BERSERK WITH RIFLE, DISQUALIFIED JOCKEY BLAZES SHOTS OFF
(Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 11 a.m. LAUNCESTON, To-day. After being disqualified at a trotting meeting a jockey returned to the racecourse armed with a rifle, and rushing into the jockeys’ room he fired two shots, one narrowly missing the secretary of the club, Mr. Evans. The jockey was overpowered and charged with having attempted to kill the secretary.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 585, 11 February 1929, Page 9
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68BERSERK WITH RIFLE, DISQUALIFIED JOCKEY BLAZES SHOTS OFF Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 585, 11 February 1929, Page 9
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