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I ACCIDENT MARS SPORT AT LEXINGTON Jockey Grubcr Fortunately Escapes Serious Injury When Marasmus Falls in Last Race Lexington Ky September 17 The closing race on todays program at the Kentucky Association course brought iu its wake an accident that for a time threatened serious consequences to jockey J Gruber who was astride Marasmus which fell immediately after starter Dade had released the barrier The horse stumbled and fell heavily Gruber being thrown and a moment later suffering additionally when W P Dabny on which Lunsford had the mount went down as a result of his ina ¬ bility to avoid the prostrate horse horseLunsford Lunsford was thrown clear of the tangled mass but Grulter was forced to endure several of the horses pawing blows that the animals delivered in their efforts to arise Gruber was hastily carried to the jockeys quarters and a superficial examina ¬ tion showed him to have no broken hones but as he kept complaining of his back hurting him badly it was thought best to hurry him to a local hospital for a more extended examination Lunsford was uninjured and helped to carry Gruber to the jockeys room roomBleak Bleak weather and a heavy track served to cause a decreased attendance this afternoon There also seemed a lack of interest iu the si ort ortThe The rain during the night caused the going to be lumpy and the murky threatening weather gave but scant chance of it drying during the afternoon Close finishes again featured most of the races resulting in hard driving windups windupsIn In the opener Jiffy and Bill Hunley passed the imaginary line so closely aligned that the judges were unable to separate them and called it a dead heat heatK K R Bradley returned this morning from Bcl niont Park and was at the track this afternoon His horses are still iu the east During a dis ¬ cussion of the war situation with Judge Allie W Young and J B Respess Bradley made it known that he had won 8500 on the entrance of the United States into the war and that he had since lost 0000 of it in freak bets on the probable con ¬ clusion of the war He said lie stands to win 3000 if there is an armistice or declaration of peace by June 1 next and said he would wager even money that there will IK an armistice or peace on or before July 1 1919 1919Judge Judge Young and Respcss each bet him 500 on the proposition and both said Thats one bet I hope Ill lose CG = CT W Dondas who is to have charge of the pari mutuels at Paducah October 1 2 3 and 4 came in today from Latonia to do a little missionary work We are going to have a good meeting if we are assured of a few more horses and that is what I came here for There will be five races each day with purses ranging from 100 to 250 250Chairman Chairman Frank B Jones of the local draft board with a force of men from the Department of Jus ¬ tice was at the track this afternoon to interrogate all persons as to compliance with the law covering registration aud particularly that section known as the work or fight clause First a round of the stables was made next the clerical force was ques ¬ tioned and then as the patrons of the sport en ¬ tered the gates they were asked to show their cards Chairman Jones said The spirit of racing men is fine They are all for what the government wants and they are all trying to comply with tlie draft regulations We found no men in tiie stables amenable to the work or fight rule I found it necessary to summon only six of the jockeys for examination under the work or fight clause They were Frank Murphy Raymond Davies J Fowler Karl Pool D Connelly and Clarence Dishmon They all will appear tomorrow morning It may IKJ that they will be found too light for military service In that event they will be put into class five We lire glad to say that surprisingly few men were found without their cards today
