The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-07
SIXTEEN RIDERS
DIED THIS YEAR
This Many Jockeys Killed While
Plotting ThoroughbredS
Over Race Course.

Sixteen Jockeys were killed on the var
ions racetracks throughout the country
in the last year. Some were steeplechase
riders branch of the sport that is par
ticuIarly hazardous, but the majority
were riders of race-mad thoroughbreds
that competed for turf prizes on the
flat. few were Vlctlms OF accidents
the little fellows came to an untimely
end while sporting silk
The latest fatality in the ranks of the
riders occurred a few weeks ago. Lee
vine SewelI. one of Americas most ia
mons Jockeys was killed while riding a
100 to ! shot at the Aqueduct track 1t
was a remarkable coincidence that Just
before Sewell ieaped into the saddle on
Iichtmess he told some friends that
''this will be my last mount of the sea-
son" 1t proved to be his last for all
time
best-knOwn rider killed during the year
on the race tracks. Shillings was thrown
and received injuries from which he died
the same night at City Park, New Of-
leans, April > last.
Death at GraVesend.
On September q. at Gravesend, Bert
rand FreishOn. a popular young eastern
rider. was killed while riding horse
Gus Faust. a steeplechase jockey, died
on August from injuries received some
weeks previous while rldlng IN d steeple-
chase at Coney Island.
Last March at Bessemer. Ala, Jimmy
Cocolo died after lingering some months
from injuries received during the race
meeting at Memphis -, r..
While trying to prevent his horse from
jumping on a young man who was cross
ing the track at Portsmouth, ., during
the fair races in that city, Johnny NC
Cune was thrown into the renee eho
killed August 80. The other rider who
Joined the silent majority this year
through an accident was Tony Massett,
who was killed by a race train OCTOBER
% near Jamaica track. Nine Jockeys
were killed in 1905. while the year prevl-
/ Gus only three met death on the turf.
Two very promising lightweight boys
| were killed during the winter OF 1870
I Charles McCafferty met death in the SAD
die at the fair grounds race track, New
| Orleans March a. and Eddie Wenrick
I was crushed to death during the WINTER
meeting at Oaklawn park lie died FeD-
! rIarv L. Another well-known and more
| experienced jockey. Otto Wonderly, was
! killed in the same year. Wonderly met
death at Montgomery park, Memphis
! Tenn, April ?
Cross Country Racing.
| Strange as it may seem. but few riders
who follow cross-country racing ever
meet death on the turf Not more thar
! a baIf-dozen have been killed in the last
ten wears Only two timbeT-toppers are
/ among those fatally injured in ls0o-ls05
! At Union Park. ST. Louis June Is. 100
/ Alec Hector was killed while going ovel
I the Jumps, and this year August Faust
/ died from internal injuries received al
! Coney Island.
| Louis Fitzgerald, who was killed al
! Great Neck /. l.. by the cars in 1905
was well known gentleman rider. H'
| was returning from meet on Long Isl
| and when run down by a train
| Among the well-known jockeys Wh(
died a natural death this year was Marty
Bergen PatSey McCue, Eddie Haley
! Charley Verplanck Monkey Charley
I Frank Bayless, Bud Knox and Walter
| Lamb Patsey McCue and Marty Der
( gen were at one time the leading riders
/ of this country. Bergen for years rode
I for Ed Corrigan. while Patsey McCue fol
! Several seasons rode with wonderful sue
{ cess on the eastern tracks He died pen
niless at Washington not so long ago
ANY number of riders have met with ac
cidents this wear that caused them to re
tire from the saddle temporarily, and
perhaps one or two died without the fac
( being generally known