The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-02
JOCKEY JerTINGs.

Grenada has a bsd leg. lie ran at CoDey
Island in the Gpring. Winnings, SS6,4S7.
Topy,a mare, has been sold and was
lately Mt Brighton Beach. She has won $500
in q dash race.
Some gossip about few o. the jockeys
who acquired some reputation may not be
uninttresting.
Spinawsy iaturned out into the field, He
has bad leg He has won eeyen races.
Winnings, Sl6,225.
Duke of Magenta has been sold to Pierre
Lorllsrd, and ia now at the la!ter's breed
ing farm at JohnssOwn, New jersey. VIM
nirgS, $56,350.
Ba2es is three years old. He ran at Je.
rome Park in May, but being beaten WAS
sent home He has won one race. He has a
bad leg Winnings, $l,2l6.
Tom Ochiltree, the stallion, now nine
years old, is serving at present During the
last year OF two he has been lame. His total
winnings have been S46,195.
Charley 0Leary is light weight who
can ride at seventy-ilve or eighty pounds
He ia only twelve years of age, and has won
some very good races this season.
Sensation is four years old and WA never
beaten in race, though no has only run
eight altogether aud has not run ut all
since no wAs two years old. Winnings, $l0,-
$50.
Matt Connor is also fourteen yesre of sge,
and % been on the LoriIlard firm since he
was eix years old. Lately he has been At
the Shcepshead course, and has been sue
cessful.
All lovers of racing will 10 glad 70 look
over tho list Of the beat known of Mr.
George Lorillard's horses within tho past
few years, and notice tbs statement of their
total winnings.
Sir Hugh has won three races and earned
S3, l76. This season no has been in Bslti-
more, Jerome Park, Saratoga, OOney Island,
Long Branch, back 20 Ooney Island again,
where he has besn lately.
Larry Urai ia fourteen years old. He is
the beet light weight jockey there is. This
past season no has dono well, and has ridden
moro light weight horses than ar other
jockey at the various meetings.
Tom Costello is mere youth, and was
taken from the house of refuge. The Ars!
race he rode no made $1,000, and no is said
10 be worth to-day $4,000, which he has
"salted down" in good securities.
Atihe time l was q. tho farm saw set
of seven two-year. ODDS being exercised by
the BOYS. The youths were mostly whites;
there were | believe three colored boys
among them. They were dressed in mot
Icy manner. Take them rs q whole, the
horses, who were lODg,bodied, thin-limbed,
bright eyed and whose hides were rs smooth
as velvet, looked better than the boys. One
of ihe,e two,year- olds was n brother TO Ber-
thu and cost $1,000. A brother to Monitor
cost 81, 100. A half brother to Spendtrltt
cost 81, $50. A half-brothor to Duke OF
Magenta cost $4,000. All these horses will
be put on the track next spring.
The regular price paid to Jockeys for ri
Ing horse Is S25 il they win and.Sl0 If thu,
lose But if they happen to win there is ~, ~
telling what their earnings will be, for nv Nv
owner of the horse almost invariably m wv
the rider pre,ent of a considerable s,, aAeS
ranging all tho way from 500 to So S ono
In Tho case OF Costello, last season he -,ov wv
Tho King at Saratoga. One gentlema,, ,o 'to
was backing the horae heavily oifer,I S wuo
$500 if no would ride him, whether ho u , n,L'
or lost. If he won no WAS TO get 81 g goo
Corello won, and SO received, TO- Ta'V CIV,
miguIes work, what 10 the yearly saIoa 'o w
many clerk in Brooklyn or Now Vo, "
he is but fltteon years of age, and "a var ",
quiet in his habits. 10 ''''