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Show JOCKEY ROY SELDEW 1 IS TERRIBLY INJURED 1 Horse Dashes Into Fence With H Him and Many Bones Are Broken. While schooling a tofractory 2-ycar-old race horse Jockey Roy Seldon was tcrri- fl bly Injured at the Lagoon race track yes- 'Hl tcrday noon.' He was taken to St. Mark's 'H hospital. Reports of his condition early fll this (Thursday) morning Indicate that j'l he will recover. 4 j Selden was on Cluny. a two-year-old belonging to Charts Clark, the son of r "ll W. A. Clarl;. former United States senn- b'H tor from Montana. The thoroughbred Pl was one of the best at the track, but IH being unaccustomed to the barrier al- f ways shied or failed to start when pluced in a race. The Judccs ordered that. Il Cluny be schooled, which in this Instance i TjJH consisted of teaching the horse how to f J start when the barrier was sprung. Clum 1" 11 was very restless, and it was thoucbl Inadvisable to let one of the exercise '1 boys have charge of so valuable a racer, "H so Scldc-n, one of the best Jockeys at the H track, was In the saddle. iH While standing before tho barrier the 'H horse made a sudden dash, breaking . ,H through the cord and running Into the il fence after going about a hundred yards. I :H The iforse hit the fence with a terrific U,M Impact, and Seldep was caught between i'l the side of the steed and the palings. H He sustained a compound fracture of ' 'iH the humerus, the upper bono of his left leg and his right leg was fractured. Several ribs were also broken. Cluny !H was Impaled on one of the nickels and -' had to bo shot. Selden was unconscious when he was j' lH blckcd up. The broken bone of his left j leg could be seen protruding from tho flesh, ahd he was bleeding copiously. An automobile was summoned and he was LlH taken to St.. Mark's as fast as the ma- tfcl chine could go. 1 !H Reports were current all afternoon yes- H tcrday thnt Selden had died, and caused much doom among turf patrons. After . being treated at St. Mark's however. It ; 'H was said ho would recover unless unex- pected complications set in. He Is one I iH of the' most popular and gentlemanly f riders nt the track. In riding ho Una jH always been alert, but fair and suuare. 'H and every one Interested In racing at , HH the Lagoon Is hoping for his speedy re- j i'H co very. r'l |