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GOOD COLT WHIMSY BADLY HURT. Xew York, July 13. Whimsy, the gtiod three-year-old brown gelding by Burgomaster -Whimsical the most valuable race horse in the Cleveland Stable, met with an accident at Mount Vernon yesterday morning which may keep him out of training for some weeks and may possibly put an end to his racing career. As the gelding was walking down the chute from the railway landing platform to the ground some trifling thing frightened him and he pulled back on the halter suddenly. One hind foot missed the chute and he fell heavily, landing on his hip. At first it was thought that the lmne was broken, but in a short time lie was able to limp along slowly and was walketl to the race track. Dr. McCully was summoned, but he declined to give a positive opinion as to how serious the injury might prove. The hip was so badly swollen that an accurate diagnosis was out of the question.
