Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-17


never took any part in The contest.
and his rider evidently realized that
nobody who knew RI from a bulls
foot" had her ON him, 81 small WAS
the chance he lad, rhH Jockeys
apathy was - apparent chat while
there WAS no suspicion Of his honesty
X was deemed advisable by the
stewards t call him up and speak Il
few words to him.
Look here. So-and-S1," said the
presiding steward; 'your horse was.
Of course, a rank outsider and hadn't
ghost of Il chance, but you are en-
pected to make. ~ any tate. SOFA"
kind of bid. and 20 DO all You &u ~
10 keep with the other horses. In
stead Of thai YOU pulled out Of The
race from the start"
YES. sir" answered the jockey in
the most confident tone and with the
greatest alacrty. but the horse is
short of work =
Then why in .thundc' don't you
work him in the morning? vow have
every chance here and lave jumps
IL school him over"
"Oh. sir, but this is doing him such
Il heap OF good"
Can any practical racing mau won,
der If tine stewards jaw fell and he
concluded to defer any admonitiou to
a future period?
Some of our iockics nave a large
Nf hut Of hN, -,
extraordinarily hum rouS. shall
never, if live to be a hundred years
of age, forget the jockey who asked
me rs | entered the paddock, whats
, favorite?" The reply was that his
mount was Il 4 to : shot.
Have YOU seen him?" Quericd the
knight of the pigSkin. mo" was
the answer. and then with 4 light
ming expression Of Scorn the jockey
said: Hes as big as a poisoned
pup" The horse was as fat as n
prize OK, but the tlaying he got thar
day even did not prevent him froni
winning a good race the next time
"out of the box"
tally devil-may-care fellows, to whom
possible injury or loss of life repre-
Sents absolutely nothing. 1t may he
raining so hard that the avcra &c
spectator wonders how any man
born of woman can be found fool.
hardy enough to tempt fortune over
the jumps. Do the jockeys care?
Not a bit of ii. The weather and the
condition of the country are merely
! food for chaff. Twill he soft falling
today" they remark, with never a
| thought of what may follow fall.
They tell hard story on Tom ---,
an old lriShman who rode across
country before he left the could sod"
Tom was put up, with instructions
not to win by any means, as the
mount of Captain -, the crack
local gentleman jock was the coed
thing. Rut Toms mount was too
much for him, and, things not going
exactly right, he found hi nself a
handy winner, with the redoubtablc
captain second.
tom, YOU young backyard,
halloed the latter worthy, as he
! pdlled up, "What the divil do YOU
mean by winning? You'll have the
hide haycd off We. The moneys ali
gone and there's nivcr Il chance to
save it now"
Tom, despite his unpropitious win
! M i,.l. n ~
swercd: "Surc, your honor, | couldn't
help myself, but can fall off now
/ before | get back TO scale. and they II
diSqualify me-" And, to cut long
story short. history does Tom an in
justice if this is not exactly what he
money.
/ Probably no jockey ever had a big
ger scare than spider" Anders n
the time he upset the late Mr.
/ WitherS while Skylarking in the
GraveSend paddock. With all the re.
Spcct any true lover Of the turf in
cvitably entertained for that really
great pillar of racing, it was the fun.
NEST and most laughable incident
Imaginable. The spider" grown into
big, cumbersome lad. was fooling
with some other boys, when lie
slipped and went down or the bricks
in true slide. Kelly slide fashion
Unluckily fsr him, his momentum
carried him head first between the
legs of the late master OF Brookdale
who, losing his equilibrium, sa'
down with considerable force on the
small Of the colored Jockeys back
Anderson quickly saw what had hap
pened and rose to his knees TO receive
the full force Of tie remarks that Mr..
Withers. with umbrella poised in an
CRY disposition to chaStiSe, summaf-
lily delivered. Please sir. | didn't
mean TO do it, he half sobhed, but
he was ashen colored before Mr..
Withers had recovered himself Suf-
ficiently to turn on his heel and walk
off
There is lot Of humor about the
jockeys room. 4 more variegated