St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-21

bareback work when but ten years
old. He had natural fondness for
horses, and spent all the time he
could about the different stables of
the place.
1t was at the fair grounds near
Mattewan that rode in my first
race. 1t was only a scrub affair at
best, said Taral in telling the story.
but 1T was an event of great i'm
portance to me at the time. 1 only
weighed about eighty-fve pounds.
but l prepared weeks ahead for the
event, and as the race was to be at
eaten weights 1 felt it incumbent
upon me to get down at least five
pounds. All kinds of horses were
entered, mustang, half-thorough-
pred, thoroughbred and no particu-
lar breed at all. 1 was on a half
thoroughbred and half mustang
named Jim. 1t was a half-mile race
Tor $50, and some of the riders
weighed twice as much as L did.
=. Anyway, the race was run. and 7
was beaten by about twenty lengths.
tnfee horses finishing ahead of me
and four in the rear. / beat the last
morse about forty lengths. which
gave me some melancholy satisfac-
tlon, although confidently expect
ed to land the race
When asked what win had eivan
hfn the most satisfaction, he said
that the day he beat Clifford with
domino last fall gave him the most
pleasure, for the reason that he had
always claimed Domino was a dis
lance horse as we'll as a sprinter. and
the race proved it. Domino, Taral
says, is the greatest horse he ever
rode.
HARD TRACK TO RIDE ON.
sam Doggett, the hero of many
sensational wins, said: II was put
through'a hard school at the G1tten-
burg track five years ago when it
was in the hey-day of its glory. 1t
wasn't much of a track then. and
getting around it's short curves in
ali kinds of winter weather wasn't
much sport for the jockey.
"Guttenburg has graduated a good
many riders, for in the old days the
boys who. could command a good
salary wouldn't ride there, and the
morse owners had to do the best
they could with clever stable bows.
Matte V was the name of the
hrst horse l rode in a race. 1t was
winter time, and 1 almost froze
while the horses were at the post.
L got the rail by some lucky chance
and managed to hug it all the way
round by riding part of the time
with one foot hanging over the
renee. Ut was wonder my leg was
not broken in hundred places,
but it was my first race, and 1 was
reckless and willing to do anything
to win.
Il didn't win, though, as my mount
was bumped and jostled about in the
stretch. l managed to land third
money, and had the satisfaction of
seeing my name hoisted on the
boards. 1t was also gratifying to
read the papers next day and see
that my name was not included
among the also rams"
LAMBLEY DIDN'T WIN.
Jimmie Lambley, the head of the
Famous Lambley family of Jockeys,
in speaking of his first race, said:
II am a Bill Daily boy, like Snap
per Garrison, but came along sew
eral years after him. Whenever the
old man and l had a row he used to
sly: Look what 1 made of Garrison.
III make just as great rider of you
if you'll only attend to business
II don't remember the name of the
horse rode in my first race. Bill
had so many horses and 1 was such
little chap at the time, weighing
about seventy-five pounds, that it
seems long time ago. 1 think it was
tWo-year-old race of five furlangs,
and my mount was a maiden, and,
L think, unnamed.
In those days DAILY never used to
name his horses until they had won
a race. I didn't get off any too WE'LL
and l could hear Father Bill, who
was near the starter, yelling at me-
l tried my best to win, but if 1 had
been the greatest rider on earth
wouldn't have landed that horse
first ait the wire. 1 don't think he
ever got out of the maiden class.
When a horse hasn't got the speed
all the jockeyship in the world
wouldn't make racer out of him"