New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-10

are long and Just the least bit knock-Kneeu' n''
thighs are as strong the jaws OF an alhea'or
and his grip on a horses withers Is ANc "a. ~,
grip of a wise Here lies the secret OF Ills sN'''
In a driving finish Garrison get more OUT VI
a horse than any jockey this country mas ever
seen BY peculiar motion of his body ne 81 sem in'
to lift his mount from the grC I dsg Te Nc
crease its stride to IA wonderiui uIsI' or nor
Iauqhlin. HAYWARD, Hamilton, Murphy may P ON
suade a horse to do It's utmost may goo ~ but
animal every ounce OF spee1, ,, IL phis horse has
Garrison goes beyond that When ms nois nn he
done All that horse can do, he taxes nm IN w ie
tween his knees and carries MN aion ne, ,nonnt
no surer thing in racing t1ah ud' has $500 on
when Garrison means business anu "''
You cannot beat him then .h,. Garrison
As the heading jockey OF great staDie t uaooin
is not gittering s pco+ for reasons which it
would be uncharitable TO menyloi . raod thing
truly great when about to uncork t IeuS bottled
NM waiting for the snapper to accepi sDe
mnunt By his own admission, he Is poor Ju ti
If mace He is at his best when TIdlng Ma,u I.
race over a distance Of ground ms success VIZ" t
t1,o veaToIds is not phenomenal lie Is much 100
ronch nurse for these babies OF the tqti, VINO
resent the violent methods OF the eae 90 of touUh
beach methods acquired from the inertia Oh sous1
old pIuQs pounded and spurred and whipped anu
hammered to victory.
THE CYCLoNIC HAMILTON.
If Hamilton were less Ignorant he would DC
less successful in the saddle. 1t is the STRIKING
prevalence of bone over brain that makes MN
a creat Jockey. He rides with british force,
and if necessary will cut down everything IN
his path His perceptive faculties are so duh
that he never sees danger; hence his apparent
holiness is a characteristic that must be caleu
! by another name. His cycfonic PUSHES IN nhlsh
arc so overnowering that no ordinary Jockey dares
10 resist them. No matter how large the heiu
NOW how frequent the pocketngs Hamilton
mats
| TO win Woe to the lightweight that Ieiu I.
| TO pull out when the cyclone sweeps upon H.
from the rear Neither his own IRE nor ol"e
of his opponent to have the slightest vaIu d
In his ewes He has been called up by tne luuEce
more often than any other Jockey Ill Anerioa
for reckless and even foul riding. I'll 80. ror
! Like Garrison Hamilton has neither seaC no
hands grace nor style. His stirrups are so snpi orr
that his knees are sometimes higher IMAM ln9
horses withers, and ne, ne ioon raiobt reason
sbIv expect TO see him Rnhorsed by,
osile Yet the writer has never seen M &
thrown This Jockey rehGneG 1yas in fbe West try
ing in vain 10 reduce TO riding weign' anu T al
son had grown set-lmportant as 10 nc cn.i, IL
beyond his calling What 90 carr "o oon heat
ing ?" he said, one day in August e%n peae
'em on the outside" meaning that ne hau occoinc
a high-roIer and was doing" the betting rug
out of some thousands daily 30 adiio ~ fIc
hitherto had been second or thlrd nddle III .ii'
Jockey hand became the leader OF the orchesuin
And for a season Of two months ne piayed WI
No other jockey then IN actlNe Woik oDuI" -
his pace. He rode over Hayward, Murphy, Barnes.
perGpn TAYLOR and all the lesser lights as II uley
were amateurs taking their first lessons IN morse
manship. He forced his luck; 1orceq II VIII Will d
reclK essness that knew hating I'LL the season
came RI a close When an owner had horse IN
winning form only Hamilton must ride Inc pIacK
ignoramus received daily o1erns VI Wv +bon,
mounts on the turf, sometimes score Oh uhenl,
Int as he could ride only slX IN the course OF IN
afternoon he chose the six he fancfed most anu
named his own fee which ranged rom eIVV
Fo1Io
the entire betting community. The query, Who
rides % and the answer Hamilton. signalled a |
GRAND rnsb for the ring to get on before the odds
Tont down The smart Alpcks of the Turf Alliance
soon learned TO hold out Hamilton's mounts, ana |
their reluctance TO lay against them led to curious
scenes OF men tb Des as d Goar on the cyclone
OF course so great man in the plenltude OF his |
proves seldom had the misfortune to get on a
was noticed that he accom- lshed no more than the
Vreenest stable boy. Again 1t is IN onlsr 10 on
mark " Good horses MAKE good Jockeys, .o,s M c.
Laughhp mage the DwSgr' The Dwyers made
McIaughIin." answer thousands of unPre)ndlced,
impartial turmen od dh Sot 1rusn c1aTgbn and the
DIVERS William Lakeland made HamiltGl., ana
in effect is his guardian 10 this day. "I'nou at
Lakelands influence TO keep INN 11d he-o cone
contract nv the wav-Hamlton would nave e1Hie
10 The dogs The darkey's instincts are low, ms
associations vile He has but one quaiN uns.
entities him to the respect OF his fellow men-he
can win races.
HAYWARD, THE ARTIST
That the oldest Jockey in America is nop 'he
most successful is due to the wide difference 'i"'
EXISTS between the American and Enghsh s'yies
Of riding races To call Hayward an arus' Is ~.
going too far accepting the word IN us produ'''
sense No Judge of Workmanship can ueny .il t
he is a master of the art Of jockeyship perieoO
scat. sldlful hands, judgment OF pace, coolneeS'
natience, foresight ability 10 gauge lne suei Tts
I
! onictness in emergencies, courage in dIn1culues-
an The tricks and devices OF his Gaining arc ci
bodied in Hayward. Mclaughlin had one wa o VI
riding Garrison has one way, hamItgh oli' -
Murphy one way; Hayward has dozen ~
His Versatility is his Distinguishing charac,erao ~;
The writer has seen HIM rae U M orenti from
one afternoon and ride each so dlnerehtl{ I'm
rho others as to cause doubt of the r1der
With one he waited the rear TO come WIN ene
rush at the finish; with another he lorceI 'e r"eJ
from end TO end the third he carefully Hurs re-;
tin the time came TO strike, when ne struck Ny
toriously. lie excels in the ability 70 na as
and whip at the same time, %nit dr;e g,i"' No
one ever accused Hayward OF letting mount 90
TO pieces from inability TO keep him togetherii
The Jockey does not live who has better coltIul
Of a horse If the writer had racing staDle
and Garrison were his chief Jockey there sh0uiu
be no such thing as whip about the es'a?I'sn-
ment The snapper cannot rae ahd wh.p az
fine same time 1t is almost deadsure thn3
when he takes UP his whip he is beaten. Inc
whalebone seems TO. deprive him OF the DOVE
n Iift his horse along by that amazing knee acron
and that other action accompanying it, which
may may be called humping himself. Neither is Ham
ilton expert with the WHIP though murdero4s
were so many and so varied that it need not be
doubted he could whip with either hand. while
directing his mount with the other. Ana Mur-
phy can do the same 80
! Old country methods stick TO Hayward like
Father Time TO his scythe. lie has a devoted
following who can no flaw in him, Suck
10 him through thick and thin and swear by him
in prosperity and adversely lie is the most 40
commodating of Jockeys, the most faithful to his
Of his duty lie cams his salary He is not
unified up neither doe, he pose. At all times,
morning noon and night. he is the same old
DADDY" Hayward, as the track help affection
ately call him Yet Hayward is not conspicu Ously
successful in touching the heart OF the public.
L I'LL. I'LL,