His many friends in Shanghai ill learn with much regret of the death of Mr. Alfred Lionel Pinkerton, which took place at Caulfield, Melbourne, Austral 29. Mr. Pinkerton bered as one of the most promising we are informed, that he has undertaken, deserves every -congratulation for his fine piece of work. fof local jockeys a few years ags. During the autumn racing season of 1921 Mr. Pinkerton, while iding for the Stephen and Stitt stable Hongkong, was kicked in the head by a griffin, such a serious injury to the brain that, although he received the most skilled medical treatment, he failed to inlake much progress, and eventually left for Australia in April, 1922. The.cause of his death was aneurism of one of the arteries of his brain.
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