A JOCKEY KILLED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11879, 3 February 1902, Page 4

A JOCKEY KILLED.

A PAL) IN THE STEEPLECHASE. . : | Ax accidit attended by fatal results oc« . i;'.•;.{] curred o Saturday afternoon, during the L >V' | progress f the Tak'apuna Jockey Club's • - i| Summer Jeeting, held on the club's racfc. course a Devonport. Mr. R. Hannoa's '"'1 gelding us was one of the contestants '''' : | in the fc:ond Handicap Steeplechase, one ■ of, the nts of the programme that came I up for d ision, arid a jockey named Henry ■ .'• Berry w; engaged to ride htm. There were 'V -'l six start 'and Rufus was making the ,5 running 'hen the hill was ascended on the iI, second ci uit. On the summit of the hi]! > a sod w 1 had to be got over. Berry's '(] horse, with was first to reach the jump, f! struck it heavily and came down. , The . -.8 horse turkl a 'complete somersault','. and | apparentlwell on top of his rider. "• It was thought tilt one of the horses behind also-"'; S|y struck ' the unfortunate man as he lay on the ground! Ho was at. once picked up by ' 7 & i Constable Stickle and a man named Charles Lindsay, wlo we.ro standing near by, and , f who witnessed the accident. The ambu- J lance was sjtedily procured, and Berry was '■ 1 t removed to iie police-room in the saddlingpaddoclf, wjerc ' lie received attention at v " ' § the lrnds of Drs. Bewes and Shaman. He • f was found.to: be suffering from severe injuries jo the head, and his removal to 'the - Auckland? Hospital was ~ immediately ' v ordered f These instructions were carried out by Sergeant Douglas Gordon and Constable Williams, who had Berry placed in the ambulance and put on board the first " > ferry .steamer. He expired, however, on. the' firry steamer while crossing the har^f"'ft* ! bourJ On reaching Auckland the body was - remo ed to the morgue. * • ||$£| : Dc eased had friends residing in / the • § f Thai district. He had been employed- .j" '■ in tlp.Waikato for. some time past, mostly \ ?ff in ccjinection with racing matters. He. iiad'f|Sfi gainjd several successes •in jumping races, g j§ft and k'as a good and capable horseman. ' Tie coroner (Mr. T. Greshain) -was in- . fornpd of the occurrence, and will hold an nquest at two p.m. to-day,, at thej Prii eof Wales Hotel, Hobson-street. , • ;-'ltfi fell ■ .. ■ — ■ V;