LEAP INTO CROWD
RIDERLESS HORSE JUMPS BRUSH FENCE SPECTATOR INJURED (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) Reed. 9 a.m. MELBOURNE, Today. Clearing a 6ft brush fence, a riderless horse named Polygonum landed in the Leger reserve at the Moonee Valley races, and crashed into the onlookers. One man was injuredThe jockey was thrown during the first time round in a hurdle race, and had a narrow escape from injury, coming down in the centre of the course. The horse continued to race, and when passing the judge’s box swerved off the course and jumped the fence.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 754, 29 August 1929, Page 9
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94LEAP INTO CROWD Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 754, 29 August 1929, Page 9
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