RAGING NOVELTY

Hokitika Guardian, 5 August 1930, Page 6

RAGING NOVELTY

/A ‘ 'COMEDY : OF ‘ ERRORS

SUCCESSION OF 1 FALLS

v CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 4

The iiawfdrd : Steeplechase, at the Christchurch Hiint- Club’s meeting at Riccafton on Saturday, provided one of the. greatest comedies ever witnessed on the course. ,

|. There 'were five starters, and all o' I them foil. Eventually four horses finished,'thfee of them witii their proper jockeys in the saddle, and the fourth .'with' a spectator and without any .bridle. " I /riie trouble ..started ,wlicn 111 nminator /'fell in front of’"€lie"'sf"aTfiff “There were /no; immediateconsequences, , ex.ept . tluiUhiis'rider T. fpr" some'time/Qii the ground, . receiving first aid ’attention'. At tKe 'tdp of the leading, "fell iovef arid was almost imlegs before■•■Wai rib-;- 1 ivlio -hacl‘*boeri close j behind them, joined the struggling hunch on the ground. In the meantime Seaboy who had been running along rather hopelessly in the rear, got up to the fence in time to see the tangle straightening itself out. He ! apparently became infected with the | general trouble, and also toppled over: ! Spectators rushed from all sides In an endeavour to stop the horses in | order that their jockeys might remount, the crowd meantime enjoying the -,ypi:oqe%lii}g r Sv - immensely. Seaboy Avhs 'llfe'fe'st h'oiW brought to a standstill,/A and... his rider Arfm -the --fik-e'-'-'while the others W-eifip still dodging about in last fence. was next a'fid bis jbekdy remounted afiw’-trfidie ’ him in. Some distance | K'ulfaiigef 'who bad had a seconcrrf r a.%-; close pressed by Peterettc, who ;j I ridden by a spectator. Peterettei had./ had furtbex pdyenturcs since her'brig-f----inal fall at"tlie. top of the straight, having fallen again and lipped Her rider off. In his fall the rider tore the' bridle from the head of the horse, which eventually, finished with the rider swinging the bridle about his head.