The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-09

INJURED.
Tracy Mcdonald
Dies at Queens
Hospital.
SKULL FRACTURED
IN A RUNAWAY
MAC" Was a Well Known Horse.
man -Reputed to Have
Once Been Wealthy.

Tracy Mcdonald, Familiarity known
| Honolulu, is dead. He met his death in
the harness, so to speak, while engaged
in driving the spirited horse San Jose
| last Saturday. AS the result of the in
juries received in a runaway on Palace
| Square, he was taken to the hospital,
where he expired at IL o'clock yesterday
morning, without having recovered con-
| seriousness. He will be buried this after
noon at Pearl City, the services taking
place at Henry Williams undertaking
parlors, at 1870.
There is an odd story connected with
the accident. Last Wednesday evening
a gentleman hired horse and rig from
the Club Stables and drove to Waikiki
to attend wedding there. The horse
was San Jose, an animal well known for
his nervousness and an inclina ton to shy.
The horse was tied up at the Hotel Al
mex while the gentleman was away. On
the wedding guests return, he was sur
prised to find the horse and buggy gone.
The police We're notified and a search in
stituted which lasted until Saturday
morning without the horse being found.
Saturday morning E. c.. Macfarlane
went into the stable of the Annex and
discovered a strange horse there. He In
terrogated the Japanese hostler, who
was a new hand, and learned from him
that the horse and buggy had been
brought into the stable Wednesday night.
He thought it belonged to the place, and
attended to the animal. Mr.. Macfarlane
knew the horses owners and notified the
Club Stables. Mac Mcdonald, who is
connected with the stables, was sent out
to bring the horse and buggy in. All
went well until Palace Square was reach
ed. Suddenly the horse. either through
fright from the bit breaking, started
to run.
The driver attempted to check him in
his wild rush, but was unable to do SO.
He called to him and exercised his muscle
the corner occupied by the Wall resi-
dence Eye-witnesses state that the horse
missed the telephone pole, but the buggy
crashed squarely into it. Poor McDon-
aid was thrown violently out, striking
headlong upon the stone curling. The
horse continued on down King street,
dragging the wrecked buggy, minus the
top and two Wheels which lay near the
insensible form of Mcdonald. The bug
Sy anu Inc HOTSe OppO-
site the Young building, and the horse
finally ran into another horse which was
tied to telephone pole. The strength
of the rope was all that prevented anoth-
er runaway. The horse was captured
and taken to the police station.
A number of people saw the accident
and at once went to McDonalds assist
ance. He was found to have sustained
two confused wounds on the forehead
about three inches above the eyes, while
another and more serious one was near
the crown, where the skull had been frac-
tured and the bone forced down into the
brain. Blood flowed from his mouth.
When lifted into the patrol wagon to
be taken to the hospital, he was barely
breathing, and it was thought that he
had not long to live
Tracy Mcdonald was about sixty years
of age, and had been a resident of the
Hawaiian Islands for nearly a quarter
of a century. He leaves a wife, and
grown-up son and daughter in Spanish
Town, Half Moon Bay, San Mateo coun-
ty, Cal. He came to Honolulu with about
the first lot of imported horses and re-
NAMED here always connected with the
raising and training of horses. He is
said to have been quite well-to-do in
California, but reverses came, and he lost
his means and came here to begin over
again.