The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-06-13

tho base Of tho e,r, ana from tho
hole the streaming blood gushed
forth. At the report tho horse
threw himself back on his launches
and struck out with his mangled
torolegs, but dropped down again
into tho same steady position and
stood there. Three times the
officer levellod his weapon aud fired.
Each timo the bullet entered the
brain and the blood gushed out.
At tho third shot NIcWhirter hob
bled across the track and stood by
the fence. 1t seemed as if he would
never fall AS he painted, the blood
would squirt out upon the fence and
run from his mouth and nose in
great clots. Finally tho officer
stepped directly in front of the now
falling horse, and putting the muzzle
OF tho pistol almost to tho forehead,
fired, the ball entering right be-
tween tho eyes. Tho horse dropped
then, but it was not till long aftor
he had been dragged into tho
southeast corner Of the grounds,
underneath the shade Of great
oak, that life finally won't out.
Jockeys and trainers gathered
abont him with the most marked
manifestations Of sorrow. The
name, which had been braided and
tied with tho Buford colors, red and
white, was shearod off carried
away as kcepsalSes. At the con-
clusion of the racos, and while tho
grave was being dug, General
Mitchell and other we'll known
hOrscmcn
MADE AN EXAMINATION
In one sense, perhaps, both of
McWhlrtcrs legs were broken but
1T was not bone fracture Ten
dous and muscles were torn apart
and tho zones disiointod The
accident WIS what is known among
horsemen as "breaking down." It
happens occasionally on race tracks,
but probably there was never seen
so aggravated a case as this. The
"breaking down" of one log occurs
red just before completing tho
second mile, and the other gave
way when Joe Rhodes slipped past.
After that McWhirtcr ran on stumps
for a furlong, crippling himself to
death.
WHAT THE TROUBLE WAS.
Mr.. Walsh, editor of tho .FIeld,
an English paper, in his book de-
scribes 'breaking down" as follows:
'SThc accident generally occurs in
bred horse when tho flesh or muscles
90 not continue to support the
ligaments, from which circumstance
it SO often happens in tho last few
strides Of a race. The symptoms
are a partial or entire giving way
Of the fetlock joint downward, 50
that the back of it either touches
the ground or nearly SO when the
weight is thrown upon it.
Talking to q ITnacs reporter
shortly after the occurrence General
Buford said :-''"hc boy ought to
have held him up. McWhirter
hasn't complained of his training,
and I only entered him to como
here. / engaged him hero and
nowhere else. Ho was ridden badly
ut Louisville, where 1 gave him
trial to SEQ how he went moro
than anything else, and another
horse struck him on his GOOD leg.
(McWhirter has had trouble with
one of his logs for some time past.)
We have nursed him and he seemed
to be all right. We used cold
water on his leg and it must have
made it tonder. I refused $4,000
for him. Flo ran the grandest race
ever won, and his winnings have
been between $4,000 and $4,000"
The jockey who was to ride Nc
Whirtor lies ut home with frac-
tured thigh, caused by an accident
in exercising Enquirer.
The ST. Louis Jockey Club will
put q monument in McWhirter's
memory, and my turfmcn desiring
to subscribe will DO permitted to do
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