The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-16
ABOUT JOCKEYS.
Some OF Them Get More Than
Supreme Court Judges.
INCIDENTS IN HEB CAREERS

Dare Devil Fitzpatrick, Who Knows Not
Fear; Ii:iicncld and Others.
Tho thousands who throng field and pad
dock and grand staad to watch some great
turf event 10 not know or care for the ittlo
men arraycd in brilliant colors who ride the
horses 10 victory. saws Tho New York World
To the public ioc@egs are merely mmcs.
They watch the zig fed e horses sweep
round the track they see them enter tho
stretch. the leaders nccl, and neck. head AID
head, with muscles drawn aud nerves tense.
then ont from the rack anl the dust clouds
comes some unknown horse, VITA toe Joc"cy
on his back ulying whip and steel, carryi25
him along in spite Of himself, urging win
knees and Ices anc voice and arms, a-d ~
last fairly lifting blm in winner hy nose
and TIE crowd applluls. bat 90 five minute
has forgotten the jococy. They are queer
set, these little jockey mcn, All tloY rave
much less a class distinction than the ont.
side world, for whose opinion as rule they
care but little T0tacm tie starter i'a more
important persona, than the prcsGen, oi
the United States. and the judges of race
dried M httlc drarfs have larger saiarles
than tho judges Of the supreme court, ana
there is more than one l5-ycar-o.l negro, un-
able % read or wit, ~lV earns more iioneF
than the governors Of tie great states OF
New York and Massachusetts combined.
IsAhC MURPHY.
Tho premier jockey Of Lucky Baldwiu's
stable is a quiet. polite Young man, wh'
never made a bet IN his life, never touched
a drop of intoxicating liquor, never s~ore ana
never was caught telling lie. His integrity
and honor are the pride of the turf, ard
many of the best h0rscmen pronounce him the
greatest jockey thai ever mounted horse
Tho namo OF this wonder Is Isaac Murphy,
and his face. like sphinx carved out Of ma
hocany is familiar on every race track IN
America MurpJy is about II years Of nge,
and was raised on the Hunt Reynolds farm
IN the very heart Of the Kentucky blue grass.
Mrs Reynolds taught hin to read and write,
and it is to tho refining Influences Of her
household that Murphy owes his good breed
ing and his fine moral character. He was
almost raised on horseback, and rode some o.
the Hunl-Rcynolds horses when be could
hardly walk.
Murphy has always been very grateful TO
his benefactress, and in all his contracts
specifics that whenever she needs him 10 fde
any OF her horses lc must be- allowed % %.
Murphy Is very saving IN his habits, an Is
bis income for the pas five years has lcoa
between $1,000 and Sl5,CO) a year, b, has
amas cl a neat competency. lie has his own
home in Lexington, X, and owns number
of houses there, al q which bring Tim ia
good rents lie 'ninglcs very little with lis
own race and spends Is leisure Lolrs Unread
ING and studying.
Ii is hardly an exlcgcratiOn 10 say that
Murphy Is the greatest jadge # pace t-is
country over SAW. IL asked him 10 ride my
horse Ban Fox at st. Louis. said JAG. Chinn
% some friends one day Whon Murphy name
was mentioned ut vas the tirIc thet Bank
rupt was sweeping everything before hiin,
and asked Mu.ph; II he thought he could
beat Danlrup. d. the race next day. W bat
can your horse go t.c distance inf De asked
me told him Ec could run tie tArCc-
Guarteis-that was tie dlstancc-In l:Ajs.
III be- can 90 that | can win, SAID he, 10
cause Bankrupt can't do it, have watched
the horse closely, and | believe If yoa bead
him oil he is gutter
"rhe next day took Murphy out and cave
him instructions. lie WIS TO mae tie first
quarter N - b, the halt il 70, and the three
quarters in l:ll;4 Well, put my Trainer
at the quarter with hs watch and | stood At
The Lalf with Fly own. Bankrupt, Is usual
shot ont IN tie leal and Ban FOX followed
him two or three lengths behind ~ Ban
Fox passed the quarter my trainer looked AT
his watch Ii wa just 2ils Coming lay lae
Bankrupt was still wei. III front and Tat
h,ack machine on Ban lCx was sitting like
bog glanced al my watch. 1t was just -
80 the dot. In the las, quarter he closed up
on Bankrupt, passed lin and came under tire
string an easy wiener ! looked at tie tislc
when it was hung cut. 1t was just l:llig.'
Murphy is said u have best control OF
horse OF any jockey on the turf and The most
unruly animal sOOa yields TO the iron power
of those long sinewy arms. Murphy rode
very lite last year except IN stakes, a2d
then mainly for Baldwin. He took Nc
Iamchlln's place for the DIVERS and rods
Kingston 10 a number OF victories lie pi-
l.ted the Emperor of Norfolk when Tat
wonder swept everything before Llni, he won
The Jersey handicap with Los An~clcs when
she beat Badge, Eaccla.I, George Oyster uai
others, and, iadee J., rode that splendid FLY
IN all her brilliant victories. lis W.-u.lg5
In stakes during tie ceasoI amounted 10 -
ssO.
DArE rryIL Fl-@PATEIc1.
"Darc Dcyi" Fitzpaugc. lis no. been ri
ing Is much during the past season as .e y-s
accustomed 70. lie only had lJi moga-s a-l
BE won nineteen OF them, aggres2..2s IN
stakes $3.50 lie is said 10 be ses'lus to-