Jockey Carson Kirk Breaks Leg When Thrown from Mount, Daily Racing Form, 1944-04-28

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• i . . , . ; l , I I Jockey Carson Kirk Breaks Lea When Thrown From Mount 3 BALTIMORE, Md., April 27.— Jockey Carson Kirk was thrown from Mrs. P. A. Rothfuss Man o* Foot in the run down the backstretch, suffered a broken left leg in the mishap and was removed to Bon Secours Hospital following the running of that second race at Pimlico today. Apparently encountering difficulty nego- tiating the slippery, muddy going, Man o Foot careened into the side rail at about the five-furlong marker, catapulting Kirk. The event was won by Mrs. Janon Fisher Jr.s Voyageur, who came from off the pace to drive to a length decision, with Might Be second and Maybe Miss third. I i _ — — _


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