Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-24
JOCKEYS BIG EARNINGS.
Owners and Trainers Overrun With Appli-
cations.

cations.
The big stories of the earnings of jockeys
SAYS the New York Tribune. have borne fruit.
The owners and trainers overrun with ap-
plications for work by boys OF all classes, from
the ''gutter snipe" to the dude" and some
thing had TO be done to check the onslaught
A sood-looking young man applied for place
at one of the Morris Park stables few days ago,
and his reception WAS simply immense as one
of the owners put it. He weighed lis pounds.
TOO heavy" said the trainer to whom his ap-
plication made "I'll reduce" was the re-
ply. All the trainers and stable boys on the
track were apprised of the fact that there was a
new conner. and they gathered on the backstretch
to see the fun. 1t was about 10 o clock after all
the horses had had their mornings work. Visit
ors to the club house saw some thing coming
down the stretch the like of which had never
before met their ewes. 1t was the young man.
His legs were swathed in red band8ges, he car
ried four horse blankets on his body and a
cradle and hood on his head and neck. He
ran at top speed down the hill three or four
times and then was taken to the scales to see
how much he had reduced. He tipped the
beam at lib pounds. Not enough" said his
employer. He turned over to the tender
mercies OF the stable boys. who took him to a
manure heap and buried him up to his neck,
where they left HIM to suffer and reflect for an
Nueu AheH out, more OeaU IMAM awe.
he scaled Ill pounds, and the boys took him
off behind the stable to rup him down. Brushes
and curryconbs were literally applied and
after he had suffered a terrible laceration the
hose was turned on. He was game to the back
bone. His weight was now 189 pounds, and
the trainer said: my boy, you'll do" He did
do. lie is now at work, and has the respect OF
the entire track. boy who can go through
what be did is bound to succeed.
The results at Elizabeth have shown in most
cases the fatuousness of trying to get line on
the thOroughbreds of one season by the work
OF another season which has passed and gone.
1t Is a mistake that the talent make every year,
however. and they will be found playing the
form of SO when the first Of the summer horses
go to the post in "a. and wondering too. WIN
II cir judgment is so far wrong. 1t is fair to
say that much can be tod from the perform
ances of a previous year when the horses once
get their form. 1t cannot be Of much avail
until that is assured. The fact that Dr. Has,
brouck was the greatest sprinter of 1892. for
instance, Is OF the greatest importance in itself
In determining the status of the horse in his
races of the present season. 1t would, for
instance, be hazardous to bet on
him in a mile mile and quarter event.
But until he gets his form for this year the fact
of his holding the record at five furlongs has no
particular significance. After he has performed
once or twice to indicate that he has got the
requisite strength and endurance for a race
then all that can be known about his work of
former years. the remembering of it, will be
OF Invaluable advantage to the bettor in rightly
placing him among his competitors. The talent,
however. at the outset begin to Judge by the
form which the horse had when he went into
the stable for five or six months rest. for
getting what may have happened from sickness
or results from former injury in the time to set
him back.
Postguard. a thoroughbred stallion belong
ing to Gen. stephen Sanford of AmsteI DAM
NY, and who never was a marked success as a
sire, died at the farm of his owner yesterday.
Postguard, who raced under the name of Gen
Philips. was the 1874 foal of La Polka, daugh-
ter of Lexington, his sire being the imported
horse Glenelg. Postguards dam was the dam
Of Strathspey, Heel and Toe, Dancing Master,
Los Angeles. La Esmeralda and a number Of
other good racers.
Among the recent bets registered in Chicago
against possible starters for the American
derby were $4,000 to $50 against Metuchen
$4,000 against $1,000 on the chances of Don
Alonzo; $4,000 to $50. Delury; $1,000 to 800,
Ethan Queen; $4,000 to $780, Evanatus
$1,000 to $50. Fidelio; 81, 500 to $50, Miles
Standish $4,000 to $780, Ramapo; $4,000 to
$500. st. Leonard; $1,000 to $500. Sir Francis:
S1.5OO to $50, Spartan, and $4,000 to 5000,
Young Arion.