Evening star., 1908-01-21
HORSE COLLAPSES
WITH RIDER BENEATH

NEW ORLEANS, La. January Il
Jockey C. Holt had narrow escape from
fatal injuries at the City Park track yes
terday. While riding Thespian in the stee-
plechase the horse ruptured blood ves-
sci in the act of jumping over an obsta-
Gle and fell heavily, crushing his rider
beneath him. Holt was picked up uncon-
scious, and as he failed to regain con-
sciousness under treatment of the track
physician he. was hurried to the City Hos
pital. At the latter place he was revived
and it was found that his injuries consist
ed of a fractured collar bone and a few
bruises.
Had Holt been killed the officials here
might have been held at fault in permit
ting SO many badly schooled horses to
take part ih the cross-cCuntry race. l,
was simply inviting death to allow such q
poor lot of horses to start. Not one OF
them was worth the amount of the purse
and not one could win a race of this de-
scrlption anywhere else.
Vt least ha:f of them were patched-uT
cripples and the remainder lot of worn
out wrecks that had not been able to
win race on the fiat. The contest was a
parody on the name of Steeplechasing.
The unusual exertion of jumping caused
the accident to Thespian. In straining for
the leap the horse ruptured a blood yes-
sci in his head. He was too weak to stand
on his legs and he bungled the jump.
Coal Black Lady Wins Jump.
Coal Black Lady was the winner. She is
not much as race mare. but was SC
superior to her opponents both in regard
to speed and jumping that the eastern del
egation backed her from to ! down tc
) to =. The bets on her were entirely safe
as she took the lead in the first half mile
and steadily increased it to the end, win.
ming by two lengths.
With I1le1ng withdrawn from the fourth
race, handicap at seven furlongs, Jack
Atkin was made the favorite. He was
hackers never had moments worry re-
garding the result, as he took the lead al
the start and maintained it to the end
His victory was good one as he carried
l3i pounds and ran the distance under q
stout pull in 1.27. Jacobite, the we'll back
ed second choice. was second throughout
Elizabeth Haywood, a daughter of Ed
ward Corrigan's stallion Marta Santa
made her first appearance and proved heI
caliber by winning the baby race in a
driving finish by neck. She was out
footed in the early period of the struggle
but ran straight and true through the
stretch and wore down her speedier op-
ponents
The Summaries.
hSt inSV' tNO-s stdfoiuS, three IuTlOnSS-
Elizabeth Harwood. 40 &C. Koerner). to /
Won; Helen Kinder. l10 wv. OtD, 25 to ]. sec
ond; lnela, 10 q. Lee), to 1, third. Time
O.36ls. Catherine Cardwell, Lady Chiffon, Nancy
Blues, Mrs. VIII Guild. Alirada, Miller, Rus
coma, Miss Imogene Catherine T., Miss High
land. Mae Lee, Lady Vassar and Freda W. ais,
ran.
Second race, steeplechase. for four -year-old
and upward: short course-Coal Black Lady. IA
LMasnada). TO 2, won: McAllister. 127 (Ileiderl
I TO !. second: Captain Jarrell 1874 tYourelD.
to l. third. Time. S.O6l6. Gold Circle. Dacra
Jim Hutton. Woodsong, Monte Carlo. Gault
Bell the Cat. Graceland, ]. Ed Grillo, Thespial
and Roxy B. also ran.
Third race. for four-year-olds and upward
selling; six furlongs-Gibson, 1o7 W. Powers. I
second; Minot, 20 &C. Henry. to 1, third
Time. 1.1525. Abe Meyer, Braden. Land Breeze
Flowaway. Black Maptilla. Western Duke. Otto
man. Zinfandel Deshon. Lord Pike and Arlington
also ran.
Fourth race handicap for three -year-olds ant
upward; seven fnrlongs-Jack Atkin 13l u. Lee,
TO :. won: Jacobitc. 130 tNotter,. . to 2. sec
ond: Pasadena, 1l2 ". Powers), IL to l. third
Time, 1.27 Coincidence Royal Ben. Teo Beacl
and ST. Bellane also ran.
Fifth race. for three-year- -olds; selling: on,
and one-sixteenth miles-Sevrrus. 105 iNotterl
ond: Miss Mazzoni. % Norke). to . third
Time. 14s%. Jennies Beau, Arrow Swift, Sa
bada. Banrida Moscow Belle. Orena Brake
speare, Bitter Man. George II. White Moxey
Mead and Florida Glen also ran.
sixth race, for four-year-olds and upward
selling: one mile and one furong-Orly H. 10,
o. Lee. to ;. wen Donna. 1Oo tMcDanleD. II
to !. second: Lancastrian 107 lNotter,. s to 1
third. Time 153N. Beau Brummel Dr. Nc
Cluer, Lord Stanhope and Nancy also ran.