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BAD FALL AT LATONIA « Serious Accident Marks the Running of Main Race. 1 Four Horses and Riders Go Down in Heap, the Jockeys Being Badly Injured. ♦ LATONTA. K . Juno ML- The worst accident of the current meeting and one of the worst appearing in the annals of racing marked the running of the feature race here this afternoon and hrought serious injury to Jockeys Sammy Steele, Jimmie Dillea, R. Lee and L. Craver, whose mounts fell during the running of the race, which was won hy J. N. Camdens Bothermel. The contest was at one mile and seventy yards and the fall came when the Idle Hour Farm Stables Breakfast Bells, running in third place and ridden by Craver. fell just before reaching the last turn and the horses Kentucky Cardinal. Giblon and C.uest of Honor fell over her. Reason for the mares falling could not be explained by jockey Craver. who had his mount clear of opponents. Craver was the least injured of the quartette, the other three boys being rushed to the St. Klizabeth Hospital, Covington, after a hasty examination at the track emergency hospital. This examination revealed a fracture of the right leg above the knee, cuts about the head and body and numerous bruises for Steele, white Lee, who walked to the track hospital, was found to be cut badly about the head and the fingers of his left hand broken and cut from being trampled by one of the horses of the field. Dilleas left collarbone was fractured and he was extensively bruised about the chest and back. Later Craver was taken to the hospital for a thorough examination. He complained of severe pain in his head and the track physician decided to take no chance with the young rider. The patrol judge was of the opinion that Breakfast I.ell struck the heels of one of the horses of the field, lost her balance and fell. ItOTHKRMEI. THK WINNER. Bothermel gave a good performance to account for the race, which was titled the-Hamburg IMace. She negotiated the one mile and seventy yards in 1 :42 and had an advantage of one and one-half lengths over Marconi at the finish. Alleghan was third to finish, three lengths behind Marconi, and Rural Route was the only other horse of the starting field to finish the test with his rider aboard. The Stoney Creek Purse, at five and one-half furlongs, brought out several good two-year-olds for the sixth and Peach proved the successful one in a tight finish with Dearborn. So close was the finish that the official placings were required to determine the outcome. Piecadillv. the leader to the final eighth finished In third place. Peach raced the distance in 1 :06%, one of the best over the course this season and her win was immensely popular. The steadily Improving Kstin raced smartly for one of his division, when he covered the three-quarters of the opening dash in 1 :12, to win under a pull from John Hager, Lucky-Drift and eight others. The winner was a fourth choice, and Kddie Beiiham rode him well throughout. AI.OMA IV FRONT. The daily race for maiden two-year-olds offered as the second race, brought an unusual contest in which Aloma won out over Leah Annas. Seminola and nine others of her own sex. The early running of the fiw-eights found jockeys Willie lamer and Henry Burke making far too much use of their mounts. Ieah Annas and Seminola, in a bitter fight for the lead and they were virtually exhausted when the winner rushed tip fifty yards from the finish. The winner was making her first .stajt .in some time but •there was liberal support for her and her performance was proof of worth reflected in her good workouts. New Cold, odds on choice, easily defeated Midnight Uose, Tippo Sahib and some other ordinary performers in the third race. The winner was restrain* d ff the early pace set by Midnight Pose until reaching the stretch, where he rapidly sprinted to the front and came away fast in final eighth. Midnight Rose had a fair order of speed, but tired late in the stretch and just lasted to save second place from Tippo Sahib. Calloping Shoes showed a return to his best form when he easily won from eight other platers in the fourth race. Me showed in front in the stretch and raced away from his rivals thremghout the final quarter of a mile. Royal Sweep, the betting choice, took second pjat-c after a game try and The l,eopard finished third on three tro« d legs, the veteran falling lame during the running. The veteran Daiidvhrush, under clever Irandling by S. Griflin, took command with the start and led all the way iti the- final race of the afternoon. PandoetO and Cloister engaged in a sinew-straining duel for second jrtare and it was not until the last few yards that Cloister lost out in the struggle.
