The Accident That Kept Shoe Out Of The Derby

On Wednesday of Derby Week, Bill Shoemaker had just gotten up on Poona's Day in the paddock at Hollywood Park when the filly reared, pinned him against a hedge and fell on him. The accident put Shoemaker in the hospital and deprived him of his mount on Arts and Letters.

Earlier on the day's card he had won the daily double and was riding well after recovering from another mischance in which he had suffered a broken leg. These exclusive photographs were made by Vietnam veteran James Deitz, with a home-movie camera he bought in the Far East.