The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-10
DALY'S BIG OFFER.
He Wants to Give Jockey Tarai $500
for the Season of 1892.

He Wants to Give Jockey Tnrai $10, 900
for the Season of 1892.
Marcus DAILY. according to the Chicago
Evening Post, recently offered Jockey Fred
Taral a salary of $4,000 to command his
services in tho saddle for the season of 1892.
Tho offer is probably the most fattering
that was ever made to a jockey, and in
Tnrais case it may seem extraordinary to
turf goers who remember that popular boy
when he WAS riding on the western circuit.
Two or three years ago he WAS considered
only fair rider. and the few followers he
had backed his mounts because they knew
he was scrupulously honest. There were
dozen stars blazing brightly all around him
and Tnral, in the expressive language of the
track, was mot in it," But ne is in tho
front rank Of pigskin artists now, and he is
the popular idol of every frequenter Of the
eastern tracks. II he had q mount on q
Kentucky mule instead of a thoroughbred.
| there are mon who would back the mule
and trust to 1aral to land him winner.
Mr.. Daly's sudden fancy for the lad is duo
! TO the way Taral rode Montana in the race
for the Realization stakes and landed him
| in second place head behind Potomac af-
ter sensational finish. Montana previous
to that race had not shown good form and
Mr.. DAILY attributed his success to Taral.
So did everybody else.
! Jockey worship Is one Of the most COM
| mon forms of dissipation on race track,
but as its intensity depends entirely upon
the ability of the idol of the moment to
win with 80 per cent Of his mounts it rare
ly ever lasts in any singe Jockeys case
more than a week or two, or month At
the longest. The race horse man is az
tickle in his loves as he is superstitious in
his habits. 1t is not so long ago that
Jimmy Mclaughlin was tho premier rider
of America, and his praises we're sung from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. Mclaughlin is
riding yet, and, perhaps, as we'll as he ever
did in his life. but he has trouble in
getting mounts, and when he does get one
nobody cares to bet on it. Then Garrison
became king. Isaac Murphy. who carried
the title of "the oolored Archer" inspired
confidence In every horse he used to strad-
die, and for that matter he still retains
much of his old-time popularity, but it il
tempered with q sort of distrust that con-
trasss strangely with the blind confidence
that was once reposed in him. Bergen has
his periods when he is the worshipped one.
George Taylor was once said to be without
a peer on pigskin. Little Britton, the boy
who was so nearly killed at Washington
Park a few days ago, was also
a prince among his fellows,
but the moment Ihe disappeared
crowd, and he is now occupying the throne
where Britton used to reign. Before the
meeting closes Overton will doubtless be
deposed and Williams or some other rider
will take his place. One losing race will
shake the public's confidence in boy and
three successive defeats will bring down
about his head storm of indignation that
asylum. Taral is popular now. Everybody
says Marcus Days princely offer is the
boys Just desert, but wait until the season
is over.