, 1884-11-18
LIEE AND PAY OF 4 JOCKEY.
A GOOD Jockey Earns More Than q
Sea Captain

New York Commercial Advsrtiasr.l
Who ara thcss jocksySIn naksd the TO
porter Of an old turfman at jerome park
They are stable boys who show Soma
aptitude for riding, aud have good pluck. OF
courss, when they start, their lines ara not
exantiy cast In pleasant places There can
10 no more ~disagresable life than that Of q
low-class Jockey, hanging around sta
bles and begging for mounts. Such an ono
Is e~verybody-s~ scapeguat, e~verybody's butt
But for a steady boy in a good stable, VIII
really rides well, obeys orders and Is honest,
the life Il not a bad one. such q boy as Mr..
Pierre Loriliard's Olney, for instances, wit Is
q quiet respectful, reliable Young fellow.
gets % be a favorite with his employer, and
Is very we'll troated indeed. For a boy OF
that sort. tho p~ecuniarY rewards aro coslder-
ablo. A salary OF ESQ or 800 per month,
supplemented by $50 for riding, $50 for
winning a faoe, with occasional extra
tips FOR pulling of a big event, easily runs
up to 5000 or 1900 a year. or
twic9 he emolumont of the aver
age lawyer, doctor or engineer; and fully up
tn tho income OF the captain Of an ocean
steamer, with his great weight OF RESPONSE
hility. Great jockeys, OF course. do much
better than this. They ap paid like prima
donnas or fashionable preachers, but many
Of the inferior jockeys get much les than
the 1Surfs I have namei. Then every en-
ployer is not AZ good as the Lori1lard's. and
In some Of he purely commercial stables
tho boys have a hard time. But, after all,
an ordinary jockey earns better wagos than
a boy Of his class and age could earn IN any
other avocation, and Is regarded az q, hero
and IA swell by his own sst
"But tas jockeys Life, Of course, aio "
with the omoluments and honors, has like
wise it, shadow His nerve may fail, when
his occupation is gona, for race horsos are
often vicious brnfes and very quick TO detect
a lack Of courage and decision on the part cf
their ridorA Even worse, The Jockey may
begin 70 take on flesh, when he either be-
comes too heavy 10 rido or Is condemned 70
pass a life OF ~martyrdom In the why OF
s~wuats, diet and meiAet,z 20 keep down tho
growing corpulency. To this forced wasting
may be attributed many shortened lives and
broken constitutions.
Then, In a moral point OF view, tho sur
roundings OF a racing stable aro not especially
doloctnble. There arp temptations 10 drink
and excess, destructive TO nerve and brain,
and thero nrs insidious temptations 10 dis
honesty. When the unscrupulouslesa Of
many betting men Is taken into considora-
lion, II Is credltahle 10 the Jockeys that 70
few snocumb. Lastly, there "a an overpres-
cut danger from falls and collisions.
The danger Is not worry serious In ordinary
dat-racinc, and ovon IN hurdling, for but
fsw deaths have occurred In tho past twenty
yoars. Mother sort Of racing is 70 dangerous
as p-lo But accidents do occur, and, II they
do not caus5 death, often have lasting effects
la fracture aud strain.
However, there nro many Jockeys. both
IN this country and In England, who survive
sl the accidents and temptations OF a Jockeys
ear or, and 1.-Two very respectfully to good old
asos. A mans fitness or undfnass is soon us-
Contained, and the money and fame, II they
come at all, come early in life, when the ca
pacity for enjoying them Is at 10 height