Unfortunately the proceedings were not got through without a very serious accident. This occurred during the running of the concluding item on the card. The five furlongs events are now run over a straight course, and it was just as the horses were striking the rails entering the course proper that Bold fell. At the time he was running second, and in front of Alcestis; the latter jumped the fallen horse, and must have struck the jockey, and one or two of the others, who were close in the wake, and could not be pulled up, passed over the poor little lad, Archibald McDonald, a light weight, who has been attached to Mr Hobbs's stable for some considerable time. When picked up it was found that besides a broken and mangled leg and broken collar-bone, his skull was cracked; he was altogether in a pitiable state, and now lies unconscious at Pope's Nursing Home. -Press, 10/11/1898.
THE Friends of the late Mr Archibald McDonald are invited to attend his Funeral, which will leave the Racecourse Hotel, on Sunday, 13th inst., at 1.30 p.m., for the Riccarton Cemetery. H. SCRIMSHAW, Undertaker, No. 41, Durham Street south. Telephone No. 430. -Lyttelton Times, 12/11/1898.
FUNERALS.
The funeral of the late Archibald McDonald, the jockey who died as the result of an accident on Wednesday, at Riccarton, took place on Sunday, the remains being interred in the Riccarton cemetery. The funeral left the Racecourse Hotel at 5 p.m., and there was a very large attendance of friends. Beautiful wreaths were sent from the Racecourse Hotel staff, Chokebore Lodge, friends from Timaru and Kaiapoi, the Hon. Mrs Stevens, Mr R. Allan, and others. There were also two ornaments, everlasting flowers under glass, sent by Pollard's Opera Company and Dunedin friends. The Rev. Mr N Winter officiated at the grave. -Press, 14/11/1898.
There were no accidents during the afternoon, though the riders in the various races were so besmattered with mud that their colours could not be distinguished, and their features were unrecognisable. Several of the horsemen wore crape bands in memory of their late comrade, Archibald McDonald. -Lyttelton Times, 14/11/1898.
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