New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-06
HORSE KILLED IN RACE
Two Jockeys Face Death in a
Spectacular Fall.
PHILLIPS BADLY INJURED
King James Beats Hilarious IN
Brighton Mile at Empire
CITY Track.

An unfortunate accident. in which two
Jockeys barely escaped with their lives and
one horse was killed, marred the opening
e. the transferred meeting OF the Brighton
Beach Racing Association al the Empire
Cir. track near Tonkers yesterday Bun
dara fell rounding the far turn in the hrst
race. a. six furlongs, and Ethon. crashing
into him. turned i flying somersaut ana
landed IN a heap on the track Ramsey
on the latter, picked himself up and es-
reped with a bad shaking up and many
bruises. but little Phillips, who had the
mount on Blundara, was not so fortunate
He Law stretched out where he fell as II
Instantly killed, and the crowd in the
stand shook their heads and wondered Il
the youngster had suffered the fate OF Freq
Iauzan. who was killed al Grsvesend- Inc
aov was picked Up II an UNCONSCIOUS COLI
ditior. with q baby iacerated scalp, where
one OF the Following horses had struck MN
nth steel shod hoof. He revived on his
u-sv hack 10 the stand in the starters
wagon. but the doctor, considering that he
was in a serious condition, hurried him 10
81. Joseph's Hospital. N Yonkers-
r,thon broke mis- leg AZ the knee, and
BED" Walker. who bought him Two weeks
ago al Montreal for s975. decided that II
his ronsenr. therefore. one Of the Pinker-
tcn men put the horse out Of his misery
with q bullet Blundara was not injured
sue ran about the track -iderless for sew
era -nir1rtes before some stable hands cor
-re-ed him The stewards could not TX the
blame For the acc2ent. the Impression
being that Biundara. which fell first,
crossed his legs in making the turn
sam Hildreth changed his mind about
giving King James a rest until the Sara
toga meeting following his defeat in the
Commonwealth Handicap by Olamhaia,
and Jimmy, as h is fauiliarly called.
paraded for The Brighton Nile, Of 5000.
and Won il 100. after drive with James
2 Reene's Hilarious. L was practically
two-horse race. as Candleberry, the only
other starter. could not keep within strik-
ing distance OF the fast pace
Hilarious raced right TO the front at
the start and without showing any dis
position % run out on the turns, sailed
along as i he would roll home Shilling
hided his time with King James until turn
ing into the stretch, when ne moved up
and gave challenge. Al the last sixteenth
pole whips were FIXING, and King James
responding the more gamely, crew out
slightly 10 win OK a safe margin in the
good time Of 1.Ss So
Tom HeaIey saddIad five horses in as
many races for r 7. Wilson. IT, including
cuager. which had won seven Of his pre-
vious eight starts. out all five went down
g defeat Onager was q hot fav0rtte al
ODDS on fer the Atlantic Stakes, al I'VE and
: half furlongs, but the son OF Piaug1t
hung badly after racing in front for five
furlongs. either because the hard track
he :
rot up TO q bruising race after q long rest,
When he gave i Up War Jig came away TO
win from Anna Case
Garner. the jockey. was blamed by many
fer pulling Big Stick OF the pace in the
third race, and so losing his position The
horse either suIked or could not settle back
N his stride after that and finished last
70 the disgust Of those who had wagered on
his chances At a snort price L was an
1l-1udged ride, 10 say the least
Five Aces proved that she was game as
vel as speedy in The second race. Gaunt-
let appeared 10 have her beaten al the last
furlong pole, but she stood the pressure Of
a hard drive in such q courageous way
that she drew out right al the end Shill-
ing was handicapped 10 some extent in
riding q strong finish by the disposition
n Gauntlet 70 bear over against Five Aces.
Van Beaschoten had quite z field day
with TWO winners and two third horses IN
four mounts one week is his usual
average
The Spear was so ambitious IN the sec
ond race that he ran away TWO miles and
half going 10 the post Glass pulled and
Tugged il vain and was almost ready to
drop from the saddle when the colt finally
got tired enough 10 stop
The track was in good condition, -
though z Dit dusty on the backstretch, but
the outlook was not so attractive asa year
ago. The small forest OF trees which had
banked the 3aCksIreJch was gone to make
way for the new aguedUct and the in
closed reservoir. The new jockey quarters
and paddock We're only about half COM
Dle-ed. but these things were only Incl
dental to the racing, and that was quite
Up 20 the standard
Sheriff SCherp was at the track 20 see
that the Law against bookmakiTg was not
violated. he appeared well satisfied with
the conditions as he found them