New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-01

responsibility we're crushing him down In moh'hs
he has not smiled. He has been unucKy lor some
time. and continued disappointment has made MN
lose confidence in himself In washington 'ns
spring he rode SO brilliantly that J. r. McDonaiu
engaged him FOR the season, believing that ne was
gaining the services 81 the best lightweight OH 'ne
turf But the boy had chance to keep up the
pace set So early. Fad mounts on "hlc" ho' Wv"
a Mclaughlin I'm his palmiest days. ceulu haVe
scored turning the racing world against hlih anu 'lo
,on,orl YEA. frequently heard: Mdgleys gone all
10 rieces: hc couldn't ride a COW to pasture
II takes little TO make jockey : fame ana iesS 10
mar IT, For years Mclaughlin was the lueai o '"0
MOI mo Why lie had the best mounts. The
horses IN tie famous Brooklyn Stable were Inc pc"
Of the country ard always went 10 the post uan'u "
tne minute. II easy 10 win Win tieh' anu }" ''
customary American fashion all the credit went 10 inc
,,. ,r,. t,,inor,s name was never mentioned and
INIT ueorre praise fol- TO the horses Mclaughlin NH'
landed 10 the SHE, as the greatest Jockey OF TIE
century. But how quickly did the woismppera ","
Inst him when. after leaving the Dwycr'' ne Ioue
f .nntbcr stable 4 number OF losing races! lie went
down. down. down and soon found himself III '''
public estimation, ono OF the h"~pcc"s $500, 40
II was 50 with Hamilton with Bergen ana 50
+, viii be with Taral They all have their ups ana
downs IN no other calling in life is success 50 su'
ccssful and failure 80 Tlinous. ~
This is illustrated in the career OF the great ie'
tho iov and pride and ornament OF the D. A. " y" ~
Morris racing establishment. Penn. more mohAcN '""
man does not know the Iudiments OF lochcS'hP' anu
M notice va. taken OF him tin, by the mereSt
ch.rc. ma h,ppencd to be cliDging 10 the backs OF
,ygO horses that by some fortunate crcun'
In the day WLs renh rlI Tb. r"U was immc
da,cly a great Penn Trainers tIanpiqit voe
another in her ;ond 70 70 fame But ala, lie
coI on the wrong horses and did not VIII al" Nv"
I SI" vley win half dozen nces, regain his fct
confidence and the public Will dome inin. -
criticism has ruined many an InV, People in his
irnn~.rv have no Use for loser Thcy sec uls o,
winner sonc OF the most DIha tncV 'bappcrcd TO
has gone uunOliccd because NE rt,pnlimcnt
Io,. iv "a nose head. Dld any uDIH ,,,iiat.rrc
r,rl ON his riding ~ INonawc The day L0'o.l''n,'
h, lin, T, was one OF the finest exhibition, OF
bor5.,irii.hip sccn these ten years, yet mol "o''
va" ,ncr ALL All Archer may have been right when lie
said that there wer" not -eyen p9nhqbs nj win,
n'o al" . "nf Of trn How could Penn and Evans
and Jordan and T. sloane ana others III u'o" ''''
15ciitt ie a conscientious jockey Of very moheihe
otfninneus and unatlractlvc Pr.ohaiiN ~, ~ % en-,
a. cl'i.f cr,;nmont lie rides With too ph5 TN
and does no undulnc gracefully with nts NOUN, S ,
lower Jaw had hc,n cut sway. giving MN ING az
Iearnuce of perfect inanlnlly $50, or,o ro~,
Iittleiind rides some good races ana Soint ''.F
had oucs-no worse than Tarais performance o. h,v
land IL 1 Sauiday-and is on the whole uusiW"'nH'
~ chicf week.-mrs. is bis inter- inability to Il',.
Lttlehcd IL undoubtedly the most DulSnm5 - =,
Z he "A fiClt Inlsn. IL u''s i"'
now how 70 keep his mount together In supreme
cr0lr. lie cannot whip and ride at me "iIYS '''r '
without shaking himself n'or{ out OF i~ fr irdr,
~ pace has cool head and good seat ahu I"l ,
lie can ride a. 100 pounds without s-Tlou, "D',n,,
IN reducing ard looks strong and hsV' re o"r,'
70 be a much bette jockey than he f. for none Is
in mere constant practico. his popuHnN hnlo"- 80
mounts IN general deportmrnt ilITheld s'"nu'
nigh us manner Is quiet and unohtiuSivN ,
Iiamilton-wcl look at BIN riding thIonsh .In'
paddock gate, bumped over lihc a snomt chewing the
Parhaps Al anv rate he I. never seen in the saddle
without chew OF some sort Penn, Initiative a. mos, ,
colorcd boys arr apt 70 DC, has recently t'Ach Up
Tho chewing habit and now vies win Hamilton TIC
white Jockeys having their Innings iIS N'fT' anu
the daikics have taken back scat. Hamilton 'n'
lie seems to have lost the dash and vgpr hat made
him almost invincblc few wears ago. ana row roe,
NAV b. HAT he VIII return 10 ms mutton a. "' p'''a''
day. His most noticeable PECULIARLY Is n- 'n.
crmcly short stirup. Like Garrison ne t l V'rg
close 10 his horse, neck. ana In NJ mSt f"in J,
very rowcrNnl Hni,her lie is not had tempered but
usually looks eros, unhappy ana su,lcn. , ,,. men.
eve, Is not the hand soonest Jockey I'm ~" world hnt
he can riie good race, and IS constantly npr'vhf
He tco uses short stirrup. short that ll- heel,
a vcry uucl,ccful appearance lie IS always quiet.
never speaking until spoken 10, and even then having
McCalrcrtv. as John A. Morris would say. Is the
lucky owner who has " shade the best ~ ~" cam"
lie owns his horses. trains them. bets on them ana
ridos thcm How arc Won going 20 beat that combna-
ton? And did you McCafcrty ndef ~
sits rs erect a. I'm soldier on i'l1"m mDrr u ",,
UoIl ont and legs Ght as tie pronv> ~ a
clothes pin when it comes 10 a finish. b" leans
slightly forwarl. clucks Ike an old hen and manages
Blake. copper colorcd, Grnning confident tnh' nc
, eyg Of GOOD CS"4 Is p p @ he DOESN'T fail int,
bad hands.
Murphy-a relic Of the past