The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-07-22
Russians Fighting With
Terrible Desperation in
Effect to Stem Advance
BAD SPILL AT
GRAND FORKS

Grand Forks, N. D., July 22.--W. F..
Saunderson of Sauk Center, Mimi, driv-
ing Ross Directum in the 2:1S pace
yesterday afternoon, was badly hurt;
9. E Koch of Mandan, N. D., driving
Gypsy Rex, sustained broken shoul-
der, and Charles Senescall OF Hutchin-
son, Mimi, driving Fleeta Americus,
was badly shaken UP and bruised,
when the three horses, with their
drivers and bicycles were piled up on
the track in the last heat Of the race.
Not Recovered.
Saunderson is in st. Michael's hos
pital, and up to a late hour last even
ing had not recovered consciousness.
He continually talked, and time and
again exorted his horse, as though he
were still in the race.
DR.. w. H Witherstine, who attend
ed Saunderson, stated last evening
that he did not believe Saunderson
was internally injured, but that he
had sustained a severe shock, and that
complications may yet develop. Koch
bore his injuries in stoical fashion,
walking around after the mixup and
asking the crowd to keep back so he
could get plenty OF air.
Cause Not Known.
Just what caused the spill probably
will never be definitely determined.
at the quarter pole, near where the
accident took place, all had different
stories to tell. One prominent local
business man said that one of the
horses (Which one he could not say)
was purposely driven in front of the
others and caused the breakup. This
version, however, was disproved by a
large majority. The consensus Of
opinion seems to be that Ross Direc-
tun, driven by Saunderson, stumbled
and fell, and that the other two horses,
speeding along within a few feet, ran
over them, piling the horses, drivers
and bicycles in an almost inextricable
confusion.
Rush to Scene.
An immense crowd rushed over the
track to the scene. and crowded around
the first aid workers, who had Saun-
derson stretched out on the ground
trying to resuscitate him. It was with
considerable difficulty that the crowd
was forced back and then Manager
Fred Parsons OF the Hotel Dacotah
superintendent the removal of Saun-
derson to the Dow automobile, and he
under the supervision of DR.. Wither-
stine, who, fortunately, was near at
hand to where the accident occurred.
Great Excitement.
The spill occasioned great excite
ment, coming, as 1t did, when the
judges had ruled one driver from be-
hind his horse for the race and sub
stituted another.
This substitution took place in the
third heat. In the first two heats
General Luther's Baby walked away
with two firsts and Range Girl. driven
by A. Bowlby of Wahpeton, took sec
ond both times Ex-Gov. e. Y. Sarles,
who was one of the racing judges, to-
gether with Geo. Beacham and Sen.
Frank Hyland, the other two judges,
did not like the looks of Bowlby's
driving and decided to substitute
Driver Sills, who had piloted Miss
Thornway to a victory in the 2:30
pace. Accordingly Stills, who already
had his glad rags" on and was GO
ing into the judges stand, was called
to the judges stand and told to drive,
and his compensation fixed at $40 for
the work. Sills tried to get out OF it,
but the judges stood firm. Bowlby
then came into the judges stand and
made a strenuous protest against be-
ing ruled out of the rest of the race
and promised to keep on doing his
best and give them a race" The
judges were insistent, however, and
made Sills drive and the third heat
of this pace was the prettiest event
seen at the local grounds in many
years.
The summary.