RACECOURSE ACCIDENTS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 10 August 1917, Page 3

RACECOURSE ACCIDENTS.

NINE HORSES FALL

; Canterbury Park Racecourse, Sydney was on a recent Saturday afternoon' the scene of one of the most remarkable accidents recorded in connection with Australian racing. The mishap oc- ; em-red m the Maiden Handicap, a race ■ I'^ l7 Cti d to two-year-olds, and for I which 25 young horses faced the bar- > ncr, many of whom had very little race- ( course experience. i The trouble commenced passing the tar corner, \vher& Cha<alie met with interference, and nearly came down. A : little further on Black Thistle, on whom -b. <J Connor had the mount, was closed ' mi too quickly by Earlstine (ridden by ±> O Connor), and, according to the statement of that jockey, Black Thistle g» on to the heels of Earlstine and | icame down; then, in a few seconds, ! ■Black Shot, Linacre King, Obree ;Jacqua, Chazalie, Downcry Queen Carmen, and Miss Rallantrae, and their respective riders, were sprawling- over the sward. I The injured jockeys are F. Wilkinson (rider of Miss Ballantrae), injuries to head; L. Bragg (on Chazalie), severe concussion; J. Maxwell (on Black Shot), fractured hand and injury to leg; W. Crockett (on Queen Carmen), fracture *of the nose; N. Wood (on Linacre :King), broken collarbone; Frank O'Conj nor (on Black Thistle), injured skull, supposed fracture, and cuts on face: while P. O'Sullivan, who piloted Jacqua, and J. Warne, who rode Obree, escaped injury, O'Sullivan having a mount subsequently in the Canterbury Cup. L. Bragg, F. Wilkinson, and F. O'Connor were removed to the Western I Suburbs Cottage Hospital, and subse- | quentlv Wilkinson was sent on to the Prince Albert Hospital; while C. Barden was forwarded to the Helenie private hospital, at Randwick. These were the most serious cases, and after the other riders had received surgical treatment for their wounds in the casualty room, they left for their homes. The hurdle race was also responsible for several mishaps. The first obstacle brdught down Sanguine and Martin Chuzzlewit, and J. Hanslow, who had the mount on the fromer, sustained a broken collarbone; and half >a mile from home Ileen Alwyne, and Monte Collar© fell, E. M'Gee, who had the mount on the latter, receiving a severe shaking. ,On returning to the pappock Ileen Alwyne was bleeding from the nose and Martin Chuzzlewit was showing sym- | toms of injury to his off shoulder.