Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-13 | Page 7 | High Ball is Fatally Hurt

jr Breaks 14 f the Best Three-Yearns on the Turf Meets iith an. Accident. His Owners Befused to Give asent to Have tlie Animal YORK. July 12. High Ball, tho n Derby winner and one of tho the 3-year-olds, broke his leg at o during the running of the Sctr-tes Sctr-tes at Brighton Beach today. As ill la insured for $25,000. a message t to a representative of tho lnsur-mpany lnsur-mpany In New York to come at look at tho Derby "winner and end ny, but Bud "May, half owner of je, would not consent to have hlni three faced tho starter for the stakes, with Highball favorite at High Ball showed In front to tho rn, when ho bore out, nnd Odom hit him over tho head to keep him Ight Errant then assumed the lead wed tho way to tho finish, winning i two lengths from St. Valentine. field swung Into the stretch High is seen to falter nnd Odom at once ilm up and dismounted. After sov-tcmpts sov-tcmpts to walk him off the track held tho brokon leg while a hair others pushed him to the Infield, lis leg was strapped up so It could ich tho ground. Ho was then led stable Summary: race, selling, live and a half fur-Jack fur-Jack MeKeon won. Highborn sec-enlala sec-enlala third Time, 1:07 1-5. 1d race, six furlongs Merry Eng-on. Eng-on. Honlton second, Grand Opera Time. 1:12 -1-5. I race, selling, mile nnd a sixteenth inula won. Old England second. nder third Time. 1.47. th race, the Seagirt stakes, mllo furlongs Knlpht Errant won, St. bno second. Time, 1-62 3-5. race, handicap, mile and a furlong Cricket won. Gold Money socond, 11- hlrd Time-. 1:54 4-5. i race, five and a half furlongs-won. furlongs-won. Rnclno second, Bill Bailey Time. 1:09. In tho evening, when It became ovl-iat ovl-iat the saving of the horse was Im-le. Im-le. Highball was chloroformed and Highball s left foreleg was broken