St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-13
EARNINGS OF JOCKEYS.
Some Of Them Get Princely Sums
of Money.

The earnings Of successful jockey OF
the highest class will range from Sl2.-
900 to $4,000 year, says the New York
Sun. The Sun in its history of Henry
Griffin last autumn told how that clever
lightweight, who is not yet seventeen
years of age, is under contract for 1893
at Il salary OF $4,000 to MeSsrs. Gideon
81 Daily, who had first call on his serv-
ices last season.
Griffin will receive, in addition to this
princely sum, an allowance for his
mounts, and when not engaged in rid
ing the horses owned by his employers
he will be at liberty to accept other
mounts, subject, Of course, TO the APP
proval of the men TO whom he is under
contract.
1t is more than likely that Griffin's
earnings in 1895 will surpasS those Of
any other rider in the history of the
turf in America. He is to receive Sl6,-
leo from Gideon IL Daily, and with the
other mounts and perqu!SlteS from out
siders his earnings during the legtl-
mate season in the East should reach
very close to S25, 900.
Then, in addition to this. he is at
present riding at the San francisco
meeting for Mi Ross, and it will not be
too much to place his earnings during
the California season at $1,000. For q
boy not yet seventeen years Of age $50
600 is very comfortable figure, and
men who have sons that refuse to grow,
and are puzziing their brains for call
ing for them. would do we'll to give the
profession OF race rider some conSld-
Grafton.
4 school for Jockeys was discussed i'll
New York some years ago, but nothing
ever came Of it, and a majority OF the
men and boys in the saddle have risen
from the ranks of stable boys, and have
had few opportunities in the matter OF
education.
Theorists have for years maintained
that young men Of education and refine
ment would more than hold their own
as Jockeys II they had an opportunity,
or If they entered into the business
with The same Zeot as the lad who is
employed in a great stable as an eXer-
else boy. and who knows that he has
his future in his own hands.
|, Some persons regard the profession
Of a Jockey as not giving worldly posi-
ton, but Fred Archer was esteemed
highly by all VINO knew him, and a
it, good or bad, entirely as he deportS
himself
There is so sound reason why rider
Of race horses, calling which should
demand honesty and s0briety, should
not be above reprOach, and command
the respect and admiration Of all who
come Into contact with him. Up to the
present time the jockeys Of America, in
tie main, have been recruited from the
relatives of h0rsemen or trainers, and
owners who rode horses themselves in
! their younger days.
Some of the Jockeys are intelligent,
| and not a few are good business men.
! GIar!in Bergen is an admirer Of Thack-
! cray and Dickens, can quote Shakes
peare and Browning. and cOnVerseS
we'll on any topic. Fred Iaral owns
| blocks CT houses up town, and has the
snreWdneSS and thrift characteristic Of
| his race.
Taral is perhaps the Wealthiest Of the
| lot and need never ride again and yet
live in comfort to the end of his days.
| Ed ward II. Garrison, famliarly known
as The Snapper" can do almost any
| thing in the sporting line and do 1t well,
| handling a shotgun and billiard cue
with great experiences.
| He is 100 heavy to ride nowadays, the
! scale Of weight being so low that he
cannot secure constant employment.
| Garrison made as much money as any
! rider in this country in his day, but he
! did not take care of it, and he now talks
| of going to Europe in the spring.
SiMms. the ColOred boy from Charles
Ton, who has advanced with giant
strides to the very topm0St rung of the
| ladder in the last few years, earns fully
| $50, GOO a year, and he has the honor of
being the premier jockey Of 1894, so far
as winning mounts are concerned.
He is extremely fortunate in being
able 70 ride at 1906 pounds or less, and
can consequently accept great many
more mounts than Taral or the heavier
| boys, His opportunities for riding are
therefore greater, and it was to be eX-
pected that lie would stand first on the
| list.
Sam Doggett is boy who has come
to the front rapidly. DOggett came
East with G. W. Poole four or five years
| ago, and rode Churchill Clark and other
horses at Guttenburg.
His earnings now will figure between
| $4,000 and $4,000 year, one of his
most liberal patrons beng Plttsburg
Phil, who prefers Doggett to any other
rider whenever he can DO the weight.
Anthony Hamilton was not as promo
| inent in 1894 as during the previous five
| years, and he was free-lance, riding
for anybody who cared to employ hin.
instead of beng under salary to one Of
the millIcnaires who formerly bid high
for his services.
Before his marriage Hamilton spent
money like water. but he is now we'll
TODD in this worlds goods, and is not
particularly anxious to ride in every
| race.
The list of Jockeys is long one, but
there are few That have pretentlons to
| hOrSemanShip of the best kind.