New-York tribune., 1906-11-10
JOCKEY SEW.ELL DEAD.
AQUEDUCT FALL FATAL.
Rider Erpires at Midnight as Result
of Internal Hemorrhage.

Leverne sewelI. the jockey who was injured
by fall from the horse Lfchtmess in the last
at the Aqueduct racetrack yesterday died
at 11:15 last night at his home at Avenue U and
9th street. Gravesend. from an internal hemor-
rhage.
The boy was taken from the track in an auto
mobile in dazed condition and was attended
by DR.. Stephen c. Petit. of Gravesend, and
DR.. Gildersleeve. of Brooklyn
Inc usual good sized crowd was in attendance
yesterday, and. while the form players had an
other disastrous day far as picking winners
was concerned. the sport was interesting enough
70 send a majority home in good humor. Mole
sey and Herodotus the winning favorites.
but the last named had to be accepted faith.
as he had started only once before this year.
when he ran last. He was the medium, how
ever, for spectacular plunge by Dave Gideon
and his friends which sent his price tumbling
from to 1 to money in less time than 1t
takes to tell it, The tip general, in fact.
that the layers were fairly mobbed soon
any price was put up. and probably not more
than 5000 was wagered at better than TO l.
while most of the big bettors accepted to
for their money.
Herodotus was starter I'm the last race for
maiden three-year-old and upward. In the
faos of the strong play him. Deuce. which
when some support forced it down again to to
5. Herodotus won, thanks to Miller. but his
margin of victory only a short head. and
Deuce would probably have beaten him If he
had not suffered from some interference through
the last furlong, for which Miller seemed to be
to blame. Horner. who rode Deuce. went before
the stewards and made claim of foul. but 1t
not considered and there were mingled
cheers and Kisses when the red board went up.
Athlete won the Roslyn Handicap. at one mile
and a sixteenth, IN the fast time OF 1:45 2-S
which equalled the track record made by Israel
lite. with 90 pounds up, on November 8. 1904
Athlete had pull in the weights. and was we'll
handled by McDanels who avoided the early
pace and saved something TO finish with. Cres-
sina the favorite. and she. with Orilene and
Athlete. attracted the bulk OF the play. Athlete
was backed down from Z to 1 to to by the
shrewd handicappers. Hot Toddy and Rye went
back in the betting from B to to to 1 each.
which indicated little stable support. Rye
far below his recent form and was outrun
all the way. but Hot Toddy forced the pace. and
capitulated only In the last sixteenth, when
Athlete challenged Cressina tired chasing the
pace. and hung badly when most was required
In the parlance of the turf. Tommy Waddell
was a dead one'' in the handicap for all ages.
fifth the card. After opening at to his
price drifted back to to as the horses went
to the post. Angler. in the mean time had been
backed from 2 to to to 3. while plunge
on Banker sent his price tumbling from 3 to 1
TO 8 to 1. The wise ones fooled. however.
as Angler and Banker finished outside the
money. while Tommy Waddell just salloped IN
front all the way. to win he pleased by four
or Ave lengths. MoKittridge closed with well
timed rush through the last quarter. and beat
Lindale a length for the place. Ostrich was not
fit TO be the track. judging from the way he
performed
Ormonde's Right showed startling Improvement
in winning the second easily It was fore
cast by strong play. which forced his price
from 10 to 1 TO to !. He followed the pace
closely to the head Of the stretch. and then
came away to win easily from Varieties Sir
Ralph. the favorite. slow to settle in his
stride and could never get within striking dis
tance of the leaders.
Dreamer and MOlesey were the other winners.
Dreamer wore Handzarra down through the last
furlong in the first race. and won driving by
half length. while Molesey. after showing more
early speed than usual. closed resoutely but
was all out beat Beauclere. Tourenne, a
starter in the first race. far below expeota-
tions. He had all the worst of the weights ao-
cording TO the scale. but performed far below
the form he showed at Belmont Park.