EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.
TO A MASTERTON JOCKEY. An extraordinary accident occurred to Alex. "Watson, the well-known v Mastertok jockey, at the Trentham races on. Saturday. Watson was Tiding the local horse Clem in, the ' first race of the day. 'A no leading • liorsea had turned intto uie straight, when a. spectator put his head Over -the rail. Watson'® leg came in contact with the man's cranium, and ■was broken. He was picked up and carried to u room, where his mjur- . see wore temporarily dressed. The most remarkable feature of the incident is that the man whose head •was struck appears to j; l&ve escaped "without injury.: Young Watson will Itave the sympathy of a, large number «f friends in Ms misfortune.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10293, 24 July 1911, Page 5
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121EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10293, 24 July 1911, Page 5
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