, 1889-08-27

he was eight years old, and he looked then
much like n circus monkey on horseback
His first regular engagement was with Rob
ert Tucker, with whom he remained a year,
and then left to go TO Capt Franklin, Of
Nashville. He returned shortly, however,
making up his mind hereafter TO stick to Mr..
Tucker. Barnes has always been a sensa-
tional jockey, although in his manner he is
very quiet and digni6ed and his great sue
CESS does not seem TO have turned his head
Ellis riding" says nm admirer, possesses the
best elements of half a dozen great Jockeys
He is a great judge of pace, like Murphy,
and conservative in his judgment, like Nc
Laughlin. He has the daring Of Fitzpatrick
and the energy of Garrison. In short, the
boy is a wonder" This is high praise, and
when il is applied to a little colored boy who
will not be out of his teens for some time yet
IL seems too great; but his work shows that
he deserves it, The most sensational race
which Barnes ever rode previous to bis re-
cent performance OF winning the Junior
Champion and the Champion stakes was in
May OF last year, when he rode on Paragon
and beat Terra Gotta, Emperor OF Norfolk,
Volante and others at Nashville.
ANY one who saw Barnes when he rode
that great race will never forget him. The
Emperor had just begun his series of great
victories, which only ended when his leg gave
way, and he was OF course n hot favorite.
Paragon went begging at @, s aud 10 to l.
Terra Gotta was in superb condition, and
bets were offered that Terra Gotta would dis
tance Paragon. The three horses came into
the stretch with heads together. What n race
it was down to the stringl For there were
two Of the greatest jockeys on the turf fight
ing every inch Of ground with little Barnes
Murphy on the Emperor and Fitzpatrick
on Terra Gotta.
The three Jockeys could have shaken hands
all the way down the stretch, 50 close were
they. Then the whips fell and the spurs
were driven in, and Murphy on tho Emperor
shot half "A length ahead. He seemed to be a
wre winner as he swept past the last furlong
with the shadow OF the string across the
track just ahead OF him, when Barnes, gath
Pring himself up into n tense mass OF nerves,
his black eyes cleaning and his face working,
dug his knees into the shoulders OF Paragon,
and, throwing into every muscle OF his figure
his indomitable will, inspired the gallant
thoroughbred with his own spirit, and fairly
lifted him under the string winner by the
shortest Of heads.
Then followed n long series OF memorable
victories, including some OF the principal
stakes at every track in the country, east and
west
Last year Barnes won the Junior cham
plonshlp and futurlty, and In these two races
no landed SOL ,S35-an unprecedented sum on
the American turf. Out of 4eS mounts last
year he won $50, and they included every
kind of horse. But the most remarkable
thing that the boy has done in his whole
career WINS at Monmouth Park, when he pulled
Protection out OF a field and brought him
winner by three lengths, landing $3l, 600,
plump and clean, right into the pockets of
Bob Campbell, the young colored owner of
the horse. All, that WINS a racei II you had
been there, knowing all about that horse
from the start, how your blood would have
bubbled up as you saw him pass under the
line. Bob Campbell picked up Protection at
a y~earling sale last year for $3.50. Then
Campbell began to train him, and when the
Junior championship came on he backed the
horse for all he was worth.
Just previous to this, after the horse had
won the Flash tai at Saratoga, the Dwy-
ers had offered Campbell 5000 for him, but
Campbell wanted $4,000, which the Dryers
thought too much, Maybe Bob Campbell
wasn't glad that the Dryers didn't take him
up when he saw his horse come in first and
himself n winner of s3l 900 in stakes, about
$4,000 in bets and OF course the increased
value of the horse. But that wasn't the only
thing that little Jockey Barnes did that day.
He promptly mounted Los Angeles In the
Champion stakes and brought him homo to
victory against Firenzi and Eurus on a heavy
track. This feat of winning both Champion
and Junior Champion stakes by one jockey
has never been done but once before, and
then 1t was done by Mclaughlin In 1887 with
Hanover and Kingisher.