ATTACKED BY STALLION
SILK THREAD SAVAGES TRAINER DRAGGED FROM SULKY Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Today. The American trainer, Mr. R. B. Plaxico, had an unenviable experience on Saturday, when he was attacked by the pacing stallion Silk Thread, receiving injuries that will keep him confined to his bed for a few days. Mr. Plaxico was driving a horse in a sulky and leading Silk Thread along Yaldhurst Road when, without warning-, he rushed Mr. Plaxico, seizing him by the leg and dragging him from the sulky. Once he had the trainer down Silk Thread commence to savage him and Inflicted severe wounds.' A passer-by saw the predicament and beat the stallion about the head, but it was some time before lie could make him release his grip.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 691, 17 June 1929, Page 11
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