New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-18
a WORD ABOUT JOCKEYS:
noys OF a BETTER CLASS wAxTED IN THE
SADDLE.
THE NEwJERsEY JOCKEY cnUB-A GLIMPSE o.
HANOVER, KINGSTON AND SIR DIXON

u.~,oyrp KINGSTON AND SIR DIXON.
=. s.,o N cav that not more than one American
.ochev in twenty can read ana WHO As oi"So
a.. veunp sters who do our riding are as lgnor@ns
at AZ can he found m any trade or calling you
-. 4. n business at which boy of sixteen can
~. IT, fro,, 90 600 10 $4,000 a wear. Most of our
.orors come from the slums They are picked up
sron, the gutter, where they thrive without morai
snauence and after knocking around stspie io'
wear flnish their education at Gutenberg hefo
sbev are bought and sold for three or four seasons
.nd when thoroughly saturated with SIN ana COT
rnptton they taks their places oA INV
tracks 49,. 49,,
n continues to be eause Of wonder that boys
of better breeding do not become Jockeys Anei0
Is nothing disreputable TN the calling anu ~ ~
i other can a youth so much money. NOT as 'ne
work hard or disagreeabie. The apprenticeship Is
10 trouc but anv bow of ordinary strength can stand
~ n he has courage. The turf needs higher erade
~ tockeys More honesty is wanted IN phe s~ooie.
ma Dnke of Portland Informed SIR George Che'wynu
xhat All Jockeys are thieves, stafemeht "i0n io''
Americans regard too sweeping lof 1neJ n"
concluded that in the United states there aee a.
aeast three honest race RIDERS bue 'nis So.
ss entirely too small when the Jockeys responsibility
lss considered In a single race he can mako MS
e,n,over rich or poor: rob the public OF give tnem
sh,r ms des sicen the bookmakerss or fatten mem
an the plumber of theh victims
II Is encouraging TO note that young man. Oh
cood Virginia family. has recently Joined promineh'
,sh,s AZ Grayesend with the intention OF becoming
$500 ua U,u not walk In the footsteps OF
q ua-rvs Harvood who learned to be a gentleman
i,ockey in Father Bill Days stsSSie bus VIII mako
himself thorough professional He Is ABOUT t"ehS
wears Of age and weighs 100 pounds In ms every
day clothes Though not college graduate ne 10
:educated and knows much in minute as tho
average Jockey knows in year. III DRAINS are VI
any use IN the saddle, this young man VIII maze
,vonserfuI progress In his occupation. Ere
many months he win ride all around nine tenths Oh
the best Jockeys Of the land. Let us have more sp
,prences like this. The Dryers, whose experience mas
been extensive are not inclined to favor CITY Dogs
with places in their stable They have u1eo many
tbev say. and all have failed TO come up TO the
mark They prefer country boys, who are harder
and harder Large stables seldom turn out gocd
sockev The best riders come from the smaller es
Establishments.
There has been considerable talk of importing a
number of English jockeys to America Ihere Is
neither reason nor sense in such Thing ana
n Is not likely to be done No frst-class Engnsh
riders would come hero; no others are wanted Re
member Lukei The style Of riding and the methods
nj racing I'm this country different from those
Of England that o BritIsher is as helpless as baby
in one of our saddles. While he is foolng about
nursing and waiting and getting ready for the maj
brush in the last quarter. the race is won Before
he recovers from his astonishment the numbers are
,un up and the winners cashing their tickets
skilful as Hayward u.s. he has not yet mastered the
art Of riding a from end to end He wins very
few sixfrlong races for in these his art is useless
Tho art Of getting of in front Is the art that tells In
fMs country and IL cannot be denied that 1t is Just as
much an art as waiting. The complaint that short
races are injurious to the thoroughbred does NOS ap
pear 10 be vol founded New records are made every
year and the prices paid for the best types Of Amer
lean race-hoses increasing annually There Is no
reason for believing that horse that oan run six
suronss in rs is inferior to one that can 60 mile
and half in 49, At steady rate Of speed the
former must travel each quarter mile IN twenty five
seconds, while the latter may do II In twenty six
Ffrenzi with 125 pounds up went mile and half
in :35, and was pulled up at the finish Mr. Haggin
believed at the time that she could go quarter in
twenty-one seconds Hayward has said more than
once that TIE Bard could 60 mile and quarter in
:0o with full weight UP. which would be equal to
sustained flight of quastemile TO each twenty fSe
seconds. American horses much faster than Eng
lsh The performance Of Galore in the Suburban VIII
he an interesting experiment
Sir Dixon who retires to the stud Of Messrs. Clay
woodford as his racing days are over,
has not had saddle on his back this winter. He
has been running loose In the infed at the Grayesend
course and is fat as spring lamb. and almost
as wooly. His barrel seems good deal thicker
than It was last year Then he colt and he
looked and acted like colt. but now that he is
pronounces him sound roach and as hardy as
Luke Blackburn.
Kin gston has not gained pound. BIS condition,
however. is all that his trainer could wish. and he
could be fitted for the post in few weeks. The
shoulder lameness that kept him back last season
turned out to be an acute inhammatory rheumatism.
Careful treatment during the winter has relieved
him entirely. and be is perfectly sound. TAX
ing his exercise daily.
Hanover never looked better in his life. did
he ever show much spirit That fnouisitive looh
with which he used 10 regard strangers has given
place to devilish fash of the eye. which Is &C
companied by a backing Of ears and an o.ainous
display of ivory. He cavors about the box with
the alertness and activity of kitten. never showing
the slightest lameness The casual observer would
never guess which foot had been ncrvcd. McCabt
gives him regular work. but has detected nothinI
amiss He is too conservative a man TO say tha
Hanover win stana training. but his manner indi
Gates hts belief that the son Of Hindoo will 70
the post again That wretched beast Wheat should
not be mentioned in the same century with Hanover
but tho writer viii be forgiven for saying that whea
was nerved fall and since then has been running
regularly at Clifton Gutenberg. 80, hanover
may stand I'D. 1t IS the wish Of every tIrfman Il
sea him doing battle with the champions once more
The Suburban is not going TO DO Donnybrook af
fair at all Donnybrook has been declared out
The Sev.Jersey Jockey Club has been regularly in
corporated under the laws ofsUnon County, the cor
porators being Michael F. Dwyer, philip J. Dwyer
John Kelly and L. c. o'Reilly. Everybody knows thf
DIVERS Mr. o'Reilly is railroad contractor, and
never committed worse sin than owning that crazy
rogue Connemara. John Kely-well the race goei
who doesn't know everybody's friend, genial Johr
kelly. should be ruled of the turf for life. In sh'
hands OF such men these, the public may be SUR
that the new track Elizabeth win be neither mud
hole nor a skating rink The mild climate Of jersey
WIN easily admit OF excellent racing as early as Apr
is and as late as November Is each year. The clut
proposes to conne its operations within that period
and there seems to be possible ground for criticism
of such plan. Turfmen regard the enterprise with
high degree Of interest, AMI words Of approval are
heard on all Sides The Turf Field and FARM Of las
week says