The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-08-03
Accident Occurs in the Third Heat as the Boston Horse ScoreS-After Trotting the Mile He is Drawn.
At the Time Each Horse Had One Heat to Credit-Lord Derby TrOtS Another Heat ard is Awarded Race.

Hartford, Conn, August 2.-An acci. dent today marred what was expected to prove to be the greatcs- tratting event in American turf history In the third heat of the S5O00O match race be- tween Lord Derby, owned by 2. D. Smathers of New York, and Boralma, owned by Thomas w. Lawson of Boston. the latter horse sustained an injury which caused him to be drawn, and the race was given to Lord Derby The re- suit was bitter disappointment not only to the owner of the Boston horse. but to the gen eral public, which to the number of 15,0oO congregated at the Charter Oak park.
 The injury is such that will probably prevent Boralma from racing for some time to come In scoring the Boston horse gashed the quarter of his nigh foreleg badly and was unable to start in the fourth heart.
 The day was perfect for racing. A light breeze prevailsl, but iS was nos strong enough to interfere with the speed of the horses. The track was in l spse,e d shape and eve. shing wes fa- vorahie to record breaking time. 1forse- men from all over the country were on hand to witness the contest. Among the eelebraties who occupied boxes were w. c. Whitney and B. F. Tracy both for mer secretaries of the navy and Arnold Lawson of Boston, son of Boralma's owner. Lord Derby was hot favorite in the betting. Just before the first heat odds of 2 to were freely offered on him. When Boralma won the first  the second heat, which was won by Lord Derby. they shifted decidedly in favor of the latter.
 The judges were c. K. G. Billings of Chicago, R. E. Perrin of Buffalo and ex- Mayor Harbison of Hartford. Frank B. Walker of New York acted as starter.
 BoraIma Gets First. The racers came on the track shortly after o'clock. Lord Derby with Geers behind him being the first to appear and he was greeted with loud applause. Bo- ralma followed about minute later and the cheering which marked his appear anee showed that he was the favorite with the crowd. Geers won the toss for position and chose the pole. After SCOT ing three time during which Geers showed a disposition to hold back Lord Dci Starter Walker gave the word to go. Boston horse outstepped Lord Derby frC
  turn and held 1t all the way. The horses were about a length apart until the home stretch was reached As they came to- ward the wire Lord Derby swerved and broke, and Boralma came under the wire four lengths ahead in 2:0s. Loud cheering marked the finish of the heat
 As the horses came to the track for the second heat Geers expressed confidence that Lord Derby would win. The horses got off promptly and Boralma led to the distance pole Then Lord Derby drew up and shot by Boralma. The Boston horse followed gamely and rallied but the rally was followed by break and he crossed the wire two lengths behind Lord Derby. In this heat Boralma showed signs of lameness. Time. ? 091k.
 Accident Comes.
 In the third heat Boralma once more took the lead at the start but his ad- vantage was short lived. He broke at the first turn and again at the stretch. As the racers came toward the wire 1t was plainly evident that something serious had happened to Boralma. for he went to pieces and Geers pulled Lord Derby in in order not to distance his unlucky rival, and allowed Boralma to come within 0 length of him at the wire. Time 2:1s1k.
 As soon as the heat was over the an- nouncer called for a veterinary surgeon Dr. G. Fl. Lee, of Boston responded and
 
 injured that he could race no more to- day. consequently with the consent of the Judges, he was drawn. In order to fulfill the requirements of the match. Lord Derby trotted the next heat- -alone and was then awarded the victory of the last heat After this had been trotted, Lord Derby accompanied by a runner, trotted an exhibition mile in POS. After the ac- cident Boralma was taken to his quarters and Dr. Lee set to work on the injured animal.
 He was unable to say if the horse had been permanently injured. s. T. Marsh who drove Boralma, said that he was unable to tell just when the accident occurred. but was of the opinion that it was at the three-quarter pole. John Reach MT. Lawsons representative said that the injury would undoubtedly prevent the race between the Boston horse and The Abbott at Charter Oak park, August 30. The 2:11 pace was won by Donderby in straight heats with Annie Leyburn second and Onoto third. The 2:14 trot was taken by The KingsSh straight heats