GOODWOOD RACES.
The annual races at Goodwood have maintained their old character' not- withstanding the fears of some who anticipated a decline of sport. They began on Tuesday ; when there was some good racing. The capital event on Wednesday was the race for the Goodwood Stakes. For this twenty-five horses started. The winner was Mr. Barber's Pretty Boy (Alderoft). The great event on Thursday was the Cup. Ten horses started. The winner was Mr. H. Hill's Rogerthorpe (Fordham.) The weather was splendid ; mid the gathering of company in the park on the Cup-day included a great _many titled friends of the turf.
During the race for the Stakes on Wednesday, an unusual accident oc- eurred, attended with serious consequences. Chevy Chace, ridden by Hearn- den, " bolted" up an embankment, and fell over backwards into the course. in an indult seven racers were struggling on the ground. The winning horse in. the race, Pretty Boy, was in snorting phrase "rammed" right through
the fallen horses and riders. Five of the seven jockeys were seriously hurt. Bartholomew and Hearnden sustained concussion of the brain ; Ash- man's collar-bone was fractured; Mundy's right thigh and collar-bone suffered a comminuted fracture ; and Salter suffered from a general concus- sion. The four first-named jockeys are in the Chichester In flr mary.
Previous page
