The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-10
THE DEATH OF A RACE HORSE

During thrse-mile race last week AZ ST. Louis be-
tween General BuiorG's chestnut colt Mowhir,er d.
swigeri's bay colt Mshlstick, Lyle Il sculy,s bay
gclding Joe Rhodes ana A. a G. VI. Simpsons chest.
nut colt Red BIun, Mcwhirter met with an accident
OF the unusual character II Is described as fol.
lows In Ino ST. LOUIS Times Of the 9th INST -
RIDDEN TO THE DEATH
Whom Mcwhrtcr and Mahistick came down tho
quarter stretch TO complete the second mile II was
neck and neck at u steady, even run. Sky yards
away from the string Mahistick without increasing
speed suddenly appeared Ia the lead. 'McWhrter is
giving DOWN. cried out seine excited spectator IL
was u true warning. Ono leg had failed hin, but he
kept on CALAMITY, for tho game blood hot. Had
Knox, the little coiored jockey, refined him 10 10
have served IN the sud Tor years But supposipg no
could have controlled the excited ANIMAL there stood
In tho way Uncle ADo's Instructions to mako tho race
start TO nnsh or In old John Harper's exprss-
sve language, IRON lend to end"
McWhirter Kept On. Ii was virtually three legs.
He rounded the lower turn aud we'll Into tho Sec
ond quarter Of tho last mile, there being Just per-
cepuo.c. Stacking OF the gait when Joe Rhodes over
hauled MIN anu went by. As tho horse passed him
McWhirtcr swerved, and then u was that Knox, tho
rider, says the other fore leg gavo down. From that
point tnu poor fesw plunged ahead and into tho last
hall mile, every jump tearing tendons, IN useless flesh
and SKIN, aud Knox tuggnx al the reins When ID
last tho Roadway siackened and the horse came TO
suJden halt IL was with tho bones OF both ioreicgs
torn from the sockets oil tho ankle joints, and pro-
~ The airi tnenoois lying limp and useless before
The sudden halt sent the Jockey Tying over the horses
head
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located on the backstretch, and the little crowd OF
forty or nifty who went tncro partially concealed the
sad spectacle from tho HELD glasses The stand
Had the accident been finished whore " bcgan-on
tho last quartert would have spoiled the sport with
many turf lover Tor days 10 como Many OF those
to The back stretch turned back sick NJ
heart alter single glance.
"shoot him, lor Gods sake ~ was the prompt In
structon Of the owner when ho learned the iun 81.
tent OF tho isiortune.
AS soon as the jockey got out Of the dirt he had
stripped tho horse OF paskin aud trappngs aud stood
crying al The woefu picture when tho nrst OF tho
spectators reached the place. McWhirtsr stood thus
pitched forward and two-thrds OF his weight resting
protruding bones Tor fifteen minutes, painting
with the exertion of The The ro leaned in his
eyes and the psrspiration rolled down hts sides As
tue little group oil horrincd spectators stood about
him he looked around II surprised that no trainer
hurried up with sponge and blanket. Alas Tor Mo-
whirter not only his last run, there was
no use Tor a trainer
Tho command 10 t'sboot MIN" came perhaps httecn
minutes ailcr the accident for tho the cond,.
ton OF Mcwhirter travelled slowly back across the
wide neld, nobody at nrst caring tell what had hap
pcncd TO old General Buiord, tho owner. When the
command did comc.the half dozen policemen looked