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QUEER RACING INCIDENT OF YEARS AGO At Paisley Scotland m uni u iat i u nurses Pippin and Ilalsbury were the only starters for the Barshaw Plate It was a weightfurago affair but Ilalsbury carried a sevenpound penalty He was a hot favorite odds of 1 to 1 being laid on him but the best he cculd do was to make a dead heat of it AVIicil it came to running off tin dead heat belting was brisk and again Ilalsbury was the choice though the odds lild on him by the plungers had shrunk half a point the bookmakers being content to take 7 to 2 Again the two horses ran a dead heat U was getting inter ¬ esting of course and Pippins supporters were growing more confident They pilyd the money on him to such good purpose that when the two horses went to tlie post for the third time tho betting was 5 to 4 on Ilalsbnry and 11 to N against Pippin A third terrific struggle ensued and it ended iu Pippin iviimius liyn shurtlieail
