SENSATIONAL INCIDENT ON A RACECOURSE

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLI, Issue 5968, 6 June 1913, Page 5

SENSATIONAL INCIDENT ON A RACECOURSE

Suffragette Runs On To Derby Course And Brings Down ! King George's Horse I Jockey Injured WOMAN IN HOSPITAL vlVr Press Assocuuion —l/oi\\ ri^ht. > London, .J mxc -[. {.Hiring the running <.t the Derby there was most intense excitement on the course. \ svoman jumped through i'" 1 in * i inus as the Kind's horse Anmor was rounding Tottenham Corner and threw herself before Ayadir and Anmer and clutched the latter's bridle. Karl. who was ridino- Agndir, esea[)ed, but Anmer fell, Jones, the jockey s being- thrown and badly injured.; lie was removed on a stretcher. The woman .was Hung under tile horse and horribly mangled. It was at. iirst thought she was dead. She is still unconscious in the hospital. She had a snii'rngeUe Hair around her waist. Her name is Kli/.abcth Davison, and she is a Bachelor of Arts, of London lini.wrsity, with honours. She has been several times imprisoned. On one occasion she hid in a hot-air shaft in the House of Commons and was the heroine of the hosepipe incident at Strangeways Prison, Manchester., when she barricaded her /•ell. She once struck a Baptist Minister in mistake for Mr Lloyd-George. King George and Queen Mary witnessed the incident. The Kinu:. who was greatly concern- i ed, left the Royal box and went j to the enclosure. He watched j Jones' removal and later visited the ambulance room. ! Jones is suffering from slight | concussion. He has recovered j consciousness. ; (Ree. June 5, 9.15 p.m.) j London. June <*>. j Many witnesses declare that j Davisoifs act was deliberate, while others arc of opinion, that the woman, believing all the horses to have passed, attempt ed U.) attract attention liy trespassing on the course. She was struck by Anmer like a cannon ball and thrown yards along tne course Anmer somersaulted afterwards and Jones' foot caught in the stirrup, he being dragged some distance. Cinematograph pictures of the incident were shown in the picture halls the same evening. Jones has a fractured rib. and is improving. Oavison is suffering from concussion and is still unconscious. Mrs Pethrick Lawrence, interviewed, said that although the deed was a desper- j ate one. Davison displayed su- \ perhuman courage, and deliber- ! ately risked her life, in an endeavour to call attention to

women's wrongs. (Rec June (i. (.).:W a.m.) London, June "). Klizalx'th Davison, who attempted to stop the Kind's horse in the Derby yesterday, is conscious and is taking nourishment. She is progressing favourably. %;