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LOAFER IN FATAL MISHAP j 1 NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 6 A fatal ! accident to Eugene Drillons Loafer and J a victory for H. D. Kings lightly re- J garded Alan Chicle marked the running ! of the sixth race, a better-grade claim- j ing contest at a mile and seventy yards j at the Fair Grounds here this after- j I noon. Loafer was moving up boldly I just inside the final eighth and was j threatening to make a determined bid j for major honors when he sustained a ! ! broken leg, necessitating his destruc- J tion. Jockey Edward Robart, who rode j the veteran gelding, was stunned by J the fall, but otherwise escaped serious injury. j ; j
