St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-31
FORTUNATE JOCKS.
Immense Sums Earned by
Lucky Artists Of the
Pigskin.
Some Big Stakes Are Decided
on the Merits OF tn e
Riders,
And When This Occurs the
Riders Come in for a
Share.
Earnings Of Men Like MUIR
ply, Taral, Garrison and
Fitzpatrick.


who may be said to deserve such unique
and eloquent praise. What Mike Dwyer
meant was that Mclaughlin won him
many a race that any other jockey
would have lost, therefore Mclaughlin
became part of the horse just as the
horses individuality was partially sunk
IN the Jockeys. Already this season
each of the abo1 enamel riders has re-
turned small fortunes to his several
patrons by sheer force of superiority
over rival knights of the pigskin. says
the Philadelphia Times. Only week
ago Fred Taral won the Great Eclipse
stakes, worth $4,000, for gentle
ma II whose first year this is on
the turf by squeezing the colt Sir
Walter IN nose ahead OF Don
Alonzo. ridden by the famous Isaac
Murphy, and a colt plainly superior to
the winner. That $4,000 was won by
Taral ami not by the horse he rode. and
Brewer Ehret would be $4,000 richer
today if the higll-priced Murphy had
been sitting in Sir Walters saddle and
Taral in Don Alonzo. When these re-
suits are considered-and they are by
no means unfreQuent-it Is easily UNI
derStood why such a jockey as 1aral
represents as much value as tie best OF
racehorses to the stable having first call
upon his services.
1t is an open question whether a sue
cessful jockey is born or made. lie Is
probably both. He may join a stable
when a child and literally grow up III
the saddle, but in order to rise to the
top three qualities are absolutely essen
tal-induStrv, sobriety and honesty.
The Jockey possessing these may not
reach the first flight, but he will
inevitably accumulate enough money
to buy out nine out OF ten mer-
chants who have tOi!ed in the ware
house for score of years. 1t is seldom,
however, that an able jockey learns the
real value of money. The 10y VINO SltS
| horse for five minutes and IS handed
$500 by an enthusiastic owner whose
| animal he has ridden successfully, can
scarcely be expected to shed tears il he
| loses twice that sum in single bet.
| have seen Garrison bet 81, 900 on race;
have seen him ride in it wearing dia-
monds worth $1,000, and have known
him to go broke and win small fortune
in week. On the other hand, Fred
Littlefield, one of the most gentlemanly
Jockeys riding, while lie thinks nothing
! of haZardIng 800 on Il race, has never
| thelesS put by enough to purchase
superb farm home in New Jersey and
still have plenty in bank to live i'll lux
ury for the rest of his life.
Isaac Murphy'S residence in LeXing
ton. KY, is beauty, and Hamilton's
wealth is estimated at between S100,000
and 100000. Both these jockeys are
negroes. Murphy's wife is almost white,
ana her beauty is known the turf over,
while Hamilton, very black and sEn-
educated man. is married to light and
decidedly intelligent negress OF wealth
| and social position in the cOlOred colony
in ST. Louis. Pike Barnes is another
colored Jockey whose fortune runs into
five big figures, principally made in the
black jacket, red Maltese cross of Lucky
Baldwin, the California millionaire. Of
the whites, Mclaughlin, Hayward, tltZ-
patrick, Taral and L,ttletield could
without doubt lay claim to a round
million of money it their respective
fortunes were consolidated. The
jockey, however, whose fortune is
rated greater than that of any
of his fellows is Billy" DON
Ohue, Who seldom appears i'll the saddle
now, but who OWLS stable OF race
horses and is at the track every day clad
In the height of fashion. George lay
lor is fairly well.to-do, and, like CARR
son, this English rider has penchant
for diamonds. Hamilton is not given to
iewelry, but he has one weakness quite
as expensive which has frequently come
very near running his reputation and
prospects. The once Pennies little
'.nigger" loves to hear the cork pop and
see American champagne sparkle out of
French or Russian bottles. Murphy
has been accused of similar liking for
champagne, and few race-goers can for
get the fatal day at Monmouth Park
when he pulled the public's idol,
tumbled out of the saddle altogether.
The question is often asked, Where
do Jockeys come from?" as also. 'What
must [ do TO become successful jock
ey?" The first is more difficult to an
swer than the second. because in order
to become successful jockey the work
should have begun almost i'll 0abyhOod
Few lads in their teens are small enough
and few can get down to the weight
requisite if they would shine in their
profession. Those young men who try
it generally get no farther than some
general utility employmentinth the stable
, Successful Jockeys, OH the other hand
are, as a rule, apprenticed to some turf
| man when mere babies, others are taker
, from orphan and founding asylums
and others come of riding or racing
families, where the art of jockeying il
.. handed down through generations. o
,, these last the families of Hayward ant
Littlefield are conspicuous examples.
D The reader who imagines that a jock
!. eys life is one of roses and lilies is to
. tally ignorant of the real discomfort
:: and dangers involved.
4 Suppose an owner comes to Garrison
: to engage his services several days il
/; advance. "What," says the jockey
will your horse have to carry?' .On
hundred and five pounds "Well
then, PHI have to reduce ten pounds be
,: tween now and the race" Off goes tn
off the 1nnEpU tho FIR
mer to eXult and get his horse ready
! and the latter to walk miles envelope,
: in several overcOatS, with perhaps
blanket or two, or langulsh tor twenty
four or thirty-six hours iii Turkisl
J.. bath. ! have known Mclaughlin t
o take off fourteen pounds in singh
. day. 1t has happened that jockey
y have succumbed to this heroic trea,
q ment, some dying IN the Turkish bath
s After they reach certain age it i
3 more or less dangerous to attempt re
70 ducing, fact against which McLaugh
y lin every season rebels, only to thrOl
u up the sponge in the end.
= In the old days of racing in Americ
the majority of Jockeys were negroes
and consequently slaves. Often to b
defeated meant severe thraShing
Compare the state of such Jockeys wit
that of Fred Archer, in England, VIII
race course and break bottles out of hi
l. private hamper with the Prince G
o Wales. This same Archer blew out hi
s. brains while in delirium resulting froI
. excessive reducing. His fortune wa
Y over 81, 100000 But nowadays Amer
4 can jockeys enjoy more independence
II so much, IN fact, that they become surl
k when addressed by outsiders and prou
+ in their dealings with those in the swim
> Only the veriest tyro will seek inform;
It ton from jockey. who can size him IL
}; to perfection and who holds him in col
S, tempt. The experienced race-goer doe
his own thinking, and even the tur
T. writer must teach himself the art of az
:. preaching the jockeys in a manner col
sistent with their unwritten law.