The herald., 1895-07-28
HOW l RODE e
MY FIRST RACE
Famous Jockeys Tell All
About Their Debut on
the Turf
THE WINNERS WERE SCARCE
Garrison Only Landed by Chance, and
Taral, Daggett and Lambley Had
Poor Luck, but Are All
Right Now
THE WINNERS WERE SCARCE

| The first race OF my life!
| There are many anxious moments il
the career of jockey, and if you should
ask any mem ber of the craft TO tell yor
about the particular incident which tri {
him most. in nine cases out OF ten he
will fall into reflective mood and de-
scribe the first race he ever rode in.
To ride in race is the acme Of the am
, bition of thousenus Of youngsters nov
performing the drudgery work of rae.
ing stable. Some OF them start in VIII e n
they are but II or IA years old, and WORK
on, year after year, IN the hope that they
will soon be allowed the honor of '"sport-
ing the silk.
They suddenly come to the realization
that they have grown too heavy for jock
eyship honors, and unless they are fortu-
nate enough to become trainers. they are
doomed to do ordinary groom work for
the rest of their lives.
Not one hoy out of forty who thinks h e
has the making of Jockey ever reaches
the point he is striving to attain. Num-
berless youngsters can ride fairly well. at
tach themselves to a racing stable IN a
menial capacity early in the season, and
six months later are surprised to hnd
that they have not once been permitted
to get on horses's back, even for the
slowest kind OF exercise work. This soon
takes the heart out of the sturdiest lad.
and at the END of the year he is usually
happy to relinquish all hope of ever be-
ing an ornament to the turf.
Others, more fortunate, are put through
the regular school of leading. walking,
trotting and running the horses in exer-
else work, and at this point the bulk OF
them stop. Unless they acquire the art
of Judging pace, they are useless for moro
importan mt work, as q trainer might wish
to send horse along at u 200 clip and
the boy would work him in l:45, prac-
tically running the horse for mouth. If
a boy can ride. keep down his weight.
and. above all, learn TO Judge pace within
a few seconds, he has some chance of be-
coming jockey.
Jockey Ed Garrison, more popularity
known as the snapper when asked to tell
about his first race, said; You know.
perhaps, that | am enc OF Father Bill
out more Jockeys than any other man in
the country, and he rs no gentle master
to work for can tell you. | was little
kid when my folks signed papers with
Daily about fifteen years ago, when the old
Brighten Beach track 6i.s opened.
II was of one of the first pupils OF his
Jockey school, and | got III ora kicks than
q lcW iiOiii MS Noodcii icb INV iSS was
u terror. and even when | see it now
stumping about race track | always feel
like keeping out OF kicking range.
Father Bill used to make me go to
sleep at . clock. and l was up usually
at A. He was up. too, and after light
breakfast l would be nut on some horse
and then DAILY would put me and tho
horse through the evolutions of getting
off in the lead. DAILY spent as much time
teaching the horses to break like flash
as he did the boys. You can always tell
a DAILY horse by the way it tries to beat the
flag. DAILY maxim is to get off in front
and stay there as long as you can. The
old man wins good many races, and in