Riot at the Race Course
A riot occurred at Race Course Colombo yesterday due to a crowd being unhappy about starting a race. The tables and chairs were destroyed because of this riot. They requested the authorities to restart the horse race. However, this request was not...
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Riot at the Races
Aftermath of the riot: the chairs in the grandstand as they appeared after the crowd had cleared.
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike And Major Yuri Gagarin
The Prime Minister presenting a copy of "Towards A New Era" —a compilation of parliamentary speeches of Mr. S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike— to Major Yuri Gagarin at the reception at "Temple Trees" last night.
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The 1960 Colombo Racing Season
The 1960 Colombo racing season ended last Saturday and the above pictures show the finishes of three races (1) Select Allow (B. Perera) on the outside beats Copper Belt by a head in the Kotmale Plate (9 furs.) with Tudor Dream in third place, six ...
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The 1960 Colombo Racing Season
The 1960 Colombo racing season ended last Saturday and the above pictures show the finishes of three races (1) Select Allow (B. Perera) on the outside beats Copper Belt by a head in the Kotmale Plate (9 furs.) with Tudor Dream in third place, six ...
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The Alutgama Stakes
Anthony John (Somapala up) on the outside, gets the better of Badshah (Isaacs). Franji (Mohideen) and Saturn (Bulathsinhala) in the Alutgama Stakes (1 mile) at the Colombo races yesterday.
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The Alutnuwara Plate
Deb's Delusion (Mohideen) is on a tight rein as she wins the Alutnuwara Plate (Div. II) from Lavinia, Fascination and Tickle in Colombo last Saturday.
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The Alutnuwara Plate
Noor (Stevens) winning the Alutnuwara Plate (6 furs.) from Bridge Inn at Saturday's races in Colombo.
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The Attanagalla Plate
Falada (P. D. P. Perera) No. 7 on the outside gets up to beat Durayid Habib (R. Bulathsinhala) on the post in the Attanagalla Plate (Div. II) at the Colombo races yesterday.
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