About 5:20 o'clock Saturday afternoon Frank Shearer of Charlotteville, when on his way home, received a fracture of his right leg just below the knee, when his horse took fright at passing automobiles at the top of the hill just north of Marr's Hollow, and turned the occupants of the buggy into the ditch.

Mr. Shearer was accompanied by his wife and little three-year-old daughter, who were uninjured except for a shaking up. They left Simcoe about five o'clock, and were following closely behind another buggy.

When they reached the hill, Linn Cratt passed them in an automobile, and was followed quickly by Joseph Ball in another car. The two cars had just cleared in front of the leading rig when Walter S. McCall, accompanied by Roy Sutton, Jas. Maxwell and Warren Dell in McCall's car, came up out of the hollow coming towards Simcoe.

On account of its position behind the other buggy, Shearer's horse, which ordinarily does not take fright at automobiles, did not see the approaching car until it was right up close.

It is supposed that the sudden appearance of the car frightened the horse, which jumped sideways into the deep ditch on the west side of the road. The buggy was upset and the occupants thrown out. Mr. Shearer does not know exactly how his leg was broken.

The horse got away and ran towards home, stopping at a neighbor's. The buggy was badly broken, the seat being torn completely off, and the top demolished.

Mr. McCall stopped his car within a very few feet, and afterwards took the victims of the accident home in his car, and also drove out with a doctor and a nurse.

Mr. Shearer was temporarily removed to the residence of Keith Mabee, near whose home the accident occurred. He is now at this own home and doing as well as can be expected, although he will be unable to do much work this summer.