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ACCIDENT AT FAIRMOUNT j » Jockey Knight Suffers Concussion ] of Brain in Bad Fall. « Thistle Arlous Surprises by Winning Legion Purse — Bill SetU Second and Bar- Fur Third. ♦ — COLLINSVILLE, 111., June 29— Routine racing was in order at Fairmount Park this afternoon, there being no particularly out- standing feature carded, the claiming clause ■ being attached to the racing conditions of all the contests programed. : Overhead conditions for the sport continued ideal, pleasant summery weather prevailed and one of the best week day crowds of the ; meeting made the trip ou tto the course to View the proceedings. The racing strip was ; in a heavy state, though rapidly improving and drying out as the afternoon progressed. Chief interest centered in the outcome of the Forty and Eight Purse and the American Legion Purse, the best races offered" and ; which shared the center of attention, making the contest in the fourth and fifth races respectively. L. Gentrys I. Davis accounted for the Forty and Eight Purse in what was probably the best contest staged. To the winning owner of this contest was presented an ornate silver trophy. The running of the American Legion Purse, or fifth race, resulted in an accident in which figured in a bad fall in most serious appearing mishap of the meeting. Bond Slave had raced close u p at all stages of the one mile and sixteenth, but was beginning to tire badly seventy yards out with Knight punishing her severely. Bond Slave suddenly took a faulty stride when the ground slipped out slightly beneath her and she fell. Jockey Knight received a severe fall and was picked up in an unconscious condition and rushed to the track hospital. In the hasty examination given by the track doctors before being rushed to St. Marys Hospital in East St. Louis in an emergency ambulance, it was reported that Knight was suffering from concussion of the brain and a probable fracture of the skull. IM3IF.NSE SURPRISE. G. Collins Thistle Arious furnished an immense surprise in winning the race and was an easy winner from Bill Seth, while Dar-Fur, the early leader, just managed to last for third place. The Runt rounded out a double victory for the L. Gentry stable, and jockey Horvath for the day by taking the purse in the sixth race decisively when he took the measure of Ramble, Pocket Mouse and three others, winning in a canter. Good riding was shown by jockey K. Horvath, astride . Pavis, when he outran the diminutive A. Tiner, who rode Gotham, This earned a narrow victory for the Gentry colorbearer in the three-quarters fourth race. I. Davis and Gotham fought it out in a long and hard final stretch drive which ended this sprinting affair. Horvath had I. Davis in the lead by a big margin soon after the start, but when his mount began quitting in the last sixteenth it was all Horvath could do to keep him going in advance of Gotham to secure the decision. Gotham finished .With a strong belated rush closely lapped oflfthe leader but, under the less experienced Tiner, Gotham just failed to get up to head I. Davis at the finish. Mazette, a keen factor, showed her customary display of early speed and, holding on fairly well in the later stages, wound up third, holding Angry Mood safe. Gotham was the defeated favorite. Mrs. K. Ramseys two-year-old Euonymous, at horn? in the heavy going, landed another purse, his second at the meeting, when he proved best of the band of juveniles which were engaged in the opening race. W. C. Reicherts Tanglefoot offered the most serious Opposition and raced up into second place near the end and was slowly wearing the winner down at the finish. Billy McFadden finished in third place. Jockey Bent Smith rode the winner and Euonymous was overlooked in favor of Volsel, Tanglef jot and Thunder Call, that trio being almost equally well backed, with Tanglefoot ruling a slight favorite. Euonymous was a forward factor and raced in the wake of the leaders to the stretch turn, where he moved up fast on the outside into the lead, which he gamely rttained to the end. 0 E WAY M.VKKS GOOD. The four-year-old One Way succeeded in winning a purse for his new owners, Davis and Phillips, and proved much the best of the band of sprinters that matched strides over three-quarters of a mile in the second rac3. W. F. Hausmans Dark Angel ran another good race and was second. L. Gentrys Miami Triad secured the third end of the purse. One Way was overlooked and returned his backers good odds. The disappointing favorite was the strongly supported Miami Triad, One Way prevailing as the second choice. Dark Angel took command after the start and proceeded to show the way to the others to the stretch turn. One Way raced in closest pursuit of the leader, while Miami Triad moved along in their wake in "third place." The remainder of the field failed to provide serious opposition at any Stage and vere always outrun. One Way came up on the outside of Dark Angel with a resolute challenge near the last eighth and, taking the lead from her, kept a safe advantage to the finish. Bray Annie upset calculations considerably When she landed in advance of tlio large band of ordinary ones that started in the third race, over a mile and a sixteenth, and Bray Annie won a I.icky victory. She was hard pressed in the final stages in scoring by a small margin from the fast-finishing Phil Foto, the latter in second place, while WTa-ponoca again disappointed, ibe best he could do being to take third place. Waponoca was the favorite, while Lord Valentine and Lucent, other well-backed ones, also failed, particularly Lucent, which ran poorly at all Stages. Lord Valentine and Waponoca dominated the running for the first seven-eighths, while Bray Annie raced in back of them, holding third place. secure. Phil Foto had much the worst of the start and warn the last to leave the barrier. He gradually closed a big gap, however, and was right within striking distance of the leaders as they neared the last eighth. Waponoca succeeded in passing Lord .Valentine, but was soon headed by Bray Annie, she coming up fast on the inside into the lead, whicdi she kept to the end, but was lucky in lasting to beat lhil Foto.
