Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-08-11
U. D. BENNER WAS Well
KNOWN TO STAUNTOi
Horseman Killed at Horse !
Had Hosts of Local Friei

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Great regret was expressed
yesterday at the tragic death
ID. Benner, of Warrenton, a(
horse show, which was being he
that place on Thursday. Mr.. \
ner was well known in StauntOu
among his local friends being m,
who attended the University of VIM
ginia at the time that he was a stu|
| dent there.
Yesterdays Washington Post carl
ried the following account of
fearful accident: Before the e
OF 5000 Mortified pers sons att
morse show in Orange Wednesday y,
d. Benner, of Warrenton, Va, wa
thrown from his mount in an exV
hlbition event and so badly injured
that he expired shortly after he had
been brough to the UniversityI
hospital. The accident happened
directly in front of the grand stand
poxes, among the occupants of which
were many men and women spromil
nent in Virginia society. The victim
was one of the most widely known
horsemen in the State, and was an
exhibitor throughout the Virginia
and at Long Branch, N. J.
Benner's injuries were received
ABOUT O'Clock in the afternoon. The
last event on the program-the class
Tor hunters and jumpers, free-for-an,
pest performance up to 5 feet
was on, and Benner, on his favorite
mount, Sans-A-Tout, formerly own
'd by Eugene Leverings, of Balti-
more, was the third entry in the ring
The splendid bay mare seemed to be-
'olng badly after taking the first1
Lurdle, and the fact was commented
N by Mrs. Allen Potts, who was in
he judges stand.
5000 See Him Killed !
The second hurdle was negotiated
fair form, but when the third-a
rush lump-Nas reached, the big
hlmal seemed to make no effort to
lear the bar. Her fore feet crash
into the jump and she turned a
omplete somersault, landing on ton
her rider, who had fallen forward
nd lay upon his back. Many wo-
en in the grand stand shrieked
lth horror when the horse, after
'galnlng his feet, stepped on Ben
srs lace as the man lay uncon-
ious.
several physicians examined the
Jured man, among them DR.. r..
ester Jones, of Culpeper; Drs. d.
Weaver, F. G. Scott, w. ]. Crit
nden, and Page of Orange, and Drs.
ack Burke, of Alexandria, and
lnouncement was made that Rem
r had suffered conclusion of the
ain, broken nose, and probably
Is internally injured. The patient
is placed upon stretcher and
ken Immediately to Charlottesville
lie.
Benner died about $3.50, an hour
.er he reached the hospital. An
showed that a rib had
en- driven into the lung. 1t was
IN at once that the case was home
5, and no operation was performed.
Prominent as Athlete
benner was the son of John Ben
:, proprietor of the BeIl-Air farm
II Warrenton, and one of the
ST prominent farmers of Fauquier
lnty. The son was a student at
University of Virginia in 1891
y, and took an active part in
letlcs. He played third base on
varsity baseball team, which that
r included such stars as Buck
ley, of Maryland; Addison and
N Greenway, of Arkansas: Lee
lrman,of Ohio; Gibson, of Georgia
Murray Mcguire, "Billy" Abbott
Joe Winston, of Virginia. Club
Benner as he was called. was n
er helder, good batter, and yerv
on the bases. He leaves a wife
one child.
ne fatality was the second that
occurred in the annals of Vir-
morse shows, and by q singu-
clncldentS both of the victims
residents of Warrenton. The
was charles w. Smith, who suf-
d a broken back at the Norfolk
about five years ago.