Fairgoers Hurt as Draft Horses Topple Pole From: The Washington Post | Date: September 21, 2000| Author: Annie Gowen | Copyright 2000 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

A team of draft horses competing Saturday night in the horse pull at the Charles County Fair broke loose and plowed into a light post, demolishing a fence and sending bits of board flying.

The accident injured six people and panicked more than 100 fairgoers who were in the grandstand in the show ring watching the evening's livestock competitions, fair officials said this week.

The draft horses jerked free from their handlers who were trying to hitch the harness to a sled carrying...

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