The Mineral argus., 1884-02-07
professional Jockeys
New NJrk Hour.


Professional Jockeys.
Erou, the New \ orb Hour
from various training stables and rae
no establishments come complaints of
+be difficulty Of obtaining and keeping
good lightweight or middle-weight boys
% ride, No sooner has q lad acquired
The rudiments of his art than he begins
10 swagger, becomes intimate with the
tnrf sharpers. and in fact uses his best
ondeavors to get to the "demnition bow.
lows" with as little loss of time as pos
s;ble. At the end of the racing season
George L, Lorillard's trainer reengaged
Brennan, who rode very successfully
last wear, and also secured Mike Dono-
hue' the brother of "Billy." Much to
his surprise both lads proposed tospend
tbe winter in town. They were told
that. if they went to the city, they
MIGHT consider themselves discharged,
and thew submitted with very poor
GRACE Brennan maintained that he
wished to attend night-school, but, as
Mr. Lorillard has a model school st
Westbrook, the excuse failed to hold
water.
other owners have obviated the diff.
only to a great extent by importing lads
from English racing stables. The Eng
land of the National line, which on Tues
dav brought Pierre Lorillard's Pima
fore y "Touch-me-Not" and "Siddar-
tha," also landed three lads who were
nnier engagement to him. One ofthem,
McEwen. is a verv promising middle
weight. and has ridden some very fair
finishes in England. 1t is only rich own
ers. however, who can go to the x
nense attendant upon this course.
Other owners depend upon what lads
change brings into their way. White
ads are preferred, as the negroes,
though handy about horses, are as rule
. too ignorant to learn anything but the
merest handiwork. The moment q boy
learns to ride fairly well, dangers beset
him. lie is brought in contact with
sharpers and book-makers' touts. An
owners stable secrets are made use of
improperly, and races which should
be won are frequently lost
how to ride. Once in the hands ''of
crooked men," a boy is lost. The case
of John Mclaughlin, the brother Of the
noted Jimmy" is n in point. Two
years ago he pulled a race for certain
people; that placed them under his con-
troll, as they threatened to expose him
if he refused to remain under their or
ders. The system of terrorism which
they exercised over the bow was so
complete that Governor Bowie, who
had engaged him last spring once re-
marked that he supposed that Frank
would have "pulled" every horse of his
in races for which it might have been
a favorite had he had a chance.
A. 49, - an-.A - A. s,ls
however, is very remunerative. OF
course such earnings as those of little
Martin, in England, which foot up $25,
600 for this season alone, are uncommon
but nearly all our frst-class jockeys are
an more than comfortable circumstances.
Jimmy" Mclaughlin is worth between
10000 and $50, 1000, and occupies a beau
tiful home in Brooklyn with his wife
and two children. "BiAy" DopohEe lives
in bachelor apartments and has upward
of $4,000 slowed away" Costello, when
a small lad, was taken out of the house
of refuge by Wyndham Walden, who at
the time trained for George L. Lorillard.
The boy was sent to Westbrook, where
he behaved admirably both in the
school and in the stable. With a natur-
al aptitude for the saddle, he was soon
allowed to ride in public, and did so
well that in a few years he supplanted
Hughes as chief jockey for the stable.
His father some years ago drove a Third
avenue car, The old man has now
been made comfortable by Tommy"
Costello still lives at Westbrook, where.
as he is too heavy to ride, he assists in
training. lie is worth very nearly $780,
900. Isaac Murphy, the colored Archer,
Is reputed to be the richest of the pro.
t%ession, as his fortune exceeds S. 1000.
He has a fine farm in Kentucky. Feakes
owned a Charming place on the New
Jersey coast, but when his wife died his
home was broken up. Hughes also has
a comfortable home, an interesting fam
lily, and a snug little fortune in the bank.
Pat Meany, the famous ~steeplechase
rider, is one of the richest men in Sara
toga county, and has a beautiful estate
1t the springs, where he spends the
winter. Barbee is in comfortable cir
cumstances. Evans was once in well-to-
do circumstances, but some unfortunate
speculations cleaned him out.