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j I i j ! : ! | j | i I j , | j | j • | LAVERNE FATOR CRITICALLY i INJURED IN HOSPITAL FALL | I ♦ NEW YORK, N. Y., May 15.— Laverne Fator, noted jockey, was injured critically today when he jumped or fell from a second-story window of the Jamaica Hospital. He suffered a fractured skull and physicians feared he would die. Fator had been in the hospital since May 11, suffering from acute appendicitis. He had been irrational most of the time, physicians said, making it inadvisable to operate. During his stay in the hospital, physicians added, Fator had "heard voices," the result of his illness affecting his mental condition. Under care of a private nurse, Fator had been confined to a private room. The nurse left the room for only a moment today to get some medicine. When she returned she found the window screen had been pushed aside and her patient was missing. Fator was found unconscious on the pavement be-, low and taken back into the hospital immediately. Fator, a track veteran who had ridden nearly 5,000 horses and won 1,075 races, retired as a jockey five years ago. He had been employed by the Ross and the Ranco-cas Stables. At one time he was teamed with Earl Sande, another noted pilot. He placed second in 822 races and third in 708. He won a total of more than ,000,000 for his employers. In 1926 alone he won 143 races, earning 61,335 for his employers. He piloted Pompey to victory for William R. Coe in the 1925 Belmont Futurity and won 8,480. The next year he rode Scapa Flow in the Futurity and won 5,980. Although he was astride Kentucky Derby entries many times, Fator was unable to pilot a winner in that turf fixture. His great record is worth reproducing, and is here presented: Year. Mts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unpl. P.f. Amt. 1919... 606 129 105 83 289 .21 $ 213,051 1920... 169 33 25 32 79 .20 43.480 1921... 438 110 100 63 165 .25 223 948 1922... 403 80 79 58 186 .20 195,324 1923... 343 64 46 58 175 .19 119.802 1924... 327 67 66 39 155 .20 148.182 1925... 315 81 54 44 136 .26 305,775 1926... 511 143 90 86 192 .28 361,435 1927... 403 112 61 57 173 .28 270.023 1928... 328 84 48 51 145 .26 178,179 1929... 229 55 31 26 117 .24 149,730 1930... 270 39 41 42 148 .14 96.380 1931... 260 38 35 30 157 .15 64,766 1932... 127 12 18 10 87 .09 14.150 1933... 218 28 23 29 138 .13 22.005 Totals 4.947 1,075 . 822 708 2.342 .22 .406.230 I
