Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1904 — DERBY WINNER IS SHOT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DERBY WINNER IS SHOT.

Highball, at Brighton Beach, Fractures Leg in Two Places. Highball, champion 2-year-old last season and winner of the 1904 American

Derby, was shot at Brighton Beach Tuesday afternoon. The colt fractured his near fore leg in two places during the running of the Seagate stakes, and although the veterinarians made an attempt to patch up the shattered limb and save the valuable colt, theY failed, and the horse was shot. The accident happened during the last part of the struggle, just as the horses were making the turn into the home stretch. It was’the opinion of horsemen that Highball’s accident was due to stepping on a. hard portion of the track. They said that the Brighton Beach management in its endeavors to have fast records had made the track too hard. Highball, suffering from pain of the bad right leg, was evidently favoring it and throwing his weight on the firm left leg when he met the hard spot. The strain and weight proved too much for the brittle bone and'it snapped. The destroyed thoroughbred was valued at $35,000. His owner refused an offer of $30,000 for him last fall, and had him insured for $25,000, as he was heavily engaged in rich stakes this year.

HIGHBALL AND HIS JOCKEY.