The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-07
He Was Thrown In q Mis-tp ana
His Skull Erncturci.

New York, Sept. 6.-An unfortunate acci-
dent which may result seriously in the case
of one jockey, marred the racing al Sheeps-
head Bay to-day. Three horses went down
in a heap at the last furlong pole IN the
first race. and the only wonder Is that their thIr
riders were not killed. The field was wei.
strsightened out in the stretch. When oh-
slightly, ridden by Knight. fell Beverage,
with Wedderstrand up, turned complete
somersauit over him. and Einus. with
Murphy up, also plunged into the Struggling
mass. When the dust had cleared away
the three boys were seen iylnS on tIie
track. Help was quickly at hand and the
jockeys Were carried into the inheld. Wed
derstrand was only stunned ara showed
his nerve by riding again in the hLth race: race,
knight had his shoulder spra!ned, but later
was able 10 go home. Murphy lay all the
afternoon in an UNCONSCIOUS condItloh, Ai.I ",
appears to have sustained a fracture or the
skull. The PRIDE, favorite for the race,
Won by a head from Eldn CONG, the Well
backed second GhoGe. IN Ihe "earneT g6oI-sizad Ne
crowd was on hand and enjoyed some hi5h,
class sport. Bellario won the Golden Rod
Stretch. Stretch With with Slari RI SchecE and Demurrer.
The last-named made the running Tor nNe
furlongs, when the other two moved uG.
and after hard drive through the slfetch
BeIlsrio won by one-half a length While
Alard Scheck was the same distance betore
Demurrer.
The Omnium Handicap went TO Potente
ar long odds. NcCue sent him 10 the front
at the fail OF the flag. and, making all
the running. won cleverly by q iengtn rom
track record. Decanter, none too Wen rlG-
den, beat AndronlcUs six lengths for the
place. The other winners were bontaion NJ
10 2, All Green at s 10 /, and MaNifno
Gomez at even money. Bullnan rode the
latter and romped home IN the track record
time of POL Id. a mile and three-slXteenths
on the turf the old mark being ::VS. sum-
maries:
First race six and one-half furionEs-The
Pride foS (Esuiiman), TO and TO .. won; III
fin Conis 100 Snow. TO and even. second
Tfn,e. i:is 2-5. Godfrey. Ecnso Lee, Eberhart,
Protus Lille Simmons. Beverage, E!nus and
second race miie-Gonfalon. ils GSGilmanl.
to and out Won; Flaunt. Lis (Burns) 20
and to 6. second: Teddy. l,5 tSpencerI. to
Third race. the Golden Rod, six and half fur
longs on turf-Beilario, ii5 tMaheri. 10 10 ana
l TO g. won: Aiard Scheck. ~ C5urns). TO
and to 5, second: Demurrer. 1-e lOdon). 10
2 and 70 {. third Time. f:.l SO. Autol;sht
and Doctor Barlow also ran
a furioug-Pctente lG2 I1cCuei, to / enf B
10 2 won't Decanter, r5 tMaher). to and to
5. second: Andrcnicus. es tOCounorl. TO / and
s to s. third. Time. l:52 IS. Martinas. Charen-
tus and Knight Bsnneret also ran
Fifth rsce. five and ha!f fJIrlongs-Au Green,
II. (Burns> I TO and TO ?, second: Dublin.
IFS (NfcCue) to and even, third Time los.
Operator, Colchester. SalYe, SUrmise. SharpshOot-
er, Scurry, Princess Pepper. kenilworth and
Himself also ran.
Sixth race mile snd thTee-sixteenths. on turf
Maxine Gomez. us (fsuilman). even and 10 S,
won; Compensation. Il5 CSpencerl. 10 to and
so !, second; fl-ike 100 fMiesi, 100 TO ! and 20
to i third Time. POL Is. The Amazon. Villa
V Big Gun Greenock and Dssenter also ran.