St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-21
WINNERS WERE SCARCE.
snapper" Garrison One Of
Father Bill Days Best
! Graduates.
THREE G0oD0NEs OF A KIND.
Tafal, Doggett and Lambley
+. Had Poor Luck at the
Start,

NEW YORK, April -Io--IHe llfSl
race of my. life! -
There are many anxious moments
in the career of a jockey, and If you
should ask any member of the craft
to tell you about the particular Incl
dent which tried him, the. most, in
nine cases out of ten he will fall
into reflective mood and describe
the first race he ever rode in.
To ride in a race is the acme of
the ambition of thousands of young.
sters now performing the drudgery
work of a racing stable. Some of
them start in when they are but
twelve or fourteen years old, and
work on, year after year, in the
hope that they will soon be allowed
the honor of sporting silk
Then they suddenly come to the
realization that they have grown
too heavy for jockeyship honors, and
unless they are fortunate enough
to- become trainers or assistant
trainers, they are doomed to do
ordinary groom work for the rest
of their lives.
- Not one boy out Of forty who
thinks he has the making of a
jockey ever reaches the point he is
striving to attain. Numberless
youngsters who can ride fairly well
attach themselves to a racing stable
in a mental capacity early in the.
season, and six months later they
, are surprised to find that they have
not once been permitted to get on a
horses 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 being an ornament to
the turf.
Others, more fortunate, are put
the regular school of lead
'Hingsa walking, trotting and running
Ithe horses in exercise work, and at
this point the bulk of them stop.
oUnless they acquire the art of judg-
ling pace. they are useless for more
important work, as trainer might
wish to send horse along at a
twolminute clip, and the boy would
work him in AS, practically running
the horse for a month. If a boy can
ride, keep down his weight, and,
'aboye, all, learn to judge pace within
"a few seconds, he has some chance.
of becoming a jockey ss;i'--lle7< :
PLENTY. OF KICKS.
Jockey Ed Garrison, more popu-
LARRY known as the Snapper, when
asked to tell about his first race,
said:- You know, perhaps, that I
am one of Father Bill Days grad
yates. Father Bill has turned out
more jockeys than any other man
in the country, and he is no gentle
master to work for, I can tell you.
I was a little kid when my folks
signed papers with DAILY about fif-
teen years ago when the old
Brighton Beach track first opened
/ s'tI was one of the first pupils of
! his jockey school, and I got more
| kicks than few from his wooden
leg. That leg was terror, and even
when 1 see it now stamping about
airace track I always feel like keep
ing out of kicking range. -
s"Father Bill used to make me go
to sleep at o'clock, and I was up
usually at 4. He was up, too, and
after a light breakfast / would be
put on some horse and then DAILY
would put me and the horse through
the evolutions of getting off in the
lead. DAILY spent as much time
teaching the horses to break like a
fash as he did the boys. You can
always tell a DAILY horse by the
way it tries to beat the flag. Days
maxim is to get off in front and
stay there as long as you can. The
old man wins good many races,
and in the long run it may be as
good policy as any other.
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