Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-17
RACERS COLLIDE,
DYING INSTANTLY
ACCIDENT DESTROYS HORSES
WORTH S45oo
sprnewater and sohooloraft Run
Together on Track at Ascot and
Are Fatally Injured.
Jockeys Escape


springwater and Schoolcraft, valua-
BILE race horses, collided on the track
at Ascot yesterday morning and died
almost instantly.
1t was during the morning workouts
and Springwater, with Jockey j. Rem
nekamp up, had finished trial breeze
to the nine-sixteenths pole. Here
Springwater was eased up and turned
about to return to the stable.
At almost the same moment SCHOOL,
craft and Jake Sanders broke at the
three-quarters pole for breeze. These
two had negro stable boys up.
AS Schoolcraft and Jake Sanders APP
preached Springwater the two former
named separated, taking opposite sides
of the track to permit Springwater to
pass between them.
AS they neared Springwater SHE'D
and collided with Schoolcraft, which
was going at a good rate of speed.
The horses fell and were found to be
fatally injured, their deaths occurring
within few minutes.
Rennekamp and the boy on School
craft were thrown to the track and
sustained severe injuries in the fall.
Springwater was owned by F. Luza-
dor, was a good jumper and was VAL
ued at $500. He was five years old
and was by Bermuda.
schoolcraft was a s-year-old by
valued at $4,000. M. II. Tichenor G. Co.
owned Schoolcraft, and Henry Nc
Daniels, trainer for the Tichenor
string, expected much Of the horse this
season.
The accident occurred on the exer-
else track, the main track being closed.
Only few seconds before the acci-
A,k a,.It Ila1A A.s
ney Schrieber and three yearlings be-
longing to James Blute speeded down
the track and narrowly escaped being
mixed up in the collision.
A. Neal brought The Pride and Hirtle
on the Idaho special and will cam
paign these two at Ascot this winter.
]. Finch has arrived with Susie
Christian, which won several races here
last year, and Chief Aloha. They come
from Boise City.
Jockeys Miller and Buchanan, among
the best in the business, will be in Los
Angeles soon and have mounts dur
ing the local racing season.
Cricket Kelly, who has been in front
several times during the last few days
at Oakland, will return to Los Angeles
and ride during the winter
Confederate A, which disposed of the
great Bear Catcher at Oakland yester-
day, was heavily played by the Los
Angeles plungers at to 2.
George Long arrived yesterday from
Latonia with a string of twelve horses
which will be campaigned at Ascot
during the season. Sam Rother is in
charge of the horses as trainer.
Jake Sanders breezed one of the fast
est half miles shown on the Ascot
tracks thus far and the speedy Itch p
nor bay seems to be in tip top condi-
tion and ready to win.
The crop of yearllngs at Ascot this
season is extraordinarily large and
promising. Their workouts, too, are
exceptionally good, 1t being very COM
mon for them to do a quarter in a.
The prospects are bright for good q
year-old events.
Mt. Lowe, a promising 2-year-old be-
longing to Alderman Tom Carey of
Chicago, died in his stall at Ascot yes
terday. Mt. Lowe had been suffering
for some time with an ailment which
baffied all efforts to save the animals
life.
Stalls at Ascot are at a premium
these days, as the management has
either assigned or reserved all of them
and the full quota Is now engaged.
Outside stalls will be a necessity for
horsemen who bring their strings to
Ascot without first having made reser-
vations.
A bay colt, the property of A. B.
Spreckels, worked five-eighths in 1:02
fiat Wednesday and excitement was
great among the railbirds for the re-
mainder of the day as they were unable
to learn it's name. This sensational
workout was done over a dead track
and Is considered all the more remark
able for that reason. Henry McDan-
iels has him in charge.
A car load of horses arrived yestrday
from Boise City, Idaho. J. Mclaughlin
brought Figardon, Shannonside. Born
S and Tom Riley, the latter being a
jumper OF some note. N. Moody is in
charge as trainer. Mclaughlin is the
owner of Eagleton, the $4,000 English
stallion, which is now in Canada
Mclaughlin will come to Los Angeles
next week and remain during the
racing season.