The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-12
DRIVERS ARM WAS BROKEN
IN THE MITCH RACE AT ELM CITY
PARK YESTERDAY AFT TERN0ON.

Charles Tillinghast, Driver of Crownmont,
Was the Unfortunate Man-Purse of $111
Presented to Him by His FrIends-2:35
Glass and Match Race Yester6ay-2;45
Class Will be Finished To-day.
The races at Elm City park yesterday
afternoon We're we'll attended, about
$1,000 persons being present. The track
was in good shape and the day was a
perfect one for good racing. One gen
tleman will have occasion to remember
the races for some time. He is Charles
L. Tillinghast of 81 Street street, this
city. He is a horse trainer, and was
yesterday driving E. ]. Harrington's
Crownrnont in the match race, when he
met with an accident which resulted In
his arm being broken just above the
wrist. 1t was in the first heat OF the
match race and the three horses, Bar
Me-Not, ,Crownmont and Frank Dortch
were just turning the eigth on the sec
ond lap of the first heart, with Bar Me
Not in the lead, Crownmont close be-
hind, and about neck and neck with
Dortch. Dortch was endeavoring to
get the pole and his driver pulled in
close, causing Crownmont to break.
Mr.. Tillinghast tried to pull him to his
feet when the rein broke, Mr.. Tilling-
hast then started to climb out of the
left thrill to reach the bride to hold
his horse, which was beginning to run,
frightened by the unusual occurrence.
Before the driver could reach the bride
rein Crownmont dashed through a gap
in the fence Just in front of the stables
at the south end Of the track, stumbled
and fell, throwing Mr. Tillinghast un-
derneath. The horsemen about the
stables rushed up and found Mr.. Till
inghast lying beneath the struggling
horse with his arm broken. The horse
was uninjured, but the sulky was badly
broken.
DR.. Converse was summoned and set
Mr.. Tillinghasts broken arm. Mr..
Tililinghast, with his arm in a sling,
then went back to the track and watch
ed the rest of the races. He has many
friends among the horsemen of this
city, and they realizing that his broken
arm would incapacitate him from fol-
lowing his business of horse training
this summer, started a purse for
him. In a few minutes Sill had been
collected and was presented to Mr..
Tillnghast.
Barring the accident the race passed
off without unusual excitement.
In the 2:35 class Philip Wilkes won
the first heat, being driven by Mr.
Tillinghast, but after the accident a
new driver was substituted and also a
new sulky in place of the one broken
by Crownmont. Owing to these cir
cumstances Wilkes in the second heat
of the 2:35 class was distanced. Crown
mont was drawn after the accident, as
he was a trifle lame.
The results of the 2:35 class race and
the match race are shown in the fol-
lowing summaries:
Rocket. G, w. H. Rubey,
Waterbury, Conn. ...... l 1
Ochre, b g, T. F. Butler,
Waterbury, Conn .......... 2 2
Ladder Boy,b G, F. Coe, Mid
dlefield, Conn........ ..... &
Philip Wilkes, b g, M. P.
Shea, New London, Conn l
Time, 2:33A, 2:32, 2:30, 2:2S1a.
Match Race-s75.
Bar Be Not, blk G, N. w. Hub
niger, New Haven ............ l ]
Frank Dortch, g, E. Beden,
Seymour ........... .......,..
Time-2:34A, 2:2S%, 2:31.
Crownmont, owned by f. J. Harring-
ton, started in the above race, but on
account of the accident did not finish
the first heat.
The 2:45 class was not finished yes
terday and will be finished at II
o'clock this morning. In the third heat
of this class Mr.. Appel, driver and
owner of Mabel, pulled out to one side
to allow May Franklin to win the heat
For this the Judges declared the heat
mo heat" and Appel was taken Off
Harry Romack being put on to drive
Mabel.
The following summary shows the re-
suit of the unfinished race as far as 1t
has progressed:
Pas ss-S100-Distance Waived.
Hopeful, gr g, F. Candee,
New Haven ................ D
Deacon. blk 6, E. M. Tuttle,
New Haven .......... 7 Z dr.
Bright Light, ch 6. w.
Bright, New Haven ........ 5 5 0
May Franklin, gr m, o. N.
Hull, New Haven .......... 1 0
Mabel ch m, Appel, Wal
lingford -. ............... 4 0 ]
Ben Star, ch 6, B. E. Dono-
van, Shelton ........... 2 2 0
Billy Mac, 6, w. D. Augur,
Middletown ......... ...... 6 0 ;
Time-2:34A, 2:341a, 2:32, 2:331a.