Thomas William SCOTT [12615]
- Born: 1918, Deniliquin, NSW, Australia 9087
- Died: 1935, , Victoria, Australia at age 17
 General Notes:
Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) Thu 22 Aug 1935 Page 25
APPRENTICE JOCKEY KILLED.
APPRENTICE JOCKEY KILLED.
Hanging with his foot caught in a stirrup Thomas William Scott (17), apprentice jockey, was dragged by a racehorse for about 400 yards along Crown street, Flemington, this morning (says a Melbourne telegram received on Tuesday).
He suffered fatal injuries. He was apprenticed to W. Burke, horse trainer, of Ascot Vale-road, Flemington. Scott had been exercising Adam, a two-year-old colt, at the Flemington racecourse. He was returning to Burke's stables when the exhaust of a passing motor cycle startled the two horses causing them to rear and plunge. Adam sank on to his knees and rolled on his rider. Then he jumped up and galloped with Scott's right leg caught in a stirrup. Despite his desperate efforts to keep his head off the ground by tugging at the reins, Scott was dragged along with his head bumping on the roadway. Eventually the horse stopped. Scott was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, but he was dead on arrival there Scott had his first mount in a metropolitan race meeting on Saturday, riding Poldean in the Apprentices' Handicap. He had obtained his jockey's licence only eight days before.
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