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Fifteen Horses Fall in Three
'Chases At
Port
Bv Trafalgar
Of the 18 starters that con
tested three steeplechases at
the Hunt Club meeting at
Cheltenham today 15 fell.
II was one of the most disastrous
days of rteeDlechasine ever seen In
South Australia
In the Novice Hunters' event the
whole of the eight runners felL but the
riders of Fire Prince and Glenhaven
were able to catch their mounts. They
remounted, and ran first and second
In the Stirling Steeplechase onlv one
of the five runners eol through with
out mishap Chatswood. who ran second
to Sooran. had been remounted -after
bauikinc
There was further disaster in the
Drae Cup. «a three of the flve runners
made mistakes'. Keniin. the ultimate
winner, wan also nearly down a couple
of times. '
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FELL, bbl WOA PRi2tAfO^£K— Ftct trinte (So. 3), C. Webster,
and G&enhaven, C. Tucker, returning to scale after having run first and
second respectively in the disastrous Novice Hunters' Steeple at Chel
tenham this afternoon.
FELL, bbl WOA PRi2tAfO^£K— Ftct trinte (So. 3), C. Webster,
and G&enhaven, C. Tucker, returning to scale after having run first and
second respectively in the disastrous Novice Hunters' Steeple at Chel
tenham this afternoon.
None of the horses suffered serious
injuries, but several of the amateur
riders sustained abrasions. B. Muir.
rider of Spa Gate, sustained a dislo
cated shoulder. J. Mossop (Festus) in
jured right shoulder, and L. C. Smith
(County Kerry) injured the muscles of
his left arm.
(Fall details— Page 18.)
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