The herald., 1895-04-07
MEN WHO MAKE FAMOUS RACERS
ethods of the Trainers
Other Crack Life Hard but the
Recompense Commensurate

| trained the horses of J. A. & A. H. Nor
ris Just as his father did for their an
cestors. With the Morris horses Mr.. Wal
den has won many great victories, the
most notable ones being in the 2-year-
old class. He is regarded as the ablest
handler of 2-year-olds in the country, and
at the opening of the season always has
its management as trainer and jockey
The contract between him and Mr..
Morris is a rich one. He draws the
nominal salary of $4,000 yaeT, and after
all the stable expenses have been paid he
is given one-half the winnings. On this
pasis he often makes 5000 and $50, 600
year. He has the sole power to buy
and sell horses, engage jockeys and exer-
else boys. His functions are practically
those of owner.
He spent five years with Mr.. Duncan
and then began to build up stable OF his
own. Later he took charge OF w. IL.
Scott's horses. winning many great stakes
with Greystone, Blue Grass Belle, Charity,
ALL Hands Around and a score of other
good ones.
Byron McClelland is trainer OF world
wide fame. AS the trainer and owner of
the great Henry of Navarro, who ran
such sensational races with Clifford and
Domino last year, he became one of the
most talked about men on the turf. He
was born and raised in Lexington
place which turns out more racers and
racing men IMAM any SpoJ III tiic COuibiy
His father was horse trainer and all his
| brothers are trainers. His baby days
were almost spent in racing table,
although his mother never took kindly
/ to the calling. She made desperate effort
when he was just merging into manhood
to get him out of the race horse atmos-
/ .phere and secured position for him on
the Lexington Press. But it happened
that, like every other prominent man in
that section OF the country. H. G. Dun
can, owner of the Press, had racing
stable, and quickly apprecating McClel-
lands valuable horse knowledge, induced
him to take
| Byron fell in love with a Lexington
young lady one day. but he made the re-
| solve that he would not marry until he
had at least $500 He was a long way
from having $50, 900 then, but while in
stable partnership with Dick Roche OF
| St. Louis he got hold of that great little
horse Badge. In bets and purses Badge
earned more than $50, 900 for McClelland
in season. and the wedding followed
All racing men remember the great =
year-old Sallie McClelland of four years
ago. That tilly was named after his wife,
and today is having an easy time on Nc
Clelland's Kentucky farm.
A. J. Joyner. or Jack Joyner, as every
one calls him, has earned undying fame
as the trainer of the peerless Domino. The
great success OF James Il. and Foxhall
Keene on the turf has been largely due to
Jack. That he handled Domino with al
a Islnost inspired skill during the terrific
races of last year, when every one thought
that the great colts forelegs were gone,
is matter of turf history.
Mr.. Joyner was born on his fathers S
plantation near Weldon. n. G. His father
had some booded stock and Jack trained
them when a mere lad for the races at the
county fairs, winning several good
victories. Later on he met w. p. Burch
and spent live years as manager OF his
stable. Then he had charge of the horses
of Davis & Hall. Next to the Domino
races he considers his greaest victory the
time when he trained old Orhamme and
beat the famous mare Firezi.
Matt Byrnes will go down tc posterity
as the man who trained Salvador. He
trains now for Marcus DAILY, the copper
king, but he loves to dwell on his victo-
ries with Frenzi and Salvador. He never
tires of telling what glutton for work
Salvador was and how he always did more
than was asked of him.
IF wanted to work him a mile and a
half in 2:4O,' says Mr.. Byrnes, ''he would
run it in 2:36 He was always kind, strong
and hardy, with big appetite and nv will Il
was only one fault he had. and that was
he wouldn't work without company.
Firenzi was the greatest worker l ever
had. There seemed to be no limit to her
capacity Tor hard work. and the more she
was raced the more often she won. Some
people used to think we were too severe
with her, but they didn't know the
horse"
Jimmie Mclaughlin, the most famous
Jockey in the country ten years ago when
he rode Miss Woodford, George Kinney
and other famous ones in the Dwyer
string to victory, is now trainer and
owner. He has also acted as starter, but
having the actual management of horses
is more congenial to him.
Hardy Campbell, who has charge OF
the Dwyer- Croker string of flyers now at
the Newmarket course, England, has a
chance to distinguish himself as Jake
Pincus did when he took Iroquois abroad
for Mr.. Lorillard and won the Derby.
Mr.. Campbell has with him such good
ones as Don Alonzo, Flirt, Banquet,
Dobbins, Stonenell, Utica and Montauk,
but with the exception of the latter, there
is hardly Iroquois material among them.
THE BLIND SHlPBUILDER