New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-20
Race for Gold Cup Marred by
Reproduction of the Suf-
fragette Incident at
the Derby.
MAN WILL PROBABLY DIE
Event Virtually Won by August
Belmont's Five Year Old
Tracery When Latter's
Jockey Is Hurled
from Saddle.

from Saddle.
London. June 19.-The race for the
Ascot Gold Cup, one of the most COW
eted prizes of the English turf, was
marrcd to-day by an incident similar
to that which brought the Kings horse
down in the Derby. when Emily Wild
ing Dawson sought and found death
in the cause of the militant suff-a-
gettes. In this case II was man,
Davison's feat.
According TO the Ascot police. Hewitt
was not connected with the suffragi SITS,
and was Of unsound mind, of a type pc
cularly liable 10 he carried away by
the initiative impulse. He received .he
same penalty for his temerity as did
Miss Davison--a fracture at the base
of the skull.
At a late hour tonight Hewitt was
lying unconscious in a hospital, after
undergoing an operation in the forlorn
hope that his life might be saved.
Belmont Horse Was Winning.
King George and Queen Mary. ex-
King Manuel of Portugal. the Crown
Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden.
the Duke Of Connaught Governor Gen
eral Of Canada. Princess Patricia of
Connaught and a number Of lesser roy
alties were watching the race from the
royal stand. Coming down the straigh,
August Belmont's famous colt Tracery.
son Of Rock Sand. shot in front OF
his seven competitors into the lead.
He was going like well oiled piece OF
machinery. and soon had the nearest
horse several lengths behind. Seem
ingly Tracery. who was being ridden
by Jockey 4. Whalley. was assured Of
an easy victory.
Suddenly "a man jumped from Tho
rails. waving in one hand red flag
and in the other a revolver. lie point
ed the latter at Whalley. and shouted:
Pull up! Pull up! or III shoot you
Whalley did his best 10 divert the
horses course, but failed. Tracery.
striking the man full in the chest with
his shoulder, sent him flying several
yards, and came down on his nose.
Whalley shot clear out Of the saddle,
but. being an adept at taking a toss,
fell on his hack and rolled to safety
under the rails.
Kicked by Another Horse.
In the mean time the other horses
came laundering on. w. Hall Walkers
three-year- Fitz Richard giving the
author Of all the trouble. who lay
sprawling near the centre Of the course,
w. Saxby. the rider OF the winner. T..
Pnkington's -year-old Prince Pal
atine, said the man when he rushed on
to the course had made grab at
Tracery's bride, but the horse caught
him on the head and pitched him some
distance away.
According 10 a local agency a second
man was concerned in the affair. He
I. said to have seized the revolver when
the injured man dropped 1t and to have
pointed IL at the crowd, some Of whom
charged him. He succeeded, however.
in escaping.
Save for some bruises, Whalley was
uninIured, and when the King sent for
him he walked stiffiy to the royal box
10 receive congratulations on his es-
cape.
Evdnce Of Religious Mania.
Hewitt is about fifty years old. Ac-
cordng to the police he is a cultured
man. having been educated at Harrow
and Trinity Collel 2, Cambridge. and Is
possessed Of Independent means. He
had. however, shown evidences OF re
ueious mania. a Bible was found on
him. the fly leaves OF which were full
of quotations, and also diary, in
which the last entry was made a few
hours before his mad act. IT was:
ooh the WEAKNESS Of these races!
II fail I'm my intention TO stop the
Gold CUP | hope | shall not hurt any
of these Jockeys. These races bring
out all that is worst in humanity"
In another entry he refers 10 an
intention Ito give my body as a pro-
test against society convention"
The Ascot Gold Cup, won by the
hve-year-old Prince Palatine, owned
bv T. Pnkington. is Of two and a-half
miles. with a prize Of $500 sovereigns
added.
Tracery, who was thus deprived Of
the race. is a son Of the famous. Eng
lish stallion Rock Sand, for which Mr..
Belmont paid $4,000, while his dam
90 Toplady, mare exported from
England. The colt was bred at Mr..
Belmonts Nursery Stud in Kentucky.
sic finished third ! the Derby at Ep-
som in 1912, won the Sussex Stakes at
coodvood in July Of the same year
and the St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster
O. the following September
tApANESE GUARD U. S. EMBASSY.
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