Robert Lee McCoy Killed, Daily Racing Form, 1951-05-16

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Robert Lee McCoy Killed CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 15. — Robert Lee McCoy, 30, who was affiliated with the Augustus and Nahm stable as an exercise boy was killed at the local track this morning when a two-year-old fell with him near the five furlongs pole. McCoy was in bad shape when picked up after the accident and died in an ambulance en route to a hospital. The colored boys remains are to be sent to his home city, Lexington, Ky., for funeral services and burial.


Persistent Link: https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1950s/drf1951051601/drf1951051601_38_2
Local Identifier: drf1951051601_38_2
Library of Congress Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/unk82075800