The morning news., 1889-05-06
THAT HUssAR's ACCIDENT.
The Things That Good litter Must
Understand.

The Things That Good litter Must
Understand.
Editor Morning Netos: Your account of
Mr.. MnrgaA's accident while practic & for
the tilt in the park extension Saturday morn
ing does injustice to one of the best riders
in the Hussars, when it SAYS that he "lost
his equilibrium and turned in the saddle. {"
A few facts will explain how the accident
occurred, and may, at the same time, be of
interest to the public for a better under
sta ding of what tilt is.
Mid way from 10 starting point to the
first head is stationed a man with a fl lg
AS the tilter passes him he drops his flag
and time is taken from that m Dme 1t until
the cut is made at the last head The d s.
tance fro n the flag to the last head is 1875
yards, and unless the tilter traver.es this
distance in eleven seconds his score is not
counted, as he has not made time, When
YOU consider that the fastest time o which
mile has ever been ru by any race rise
IS one minute and thirty-ni aud three
quarters sec nds, you will recognize that
the time allowed for filters, of leven
seco IDS, in which to traverse 125
yards, means pace equal to
a mile in twD minutes and thirty-four
seconds, or less than double tue shol test
time ever made by the fastest ra % no SO in
he world frequently the filters run
through IN ten con1>, and sometimes in
nine second and at the tilt at the Ten
Broeck race course February % last, one
run was made in eigh seconds, which is
only twelve d one.quarter seconds short
of the fastest me on record.
Now in racing, the rider uas the use of
both hands and nothing to occupy his at
tention but to manage mis- horse and ride
straight.
In fitting the rider has five objects to
attack, and is req hired to execute fourteen
separate and distinct movsments of tue
sabsr in making these attacks. The omis sion
Of any one of the saber movements de-
tracts half a point from the maximum
score attainab,e IN one run, which Is 30.
In all hard riding the rider must keep him
self in the saddle by t e grip of the mu 'cl
of his legs fr m the crotch to the knees. aud
this is especially necessity TO the tilter so
as TO enaO.e him to move himself from the
waist upward as freely as if standing on the
ground. If Mr. Morgan or any her tilter
had lost his equilibrium the result would
have been a tumble from his horse. Mr.
MOrg n not only did not tumble when
strDck by the ring bar at the fourth object,
but finished bis run and continued some
dista zee beyond The last obi ,ct, wen, fl I'd
ing himself bleeding profusely, he applied
his handkerc lief to the wound aud rode
back to the starti point, where he dis
mounted and vas aided by his friends in
stopping the flow of blood.
The way in which the accident occurred
was this; There are four objects Of attack
on the right Of the course run and one OBJ
ject (the center one) on the left In cutting
at this left head the movement Of the riders
body ii cutting frequently sways the horse
to- far to the left Of the course for the rider
to reach the ring ON the right which is the
next object of attack. unless the horse IL
turned slightly 10 the riglt T is is VIII u
Mr. Vi rgan di 4, and his horse being only
partially turned, swayed 30 far toward the