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JOCKEYS INJURED IN FALL » . H. Mertz and 0. Clelland Thrown in First Race at Collinsville. ♦ Mertz Suffers Broken Arm, "While Clellnmls Collarbone Is Fractured — Feature Haec to Arabian. -- • COLLINSVILLE, 111., June 22— Routine racing was the order again at Fairmount Park thi- afternoon, the offering arranged being comprised solely of claiming races. The sport was conducted under difficult conditions, a clouded sky carrying a threat of additional rain, while the torrential downpour which came during the morning converted the racing strip into a veritable quagmire of muddy going, and the mudlarks had another big inning. What was intended as the feature attrac-tionwas fifth on the card, styled the Granite City Elks Purse, another claiming race, which had seven starters to contest over the mile and a sixteenth distance. The staging of this contest resulted in another victory for the stable of Mrs. L. M. Holmes when her veteran campaigner Arabian raced to his first victory in almost a years time. Jockey K. Horvath was the successful pilot of the eight-year-old son of Colonel Vennie, and Arabian, revelling in the muddy going, was returned an easy winner by a margin of three lengths, at the expense of G. L. Kalb-fleischs Sir Maurice, the latter taking second place under a good ride by A. Tiner. Sir Maurice showed improvement in this race. Sir lasted in a hard drive to outfinish Ocean Current, another mudlark of note. Arabian was a well-backed and pronounced favorite. Two of the jockeys that have been riding at Fairmount Park during the meeting met with misfortune in the first race when II. Mertz and O. Clell.nd were injured in a spill that occurred following the conclusion of a five and a half furlongs race. The accident was caused when one of the starters, Panzora, which came to the finish of the race in fourth place, suddenly went down about fifty yards past the finish line. Jockey IT. Mertz was riding Panzora and was thrown heavily, and then Brown Lady, racing in close proximity, collided with the prostrate Panzora and Mertz fell over them. Mertz came out of the accident with a broken right forearm, both bones in this right arm being broken betweer the wrist and the elbow. Jockey O. Clelland, who was astride Brown Lady, suffered a fractured collar bone on the right side, which means that both Mertz and Clellanel will be out of the saddle for some time. EL G. Bedwells colors were carried to victory by the two-year-old Billy McFadden, that youngster graduating into the winning ranks by taking into camp a large band of maiden juveniles which matched strides at five and one-half furlongs in the initial race. Billy McFadden proved capable of negotiating the muddy going in good style and, under a good ride supplied by jockey L. Hardy, returned an easy winner. Vanquish was the one to secure the place award and gamely outfinished the early leader. Junior Seth, in the initial sixteenth. Panzora, one of the starters, took a bad fall a few yards beyond the finish and interfered with Brown Lady, causing the latter to fall over Tanzora. Neither of the horses was hurt. Jockey M. Mertz. who rode Panzora, sustained a broken arm. The four-year-old John P. Grier gelding One Way, at home in the going, accounted for a purse when be took the measure of the seven other sprinters with which he matched strides in the second race. J. H. Browns J. G. Denny wound up second best in this, easily securing second place and landed safely in advance of R. S. Clarks three-vear-old Clutter. McKim. racing in the colors of M. Lowen-stein, accounted for his first purse in some time ar.d, well backed, in the third race scored a popular victory over a band of three-year-olds. Edith Gray, another that carried much support, ran satisfactorily and took second place. Laudation furnished the upset in the race by securing third place, this filly ruling one of the lightly regarded outsiders. E. K. Brysons four-year-old Colonel Seth, racing in 2-is best form, was winner of the fourth race, another race of three-quarters mile, for which there were eight starters. Paton and Coral Reef surprised by racing to second and third places, respectively, but were unable to threaten the leader in the last eighth, and Colonel Seth won easing up by a margin of two lengths. Jockey L. Morris rode the Bryson winner to the la Iters second straight success in a like number of - starts at this track. Colonel Seth w::s an overwhelming favorite, prevailing at od.ls-on. Cliff and Paton did the early leading to the half mi.e, while Colonel Seth moved along in their wake restrained close up in a contending position. Colonel Seth raced into safe lead in the stretch and was never threatened thereafter.
