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Pair of Accidents Mar Program at Ak-Sar-Ben West Coast Humanely Destroyed; Nymphs Pride Put Out of Action AK-SAR-BEN, Omaha, Neb., June 17.— Two accidents marred the running of yesterdays races here, resulting in the humane destruction of one horse and the sidelining of another for an indeterminate period. In neither instance was a race result affected directly. One who will be out of action for a time is Nymphs Pride, consistent member of the White Spot Farm. A starter in the fifth race, an allowance affair at six furlongs, the four-year-old bay gelding was making his third appearance of the meeting and was after his third consecutive win. According to his jockey, H. Manifold, in the racing through the backstretch, Nymphs Pride was jumped on from behind and all but cut down. After leading into the stretch, Nymphs Pride, the favorite in the betting, unaccountably stopped and, when pulled up, it was evident he had been severely injured. In the final race of the afternoon, as the field went into the first turn going a mile and one-eighth, a jam developed and when the dust cleared a horse had limped to an abrupt halt and his jockey swiftly slid to the ground. It was the seven-year-old gelding, West Coast, who for the past four years has carried the silks of the Colorful Stable, nom de course of M. R. "Beans" Latimer, Colorado breeder and sportsman. According to Latimer, he ordered an autopsy after the vet had destroyed the gelding for humane reasons and it was found that West Coast had suffered multiple fractures of the shoulder. The injury occurred, Latimer said, when two horses crashed into West Coast from either side as they swung for the turn. The Coloradoan expressed deep regret at the loss of the plater, explaining that he was a stable favorite and practically a fixture.
