RACING CRASHES
SERIES OF ACCIDENTS
(Australian Press Association.)
MELBOURNE, June 12
Of six horses which fell, two were killed and two jockeys seriously inhired it the hurdle and steeplechase races at Mentone.
At the first jump in the Hurdles, Mmvrna Lad crashed, breaking his neck, and the jockey. Townsend’s, skull was fractured Humerus came down over Moorna Lad and had to he destroyed. White, the rider of Winks, injured his wrist. In the Steeples, Tabralong fell at the .second fence and brought down Sir Eaton. Trounson, the rider ot Tabralong, had the base of his skull fractured.
MeTnnes had an amazing escape when his mount, Quintain, fell. The '-orse struck him a terrible blow on the head, but « skull cap saved bim.
The condition of Townsend and Trounson is critical.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19300612.2.39
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 12 June 1930, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
130RACING CRASHES Hokitika Guardian, 12 June 1930, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in