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'Richard Bennison, a jockey, aged 14, while riding William Tell / in his training, was thrown and killed. The horse is luckily uninjured.' / Melbourne Wire.
Out in the grey cheerless chill of the morning light, / Out on the track where the night shades still lurk; / Ere the first gleam of the sungod's returning light, / Round come the race-horses early at work.