A JOCKEY’S DEATH

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2312, 3 December 1925, Page 8

A JOCKEY’S DEATH

TETANUS FOLLOAVS AN ACCIDENT [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, December 3. At tho Inquest on the jockey, Samuel Walls, aged 25, who died after the meeting at Ellersiie on 7th. November. John Lambessa, trainer and owner of Rafferty, said he saw tho accident at the second fence, where his horse was interfered with. Ho jumped the fence but the jockey came off. Walls told witness in the casualty-room, that Hypothesis ran the fence down, and Rafferty had to make a very clever jump to clear the fence, and Walls lost his balance. On being asked by counsel if the Ellersiie course was a dangerous one on account of tetanus germs, witness replied that it was. Several horses had died of tetanus after wounds. Mr Dickson, representing the deceased’s mother, in answer to the Coroner, said the deceased’s wound was a cut over tho left eye. It should not have been sewn up in the casualty-room; it should have been properly syringed on account of the danger of tetanus. Dr. Lusk stated that the deceased when admitted to the hospital at 8.30 p.m. on 13th. November,- was suffering from tetanus. The cause of death was primarily the scalp wound, and secondarily tetanus and heart failure. The Coroner found in accordance with the evidence, adding the words: “Following on injuries received on 7th November.”