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SIR LINDSAY INJURED; OUT OF GREAT RACE L Special Cablegram. LONDON, England, Feb. 18. Ill luck continues to dog John Hay Whitney, so far as his Grand National ambitions are concerned. A serious accident to his smart horse Sir Lindsay, at Newbury yesterday, may mean that the eleven-year-old unsexed son of Roi Herode and Polynetta will never sport silks again. He was credited with doing splendidly in his Grand National preparation and so impressive was his recent race that he had been advanced to the position of joint favorite in the betting with Gregalach. Sir Lindsays withdrawal from the National field will tighten the wagering on the favorites, Gregalach and Grackle. Being a typical Liverpool horse he was rated the most dangerous rival of the winner of the last two Nationals. John Hay Whitney has a reserve candidate for the big Liverpool Steeplechase in his eight-year-old maiden, Dusty Foot. He will be making his debut in the National, but he has experience over the Aintree course. Last November he was runner-up to West Indies in the two and three-quarter miles Valentine Steeplechase. Dusty Foot is scheduled to try conclusions first in the four-mile National Hunt Steeplechase and Cheltenham early next month, and it will depend on how he fares in this race whether he starts in the more important event at Liverpool. It will be recalled that Sir Lindsay broke his maiden allowance in the same Cheltenham race two years ago and then went to Liverpool to finish third in the Grand National, only the cruelest luck robbing him of victory. It would be deserved consolation for his owner and trainer, Jack Anthony, were Dusty Foot to win this double event, a feat that only one horse to date, Why Not, has accomplished.
