JOCKEY FATALLY INJURED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21530, 30 December 1931, Page 4

JOCKEY FATALLY INJURED

MOUNT FALLS DURING RACE. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, December 29. An accident in the first race, the Fergusson Handicap, at Ellerslie to-day resulted in the death on his way to the hospital of the successful light-%veight horseman, H. E. Stockley, who had proved himself one of the best apprentice riders in New Zealand. Stockley was riding Exaggeration. The accident occurred soon after the field had passed the six furlongs’ post, when the leading horses were racing in close company. Exaggeration, when running up fast on the outside of a couple of horses, went down suddenly and Stockley was thrown heaVily. It appeared as if he was struck after falling by a couple of horses just behind, and after the field had passed he lay prostrate on the ground. He was hurried to hospital by the ambulance, but before he could be.admitted he had died from head and other injuries. An inquiry into the accident was opened by the stewards and was adjourned until Friday. OAMARU MEETING. (Special to Daily Times.) OAMARU, December 29. The Railways Department has arranged for a special train to leave Oamaru at 7.20 p.m. on Saturday next after the Jockey Club’s meeting to take the horses to Christchurch.