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Show RIDER KILLED IN HUNTSVILLE John Coffin Meets Death in Final Race of Pioneer Program j .lohn Coffin. 40 years of age, of iHuntaville, niet death late Monday afternoon af-ternoon while he was riding In the final horse race of the Pioneer day celebration al iiuntsville. The horse he was riding became un-I un-I manageable alter the first lap of the race had been eom p!"t d and ran i-los" to a telephone pole which struck Coffin Cof-fin nn ih bead and threw him from Ithe saddle, He dud minutes fot-I fot-I lowing th- accident from a compound I fracture of the skull. I The fatality was witnessed by a MarRe number of persons. Among thOSO v ho wer standing lose to the scene .of the accident was Apostle David .McKay and his brother-in-law. Dr Joseph R Morrell. They rushed to the Bide of the Injured man and carried him to the McKay home, where Dr. I Moneii attended Mm. Apostle McKay said the accident 'came at the close of the best celebration celebra-tion Iiuntsville ever had Coffin wan ! chairman of the race committee and iat the conclusion of the race program arranged foi; the extra race. The rld-Jers rld-Jers had completed the course, but the horses became unmanageable and continued con-tinued running. Ah the riders were .turning a corner the Coffin horse, instead in-stead of going on the righi of the poij turned t the left, and Coffin's head I struck the pol" with such force he was thrown Into the air. When Apostle McKa and In. Morrell reached Coffin Cof-fin blood was flowing from his now-- and mouth, lie was given Immediate medical aid, but dleU without regaining regain-ing consciousness Mr. Coffin is survived by his mother, moth-er, who Is now in McClOUd, Cal., ann .hi' following brothers and sisters: Charles C. Coffin, Poeatello; Mrs. L. .;. rorgeson, Ogden; Mrs George Dlns-dale, Dlns-dale, Ogden; Nathan ;. Coffin; Ogden. and Mrs. Esther Jensen, Poeatello. The body was removed to Llndquist's aibrtuarj Funeral announcement I will be made tomorrow |