A SENSATIONAL LEAP.
(BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT), Auckland, Last Night. Mr Hartley's hunter Laddie put up a record iu leaping yesterday under rather sensational circumstances, A train approaching from Auckland frightened the horse, which galloped across the line and jumped clean over the embankment, a sheer drop of 41 feet. Mr Hartley was pleasantly surprised to learn that Laddie's injuries were slight, some hair being scraped off his knees and his lip slit across.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 248, 17 February 1898, Page 2
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73A SENSATIONAL LEAP. Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 248, 17 February 1898, Page 2
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