A Terrible Bicycle Accident.
Two young Englishmen of MaisonsLaffitte, says a Paris correspondent, were the victims last month of a tercycling accident. F. Morris, the wellknown steeplechase jockey, and Davies, the head lad and jockey to the trainer Mr L. Roberts, were cycle racing together for a fairly heavy bet. The distance was about four miles from the railway at Maisons-Laffitte to the Croix de Noailles and back. The two racers were seen coming back separated by only a short distance and making a furious pace. Morris led. He had nearly reached thegbal, when he looked back to see how far behind his adversary was. "While he was doing this the handle-bar swerved, the machine dashed against the kerb, and its rider was thrown with terrific force, and broke his thigh in two places. Davis who was only a short way behind, came full tilt on the top of Morris, and falling on his head remained in an insensible condition. Meanwhile Morris with grim pluck mounted his cycle notwithstanding his broken leg, which hung limp, and with the other leg won the race. Davis was carried home, where he recovered consciousness in the afternoon, only to die shortly afterwards.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 108, 31 August 1896, Page 4
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199A Terrible Bicycle Accident. Hastings Standard, Issue 108, 31 August 1896, Page 4
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