The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-25
HURT At TEE rAsrrxE eAMEs
epr,ster CIarh's Death Attributed ~ His
Mother to his Ipluries.

eprsnter CIsrh's Death Attributed ~ HIS
Mother to His Isieries.
About week ago Secretary James d. Boyd
OF the New Jersey Athletic Club received the
following letter in q heavy. black-bordered
envelope:
DrAa Sin: have the painful task OF informing you
Of the death Of Of the members Of your club r.
Clark. lie my He died on June 40. very sud.
denly lie attended the races OF the Pastme Athletic
Club about the middle of June where he was fouled in
the 27oyard dash. He was hurt and shaken mp badly
He did not complain or say very much about H. but
a week after he came home from business with chill
mmediateIy sent for doctor. Ho did not think he
was seriously ILL., saying he had the grip He did not
sleep for three days and nights and did not say any
thing about suffering pain Tuesday morning he got up
and said he would 20 to his own room and see II he
could sleep.
In about an hour went to him. and he said: Mother.
want to tell you have got 10 leave you" "what do
you mean r. Isskcd. He replied: ~ dreamt what
must do. 1t is ali written the wall what must hap.
pen"
lie was growing cold thon. We did everything for
him. but It was no good He died as brave as q lion.
Not groan escaped his lips
II has broken my heart to part with him. When the
undertaken came he said he could not bury the boy
until q Coroner had seen him. There was black and
blue spot on his left side covering his heart.
When he fell the scratch man fell on him. No doubt
that injured his heart and caused his death. write
you this you will try ana and punish those who
are disposed TO foul.
Ibelisve in the athletic games and encouraged my
son to Join your club but he was too ambitious and
wanted to do much He ia gone and am left alone
In my sorrow. Very sincerely yours
Nrw YoRx. Nov. 10. ANNIE r. CLARK.
The young man was a well-kn and prom
Using sprinter and an unusually daring rum
ner around curves. The Pastime Athletic
Clubs summer games were held at Jones's
Wood on Saturday afternoon. June & The
track on these grounds is OF hard clay. eight
laps to q mile. around sharp turns In all
short distance races fouls have been frequent
The event in which Clark was injured was the
final heat OF the 22O-yard handicap run. He
had three yards allotment. and had
won his trial heat in 10 1-5 seconds.
eighty yards Clark. Reilly. and Archie
Brown were running in bunch. Suddenly
Clark went down. and Reilly and Brown went
tumbling with him. OF the three Reilly ap-
peared to be the most seriously injured. as he
had been spiked pretty badly and was bleed
ing freely. Brown was only shaken UP. but
Clark llmped painfully to bench. holding his
hand over his heart In answer to q question
he replied that he had got an awful shaking
up. but thought he would be all right after a
As stated in Mrs. Clark's letter. he took to
his bed week later and was buried little
was sttended BY e Dr.. chsses Sernooy o. la5
Clerks Letter last night and t9ok exception to
s Seiore y she Tuesday On Which the young
ana %sp w dSo all the 'sn q typSoid
patton and aiss. sssa the :, @ ei.hss PR
testinee. The cause Of tho boys death was
heart failure. spPsripduced BY excessive
intesftn Dr.. Verno9y dissredited Mrs.
Clark,s statement as to the undertaker insist S
h9Ssh' Eosa hss
night have The injury Which
his death. He had been anxious to have Q
M1s BY!
but had noticed confused condition OF the
MIRA Clark.told substantially the story Of her
letter She could not tell Of any visit Of the
Coroner. having been severely Ill at the time
had told her OF, the undertakers remark. and
she supposed the Coroner had granted per-
Undertaken NJ. P. DAILY Of 800 East Twenty
sixth street was not at home last night when a
reporter called. but his wife, and brothers
physicians death certificate. 1T would have
been an out-of-the-ordinary case" said Mrs.
DAILY land no would certainly have told me Of
Secretary Sullivan said last evening that he
distinctly remembered Clark's falling. He
said 1t was case in which no ono was to
blame. CLARK was runner who took a great
many chances around corners and through the
him several times to be careful. When he feii
/ went over to see whether he was hurt seri-
ously. and he said he felt pretty bad. It's too
bad. and Is sermon against these small
tracks"
Clark was his mothers sole support, and she
Is Is nov in somewhat straitened circumstances.
her relief.
Mrs. Clark's letter at this late day was
brought out by the fact that the Secretary OF
tho New Jersey Athletic Club was ignorant OF
Clark's death. and kept sending circulars and
notices OF club matters.