The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-10
a. each other with no pleasant anticipation Of such

Al each other with pleasant icipation OF such
task
onicer Keeblc OF tho Fifth district, d man expert
enced In horse matters, undertook It, He took lis
STAND on the !eit SIDE OF Ncwhr,er and usiny Co :
about midway bstweeo the eye ana the base d ME
ear, ana sosn the hole the streaming blood sushod
iorth. A. the report The horse threw himself bac
on his launches and struck out with bis mangled
foreegs but dropped down again into inc steady
position and STOOD there. Three times the officer
levesd his weapon and dred. Eacn time the bullet
entered tho brain ana the blood gushed out At tho
third shot McWnirter hobbicd across the track and
stood by the fence. IL seemed as he would never
TALL. A. he painted the blood would squirt out upon
clots. Finally the officer stepped directly In front OF
the now iaing horse, and putting the muzzie Of the
pistol almost 70 tho forehead, nreu the ball entering
right between the eyes The horse dropped then, but
was not TIL long after he had been dragged into the
southeast corner Of the grounds underneath the
shade oil great OAK, that life finally went out.
Jockeys and trainers gathered abou. him with the
most marked administrations OF sorrow. The name,
which had been braided and tied with the Buiord
coiors, red and white, was sheared OF and carried
away as kccpsakeE
twas declared al Hrst that tho bones OF the fore
legs had been broken. To any one acquainted with
tho autonomy OF race horses this seemed impossible
ana u proved not TO have been the casc Al tue con
elusion OF the races and while tho grave was being
dug General Mitchcll and other well known horse
men maze an examination. In one sonse, perhaps,
both OF New hirters legs were broken but II
a bone fracture rsndons and muscles were torn
apart and the cones disJointed. The accluent
~nsa Is X k1own among no1scmen as .nreaklng
probably there was never seen SO aggravated = case
as this. The 'breaKing down. OF one leg occurred
just before completing the second MILE and the orhcr
gave way wnen Joe Rhodes slipped past. After that
McWhrter ran the stamps Tor furioug. Gripping
himself 70 the death.
Mcclure one of tho standard authorities, describes
the acctdcnt rs l0i0ws:-
.sBrcakiug down-Tnis accident means or consists
in rupture OF the tendons aud ligaments, and
at onCe when the horse Is al Iul speed. Tho horse
stops suddenly or perhaps. stumbles aud falls; gets
up, but stands his istlocks, the toe OF the loot
turned w and the Of the oot were looking At
you"
Nj. Walsh, editor OF the Field, English paper In
his book describes ssbrsaking down" follows -
''The accident generally bred horse when
tho uosh or muscles do continue 10 support the
lgamcnts, from which circumstance II SO often hap
are partial or cntrc giving way vi the ietocS joint
downward, 80 that the back Of II either touches the
it.n
from the account already given II will be thai,
after breaking down, New lirtcr, with the most
deriul endurance probably ever u track, had
gone ana comp eted hls run.
Taking 10 Times reporter shortly after the occur
renee General Buord saio 1.-The BOY ought 10 have
held him W. McWhirter hasE't conpiai ned OF tins
tralnins ana only entered him 10 come mere. en-
gagged him here and nowhere else. Hc ridden badly
ut Louisville, where gave him trial TO how he
went more than anything else, and another morse
struck him on his good leg (McWh,rer has had
trouble with OF his lore legs for time past
We have nurscd him aud no seemed 10 DO all right
We used cold water his leg and II must have made
tender refused So 600 tor him. He tho grand
ever won, aud his Winnings have been be-
tween SIS, 600 and $40, 0O0."
The jockey who was to ride McWhirter lies at homo
with fractured thi2n caused by an accident Ia exer-
cis!ng Enquirer.
rne ST. LOUIS Jockey Club will put up monument
In McWhirtors memory, aud any turimen desiring 70
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