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BAD SPILL AT GRAYESEND. JOCKEYS JONES AND BRUSSEL ABB INJURED IN THE CLOSING RACE. Dishabillo Wins the Myrtle Stakes for Gcorgo C. Bennett Miller Rides Roughly Overnight Betting on tho Suburban. New York, June 20. Jockeys J. Juucs and G. W. Brnssel were seriously injured as the result of a collision on the first turn during the running of the last race at Gravesend today where Escort and Penguin went down. Both were rendered unconscious, but came to shortly after being taken to the track receiving hospital. Jones, who was to hare ridden Cairngorm in the Suburban tomorrow sustained a fractured collarbone and a few minor bruises, while Brussel. who had been engaged to pilot Cederstrouic in the big race, received a deep cut on the left side of the face from contact with the fence, also severe contusions about the temples. The injured riders were hurried to the Seney Hospital in Brooklyn. The doctors state that there are good prospects of their speedy recovery. George 0. Bennett was at Gravescnd this afternoon and had the pleasure of seeing his splendid mare Dishabille win the only stake feature on the card, the Myrtle, at one mile and seventy yards, under selling conditions. The crack daughter of Kings Counsel easily sustained the brilliant reputation that had preceded her, triumphing with consummate ease over the pretentious Ormondes Right and Garnish, the recent runner-up to the 0,000 Accountant. At the opening of the market the ring held the Bennett representative in great respect, but a plunge on Ormondes Right enabled the western coiitingcnttoiIace1 their :c6fiitiflgando uuespectedly profitable odds and the result was hardly ever in doubt. Theyre Off and Acrobat, in the opening race for two-year-olds, were victims of .rough riding both fulling. Their jockeys were not injured. W. Miller, who in this race was the aggressor, came near being awarded the race on a claim of foul against Frank Lord, which finished in front of Al Powell. The stewards deliberated a long time before confirming the original placing. Odds of 2 to 1 were laid that Al Powell would get the race. A rare occurrence was the hissing that greeted the placing lu the sprint handicap. Many spectators disagreed with the judges and were of the opinion that Motiet did not quite get up. The steeplechase resulted in a lluke victory for Oro. The favorite, Delcanta, injudiciously engaged Balzac in a desperate straggle for supremacy at the very outset, the early pace being something terrific and most unusual for a cross-country affair. Both horses were winded, allowing much inferior opponents to beat them home. For the Suburban tomorrow at Sheepshead Bay, the following are the probable starters, jockeys and odds as quoted tonight by B. J. Wcller: Horses. Age. Wt. Jockeys. Odds. Tokulon 5 11! Bedell 20-1 Dandeliou 4 107 W. Miller 4-1 Proper 7 VS2 L. Williams ... ;-i Colonial Girl ... 7 11:; .Sewell 20-1 Cederstrouic ... 4 05 It. McDaniel 1.V1 Astronomer ;; no Radtke s-l Go Between ...5 IK; Shaw c-l Oxford 4 107 T. Bums j.-.i Cairngorm 4 110 Horner .i Dolly Spanker .. 5 107 J. Martin lr.-l Oliver Cromwell. 4jf 98 Garner o-l
