The morning call., 1893-06-20

years for Jesse Wall. whose residence is
on Market street in Oakland.
Wards mother died in confinement
about six years ago. and then horsrman
took him to Senator Stanford's ranch at
Palo Alto and,put him to work galloDing
horses. He showed great proficiency as
an exercise boy, and gave such promise of
becoming a clever jnckey that many horse
men on the coast were anxious to secure
him to ride. Kelly & Samuels. who
owned Ed McGinniss, LiZette and We'll
come, engaged him to ride them. He met
with great success riding McGinniss and
LiZette in the East, but this success
spoiled him. While with Kelly & Samu-
els. he learned to drink. and they used to
bring the boy up to the bar with them, it
is said.
Stories, whether true or false. are also
told in horse circles to the effect that they
went further than this. Billy Kelly,
with his fists. would give Dick dollar or
so and say, 'Dck, you see that fellow"
pointing to some hard-looking youngster,
ego and lick him" If Dick didn't lick
him. they would lick him.
After leaving Kelly & Samuels. Dick
went East to ride for Senator L. J. Rose of
Los Angeles. He RODE that great fliy
Fairy in most of her two-year-old engage
ments. and created favorable impression
in the East.
The lad kept drin king hard and Rose
finally let him go. Debauch after debauch
ruined him completely, and the mother
less boy went from bad to worse. Many
who know him are onfdent that he is iu-
sane from drink. for ever since the boy has
been old enough to shoulder himself
against bar he has been drinking. Last
fall, when most horsemen had lost conf
dence in his ability to ride any more. the
owner OF Lotte D gave him a mount He
do Et;e hi
colored man named McKenna put him
up on ST. Croix.
Ward was accused of pulling him, and
was ruled off for life.
McKenns, whom Ward has always ac-
cused of stutfing the horse in the stable,
was the first TO come out and openly ac-
cuse him of pulling.
1t is a well-known fact that Ward bet
the only So he had in the world op st.
CroiX. His honesty had never before been
questioned, and those who knew him al
ways believed in his innocence of the
charge.
AT the last meeting of the Blood-horso
Association Ward was reinstated on pro-
baton. He expected TO ride at Swchartz' S
meeting, but Judge Trevathan, who
claimed that he had never been reinstated,
refused to let him.
This ended Ward, who had been keeping
sober for some time. He started to drink
all he roud get and his debauch ended in
a supposed murder.
Mary in turf circles who knew him said
yesterday that his defense would be in
sanity, and that many who knew him
would swear that they believed him in
sane. Beyond this few had q good word
to say for him.
Kely's anlecedents are practically un-
known. In 1889 he was blacking boots in
ST. Paul. Mimi. Marcus Daly's stable
came through on Its way to the Copper
Kings ranch in Montana, and the foreman
needed few exercise boys.
He hired Kelly among others and took
him to Montana. A couple of years ago
he came 10 California and went to work
for William Murray of Sacramento Since
then he has been working on the coast.
The lad had very little to say about ilim-
self, and knew nothing of the Whereabouts
of his parents.