The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-05
Attempts to Stop Race By
Jumping in Front Of Horses
and Is Knocked Down
MOB BUSHES OUT,
BENT ON LYNCHINC
Pact That Woman Was Uncon-
scious Saves Her From Fate,
But Recovery Is Doubt
ful---lOO to Wins

LONDON, June 4.-There is no
parallel in the history OF the derby or
of English racing for the sensational
Incidents of today.
For turf followers the disqualified
fion Of Cra1anour. the favorita who
finished first, but was disqualified for
Dumping into Aboyeur. 100 to
shot, In the stretch. was the most
important incident. but public atten-
tion generally was fixed on the mania :
cal conduct Of snfragette named
Emily Wiiding Davidson, aged thirty
ave, Of Morpeth. Northumberland.
who thought she could stop race
horses at full gallop by waving her
arms in front of them. and as a con-
sequence of her deiusion lies uncon-
ecious in the EPSON cottage hospital
and lis regarded as being in a critical
condition with no certainty of her
leaving the place alive.
Supposed to ne Crazy.
II liz only on the assumption that
the woman Is demented that any SYM
patty can be evoked for her condi-
ton and served her right Is the
widely heard comment upon the re-
tribution which followed her idfotic
net which nearly cost the king y
hockey. Jones. his life.
II was generally said after the in
cldent that Miss Davidson deliberate
" singled out the kings horse. An
mer, for her attack. Those who were
close by the woman when the In
cident happened and raceEoers gem
orally declare that II was impossible
for her to have picked out any single
horse of the galloping bunch. 1t was
merely a mad attempt to gain the
notoriety of spelling the derby by
stopping the race altogether and the
collision Of Anmer Was a mere coinci-
deneN The horses were laundering
around Tattenham corner In a mbuneh
close to the rail- where Miss Davidson
was standing with thousands OF oth-
ers. The woman suddenly ducked
under the rail and made for the
horses, but mtsjudging the pace miss
ed the first four or Ave. She got into
4 space In front Of the following group
and raised her hands. The first horse
in the bunch just missed her. The
next. King Georges Anmer, caught
Miss Davidson with his shoulder ana
knocked her to the ground with ter
rife force. She screamed. rolled over
two or three times and then lay stu.
simultaneously Anmer fell. pitching
Jockey Jones over his head. The fact
that the woman lay 10 all appearances
her nose and mouth undoubtedly
saved a iynching. AS ii was the
crowd which swarmed on the course
Immediately the horses had gone ny
did not interfere and allowed the
police to remove both Miss Davidson
and Jockey Jones.
Conclusion of Brain.
Late tonight Miss Davidson was
still unconscious The doctor In
charge at the hospital said she was
very seriously injured. but he was not
without hope of her recovery. She
is suffering from conclusion or the
brain. due to the violence with, which
she was knocked down.
Miss Davidson was graduated with
the degree of b. A. from London uni
yersity. She Joined the militants in
1906. and has been frequently In Jail.
Three times she hid in the house OF
commons. once in a hot-air shaft In
1908 she was imprisoned for Month
for obstruction. Later she got SEN
tence of two months Imprisonment on
Z similar charge.
Tho womens Social and Political
union disavows any connection with
the incident. She is a member OF the
union, they admitted. but added that
II she acted on behalf Of the cause
ehe did so on her own initiative.
The condition of Jockey Jones was
less serious tonight He was uncon-
ecious for awhile. and afterwards was
unable to recall what had happened
until Lord Marcus Beresford mention
cd the word "sufYragette." whereupon
he said:
.Oh, yes. I remember. A woman
Jumped from underneath the rails.
NY horse hit her. The horse rolled
hmr
Jones was brought to London tonight
and will go to his home at New Mar
ket tomorrow. The doctors say he
has no internal injuries but Is badly
,ent, and bruised supcrhcialiy. The
ktngs horse was not seriously hurt
and IL likely to fulfin all his engage
ments.
King George gave his customary
post derby dinner to the members OF
the Jockey club at Buckingham PAL
ace. 1t was a stag party. as usual.
The queen was the guest OF the Coun-
tess Of Derby at dinner.
Rank Outsider Wins
The winning OF the great classic
event by rank outsider after a pro-
test was another sensation of the day.
C. Bower Ismay's Graganour. ridden
BY Johnnie Reiff, the American
Jockey, finished a head In front Of
A. p, Cunliffe's Aboyeur The odds
were to against Craganour. and
100 TO l against Aboyeur. A protest
Of dumping was Immediately lodged
against Craganour, and tho stewards
disqualified him. They gave the race
70 Aboyeur, and awarded second place
10 Louveis, who was at 10 to In
the betting. Great Sport. at 20 to
against. was placed third. The time
for the mile and a half was c:37 as
The large field hoEssa
contnined no American entries for the
0rst time In years. They got away
well with Aboyeur showing the way
M the hill. Three-quarters OF . mile
nom the finish Aboyeur was still ~
thA lead. followed BY Craganour. Aide