The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30
THE BOYS WHO GET RICH.
LADS UNDER II WITH INCOMES OF
$4,000 on MORE YEAR
Hfg Wages for Jo~k~ys-Noney
Earned by the YoathfnI Riders of
Race Hor~~~-Scheoi IL Hard


ago the announcement was made that
". e Whitney had offered George w
doom $500 year TO ride for him two
ysaFA- Ore YEAR ago this bay was net
even known 10 followers az the race
tracks Today many experts say he Is the
best II tbs lightweight Jockeys. which
means he Is the foremost u them all
This sum Is practically for irst call upon
his serviees--sinuply retainer. IN fact
lie IAN ride for other Owners al Mr. Whit
neys discretion. lie receives IN addition
the regular jockey club zee Of 81 fer w.n-
niag mounts and sio for losing ones. ard
IS much more fer signal victories as Ihe
man for whom he rides chooses 70 give
him. Very often Jockey Is given $3.50
for winning one race. sBd much larger
sums have been given by enthas astic and
generous owners Every jockey counts
uGz0n winning much again as the sum
paid 10 him by the stable for when he
T.des 10 retain his services.
The mere fact that a jockey can make
such large income. says the New York
World, ~ equivalent 10 saying thar there
are very few frst-class riders OF race
horses Hundreds OF boys are working
10 get mounts.
The most extraordinary thing about the
hrst-class jockey Of today is fs extreme
youth. The mes, succs ssful are from Is
tn - years old II has become an axiom
majority n begins to deterlorate
doom j. Is Ci8wsoa and OfC0nn0r be-
tween II and IL. Mahsr 9sr ween IS aud -
There is Jockey ia the first division
o. tho American turf today who Is more
that = although some past that age who
won fame and large sums in the past are
stiH riding In England jockeys ride 50
long as they can make the weight There
are riders ever 81 over there Nh0 are ac-
counted ilrst-class Jockeys.
There are two reasons for Jockeys going
backward after they are past n They
taks on flesh aud they lose their courage
Every pound under loo pounds OF a jockey
- worth its weight In gold When "A
jockey reaches The age of discretion he
refuses io take a chance" to use the
familiar expression A Jockey who Will
not take chances. cannot win many races.
There IS one shining exception to this
rue-Tod Sloan. II was he who revolu-
tionized the method of riding race horses.
There are various opinions about Sioan's
personality. hut there If no doubt that
he Is the greatest Jockey that ever threw
leg over horse. The last year he rode
In this country Tod SIoau's income was
between S9,@a and sea,eGa
Essentials for Good Jockey.
What makes a really good jockey? He
must have Judgment. good hands. and "a
good ssat- He must have something more
Intangible. unexplainahle. set under
standable IL is that something which
makes h5m the real jockey. He mus. be
equal Ia every emergency. and even while.
taking the most reckless chances never
lose his Skill and cunning. Ard above all
hs must be downright honest, always
above suspicion.
1t would naturally he supposed that a
mature jockey would be the better ne
cause OF his experience and r.pencd iudg-
ment Eut the facts dlspTcve this. Look
at the men Ike Taral DoEgett Sims and
Hangii} enable Jockeys who were In the
first division and who are stu riding but
who are 40 longer placed In the first d.
vision
The jockey IS 10 other men as the race
horse is To the work horse in many re-
spectS- HE - small, long az leg ard arm
sinewy quick. absolutely game. His ear
etv as jockey lasts about as long as shat
81 a horse on the turf The first essential
Ia jockey IS physique od0m Claws IN.
o-Connor and Naaer ARE built upon the
same plan Each has long thin legs. ions
arms, powerful hands and "a small trunk
They Brc snoNy aut aol muscular Thy
have endurance rather than strength Tho
old style 0f rd.0g required great power
tn the part ~ the rider The. new stvlc
depends upon sk4I
TIE development of a Jockey is vrY,
Cur.ouS There IL at least one regular
school for them. Father Elit'' Daily las
turned out more urSt-clasN Jockeys tAaa
any other man Ia America and be ha-
made Iuore N 3uey through Them thau his
horses have Won for him In the majority
az cases fhe bows a~e regularly apar "a
decd n thc haFse-owasrs The number
varies - p thy sac II the stable except
IN the case = Father tlll' p1ty afore-
Sald. who "a Has as many s~ fg has a curn
mo3ttions fer In The Hrst place ;he boy