The San Francisco call., 1909-03-14
GREAT COLT BREAKS
ANKLE AND IS
KILLED
Fatal Accident to A. j. Small
Leaves Easy Victory
for Carroll
By J. x. Jefery


easy to win the fourth renewal of the
valuable Undine stake at EmeryviIle
yesterday Only a few days ago Chinn
insured his colt with LlOyds for $4,000
on the strength of his recent victory
in the Woodlands stake at Arcadia IN
record breaking time. coupled with
numerous phenomenally fast workouts
and the loss of the horse win be par
TALLY compensated by this circum-
stance. although Chinn. true sportsman
that he is, declared with much feeling
after the thing was all over that ha
would much rather have the colt than
the amount for which he was insured
It was the irony OF fate that Of the
IA juveniles that contested the race.
the one that was supposedly the most
valuable should be the only one to
meet with mishap. The colt was
jumped on from behind almost tmme-
diately after the start. with the result
that his right hind heel was cut COM
pIetely off and the tendon virtually
severed. Jockey Treubel. who was rid
ing him, had no idea that his mount
had been so seriously injured and con-
tinued to urge the horse on until well
into the stretch. where the colt broke
down completely. Examination by q
veterinarian revealed broken ankle IN
addition to the severed tendon, and
this effectually dispelled any lingering
hope that the valuable animal might
be saved. The colt made new Amer
lean record OF :46 3-5 for four furlOngs
in winning the Woodlands stake and
was in rare fettle for yesterdays stake.
having worked a sixteenth of a mile in
seconds and an eighth IN less than
IL seconds as part OF his preparation
for the race There Is no telling how
good a horse he might have turned out
which brought his brief but iIlustrious
career to an untimely end
ROMPS FROM FIELD
Carroll made show Of his field yes
terday and won like the clever colt
that reports from Arcadia indicated
him to be. He was among the young
sters whose measure A. j.. Small took
in the Woodlands stake. but his COM
paratively poor showing upon that oc-
casion was due TO the bruising or his
heel during the running OF the race.
according to the statements OF George
Read. who accompanied the colt from
/ the southern track and saddled him
/ for r. l. Thomas
Carroll was coupled with Sir Ashton
as the second choice of the race. Be-
sides the IL candidates named over
night as prospective starters Copper
/ town and Fire were added at the elev-
enth hour, and the unwfeldiness OF the
/ field made the outcome more uncertain
/ The first and second choices seemingly
i Outclassed the other contenders. and
cOrrespondingly long odds were laid.
Starter DWyer achieved a wonderful
/ ly good start. considering the size Oe
the field, after delay Of about MIN
utes. Small and Carroll were among
/ those Off in the first flight. and the pair
/ at once flashed TO the front. Carroll
! erStwhile conqueror, when the latter
met with the accident that put him out
| of the running. The outcome was not
| thereafter in doubt, Carroll increasing
his lead with every stride and distanc-
ing his field to the wire
COPPERTOwN SECOND
Harry Stover's Coppertown. one of
! the added starters, gamely came from
\ behind In the stretch drive to take
/ piece money of $3.50 and F. A. For
/ sythes Elin Beau just did succeed in
/ beating Barney Schreiber'S Donovan for
/ third The brother OF Dr. Gardner
would have been much closer up but for
poor luck at the start He ran around
his field all the way and finished fast
i est Of all except the winner. Sir Ash
/ ton, which had been coupled with the
winner as the Thomas entry, finished
creditably from an unlucky break. With
| the exception Of GerandO, none OF the
| other cOntenders cut any special figure
in the decision of the contest Gerando
\ faded away after running prominently
to the stretch Jockey w. Mcintyre.
who piIOted the winner, will receive a
substantial present for the part that he
played. The race was worth SS.100 to
i the winner, which Is considerably more
/ than at any Of its previous runningS-
That Carroll would have won the
race even had A. J. Small met with no
| mishap, is the opinion OF many experts.
| who declare that Carroll is one OF the
| coast In years. Some Of the old timers
have no hesitancy in declaring that
that they have ever seen and It Is the
| general opinion that he looks very
much like his illustrious sire.
TWO FAvORITES SCORE
The excellent program that was down
ali afternoon. Although Jeanne dfAro
and Pajarotta represented the extent OF
| winning favorites. the bookies. with
i few exceptions, transacted business at
| a loss.
Stanley Fay and Rose Queen made
an exciting finish OF the Jerome handi-
cap. which preceded the stake event.
\ Eyebright ruled favorite in the bet
/ ting but could never get near the lead
ers and was able TO finish no better
the end of thrilling stretch drive to
| win by a neck from Rose Queen
There was an inclination on the part
OF those who watched the race closely
to the belief that Rose Queen would
/ have won had she been permitted to
being taken back when Madrnan
stepped up to her on the back stretch
The daughter of Kingston was con-
/
thing in the race. including the winner.
and her performance was highly meri-
| torious.
Pajaroita made liberal concessions to
/ all OF his opponents in the Peyton
/ high weight handicap and scored IN
| a hot drive with the game and con-
sistent little Booger Red. The latter
| receded in the betting because IL was
/ fancied that 123 pounds was an exces-
/ sive impost for such small horse. but
/ he handled 1t surprisingly well and
I might have won had the distance been
a trifie greater. as he was closing more
stoutly than BedwelPs speed marvel
OSORINE SURPRISES
Osorine was the biggest surprise OF
the day. She carried William Walkers
colors to victory at 20 TO 1 in the
Il opener with Jockey Coburn up. The
Mist. which had been played more
1 heavily than anything else in the race,
/ finished second. and Fireball the Ia
vortte, was unplaced, having quit In
the stretch after being prominent In
the early stages
Jeanne dare carried her speed over
the mile and 20 yards route in the
second at oddson. and won with greater
ease than the form chart indicates
j Husky made an Intellectual bid in the
stretch. but the Forsythe mare moved
/ from him when ha GOT 11uCOrr1-