of tfhe South Canterbury Hunt, and a large circle of his friends. Tt was his first season as whip, and he was shaping well in that capacity.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1929, Page 6
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