JOCKEY KILLED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 21, 26 January 1933, Page 10

JOCKEY KILLED.

THROWN FROM HORSE.

FATALITY AT TAKANINI.

DEATH INSTANTANEOUS.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

PAPAKUKA, this day.

9 An apprentice jockey, Gerald Belinain |j Edwards, aged 18, attached to the j|! stables of Mr. P. E. Pope, of H Takanini, was killed at Takanini H about seven o'clock this morning. ij| He was riding the horse Sub-station at' Ira a gallop in company with another race|j£j horee, Speedmint, when, his horse was |$j seen to stumble, and he was thrown to Bj the ground, the horse falling on him. Dr. G. W. Lock, of Papakura, was summoned and arrived at the scene of the accident within 10 miputes. An examination revealed that life was extinct, the doctor stating that death had been instantaneous, having resulted from a fractured skull. H Horse Faltered? jig After Sub-station had gone a few ffij chains at a gallop the horse appeared to Q falter as it approached a bamboo rod on a the edge of the track, and after continujgf ing for about a chain the hqrse fell. The gj boy went underneath his mount's neck I® and when the horse rose and galloped clown the track he lay still on hia back. Another apprentice, Alex Moore, who was in an adjoining paddock, rushed over to him, but found, he was dead. Mr. Pope stated that it appeared to those in the vicinity that the boy had lost his balancc, but it was difficult to determine whether the horse's faltering had been lj caused by that or whether the gait of Hi the horse had caused the boy to.fall. II Mr. Pope said Edwards had been with ■ him fop eight or nine months. He had H shown wonderful improvement in his m riding work and had ridder. in two races 9 at Avondale in the spring. It had been h intended to give him more rides in the Sj future. Hie riding weight was 7.5. H First Fatality on Track. B This is the first fatality which has m occurred at the Takanini track. The | scene of the fatality was on a straight, y about a chain before the bend at the eastern side of the training track. • The body wag conveyed to the Papa- " kura mortuary, and an inquest, which was opened before Mr. E. Snell, coroner, was adjourned until next week. Edwards, who resided with hi« parents at New North Road, Kingsland; was a very promising jockey, being a capable horseman and a good "work rider. He started his apprenticeship with Mr. J. T. Jamieson, who is now in Australia, and : was in that trainer's employ for two i years. ] ' l