[1] The condition progressively worsened until surgery was attempted to repair the tendon and reduce the swelling in his leg.
However, the colt died during the operation on December 18, 1900, at the Washington Park Race Track, formerly in Chicago, Illinois.
It was not my intention to say anything about Gibson's death, but it is true that he died a week ago Tuesday and was buried without any publicity.
His sufferings were far more a matter of regret to me than could have been any pecuniary loss I experienced by the disabling of the colt.
He was a brave horse, a well-bred one, and when he died I wanted him buried with just as little publicity as possible.