The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-09-14
JOCKEY FAINTS in
A RUNNING RACE;
FALLS OFF HORSE
Charles L. Kent is Picked up
Unconscious, But is Found
Not Badly Hurt.
RECENTLY UNDERWENT
SERIOUS OPERATION
Rider Left Hospital to Take Part
in Cape Races-is Tenth
Accident.

Charles L. Kent, one of the jockeys
riding in the running race at the Fair,
grounds yesterday afternoon, after
losing control of his mount, Battle,
stein, was unseated and thrown almost
Immediately in front of the grand
stand.
He was picked up unconscious and
at first it was feared that his neck
had been broken. Medical assistance
was summoned quickly and the in
jured man was restored to conscious
ness in about an hour after the acci-
dent.
He was struck on the cheek by the
horses knee and his left thigh was lac
Grated by hoof, but the hurts sus-
tanned are not regarded as serious.
After the rider had recovered sufi-
ciently to permit an interview he stat
ed to Tribune representative that the
accident was due to exhaustion. He
said that he was just recovering from
an operation for appendicitis, and had
only been out of the Memphis hospital
two weeks.
From Memphis he had gone to Ken
nett to recuperate, and while there re-
ceived communication from a we'll
known Illinois horseman urging him to
come to the fair at Murphysboro to
ride in some of the races there. His
doctor admonished him not to ride
again for at least year, and while
he went to Murphysboro, he refused to
do any riding.
When he came to the Cape, after re-
peated requests, he consented to ride
in yesterdays race. The horses got
away on a false break and for that
reason it was declared necessary to
make the race the second time. Mr.
Kent stated that he was almost in
state of collapse when taken from his
horse at the end of the first heat, but
after resting a few moments, conclud
ed to stay in the race to the finish.
While attempting to get away on the
second dash, he soon became weakened
in his efforts to manage his horse.
When the beast bolted he was power
less to stop him, and finally when COM
pletely exhausted, he lapsed into I'M
consciousness, and has not recollection
of any further happenings until he was
revived an hour later and found the
attendants working over him.
He says that he cannot recall either
falling from the horse or being car
ried off the track, and in his twenty
five years experience as a jockey dur
ing which time he has been disabled
i and carried away ten times, he was
never before rendered unconscious of
his surroundings.
The incision made by the surgeon
in operating for appendicitis was open
ed in his struggles to control the horse,
and he was removed from the Fair
grounds to a surgeons Office in the
city, for further treatment.
The 2:25 pacing race resulted as fol-
lows: Graustark first, prize $3.50:
Sailor Boy second, $75; Verlie Patchen
third, S45; Dixon Dillon fourth, $50.
Time of winner, first heat, 2:21; sec
ond heat, 2:15; third heat, PIG.
The 2:15 trotting race resulted as
follows: Adelaide Benson first, prize
$3.50; Robert C second, SIS; Lena Mo
ko third, S45; Mr.. Hinman fourth, $50.
Time of winner, first heat 2:1S12;
second heat, 2'1S12; third heat, 2:191a.
The horses that will compete today
are:
During the 2:25 pacing race yester-
day afternoon, Dale S., owned by S.
J. Wade of Benton, slipped in the wet
track as he was turning the Broadway
curve into the home stretch, and fell.
Before he could get up, Joe Fuel, own
ed by Councilman Segraves, struck
him and this horse, too, was hurled to
the ground. Morgan W. Todd, owned
by Joe Wilson of Hot Springs, ran in
to the two fallen horses, one wheel of
the sulky passing over them. The
driver, whose name was Jackson
Thompson, was hurled out of the vc-
hicle onto the track. The horse, with
out a driver, continued the race, fin
ishing first. After losing the driver,