The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03
PA BILL DALY'S SCHOOL.
TRAINING THAT TURNS BoYs INTo
FAMOUS JOCKEYS.

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to Church and Take Desperate Chance.
-Believes In the Rod but not In BETTING
Bill Days school for jockeys Is n unioro
feature OF the American turf The succos.
OF Tod Sloane and the Reifr boys In Enc.
land has awakened tho desire amopa
thousands OF lads to become skilled jockeys.
and this eccentric Irishman IL now noodei
with requests from would be apprentices n.
ia recognized as preamincnt in teaching
boys how to ride. His reputation in
this respect IL Of long standing. He mad,
Jimmy Mclaughlin. for many years thu
premier Jockey OF America and thu
greatest rider Of two-year- olds this country
hos yet produced. Edward tSnnpperj CARR.
son. too. was n pupil Of your Uncle william"
and now comes little Winnie OConnor, who
will probably head the list Of winning Jockeys
this year. though but II years old Then
there are Willie Palmer. Johnny and Jimm,
Lamley. Danny Mnher. J. Slack and another
lad. little Brennan. who. DAILY says. will max.
Americas greatest jockey with little mora
training.
As these boys graduate from the DAILY school
they are In demand at the big racing stables.
for every horse owner knows that DAILY pupll
has been 80 thoroughly trained in the business
that he is capable Of riding the most mportan,
races, so they come year after year TO Coney
1slani. whore Days winter quarters arc and
tearns along tbe eyce 'a pSth bnnSeS ohe
heavy clothes with Precipitation oo2ing out =
every pore and followed. perhaps. by an admir-.
they can ride at the smallest weight possible
making Sm W Year .nG and sho %nni
world wide, fame, and incidentally BY their
actiyo al mes with bale stick Mr. BalyS get,
his boys from different places Some come
from orphan homes and poor families who ara
gf
eafier- chief who. however does not 70 ,ass '
properly youShed ior aud indcntare% to hin
for for a ar period OF hye yoarss Legal pS,IeF!
parents and gua-di4ns: Then the lad becomes
ISs,ss PrCPer and i h, runs on may b ar
gives no money either to the hoy or his rcin-
tives., He simply contracts to make Jockey
is graduated. In this way DAILY accrues con.
siderable money. for his boys get s25 for every
the price is not too high for the, training,
In the first place boy must have a natural
Of the right sort, Ithe, boy shows any signs
are s sNoep9ns R S said M fsf DAILY to ts
writer; Vow. that boy Slack. for Instance lisa
the lad was hall sar % He Nt trained Elm sha
by h pG nahS hin RIA st on powerful
;, DAILY makes no mistakes like this. He give,
the Goy an t easy mount at he star, And then
matic;tired sulky IN, which his horse can trot
or gallon at will; From there he calls out in:
he requires il that the boy. shall obey on the
instant every command and show no signs o.
position and the practical details the appren.
ice gets chance on a try-out that Is pre-:
Tor an event. The head Jockey rides the horse
that is TO race and the head apprentice takes :
mount on The trial horse II no shows himself
capable in this he is later on honored with
To school him Tor that occasion the master
art OF the business. and first OF ali impress"s
him with the importance 81 getting OF at the
memory Of a Daily boy II means TINT. instead
OF waiting Tor the 3thers 70 get n in the van.
dash TO the front and get the best position pos
slhle. seven or eight lengths ahead Of the
have been successfu in England by prsctisins
this. The riders thcre are accustomed 10 hold
back until near the finish and then trust to q
.Daly's methods are rather severe at times.
II boy shows yellow streak he is apt 70 be
heard from time to time. but there is no gain.
saying the fact that he turns out Jockeys An
pupils IS the Necessity oi forcing oSe % va ms
between two horses ahead. Thi:s; requires the
nor, who by the way. is a Iephew Of Daily, has
made his reputation thereby. When a dozen
hear the little Elbows calling ali . s%q W" o.
things 90 one another Your horse /.
Ea aSssd out or.s snys , one Let me na1s"
viii nn OATH horsd rre SIsA%s ms
Ike this thousands Of dollars may DEPEND on
is behind bunch Of horses his only chances Il
getting ahead are either 70 go around one end
former man'puvre a horse must be in magna.
ssn, fern prs wth WI Mind to for he Is almost
boys legs may receive. terrible punishment
Day nGrs. Ms boys a do o1! s@ on a, what ,s
post. are his last instructions. ''or MI"
Mr. DAILY gives his pupils all the benefit ola
lifetime experiepce on the track. and il was
through his tutelage that snapper Garrison
" wSE TGe Sn 1se wG ro:
fsGHnd Y, iaiTy bSo9d horse but greatly H.
advantage. that while the other horses were
NJ nsry ,S and m gn,ck temLersd. Boundless was
by delaying the start. For one whole hour the
al the While at bs the bsS sr y to S. on 1
Permission TO- dismoupt and * his stirrgp.
ssSSsss' iHsEs tSnt Il com f aw SS ssp
up long enough the competing racers would be-
worn out with the excitement, and such was
p2uEhSd his way to the nsH fresh as Sa1 aasy
pay is not Inclined to talk much Of his school
son gave him trouble in plenty. One rnic il
that the hoys must be in bed by . o'clock
every night, and Garrison incurred Days dis
pleasure once by tying half a dozen stirrup
STRAPS together and sliding. down from tho
second story after hours. When he returned
from the theatre that night DAILY provided an
entertainment that, the snapper never forgot
paly's APPRENTICE boys live a regular life, In
the summer they got M Mt 4 or o'clock and
wash at the pump in the yari and, without
breakfast, proceed 10 the stables. Each bog
has two strings, that is. two horses. He takes
ont the first string and for TWO hours EXERCISES
him by leading h i'm about, then riding him az
atrot. canter and gaop After leading him
about again To cool the boys get good. whole
some breakfast all fatcninc foods being climI-
mated as much rs possible About & O'Clock
tho hoy exercises the second string and that
practically finishes his days work
Day does not require his boys 10 do any
mental work such as curryng horse He re-
CARDS tn" profession as too high for that.
Grooms and hnstlers do all the stable work In
this respect DAILY Is of the now generation
which exhibits the little cuorcd Jockey trly.
cling with valet and secretary and arriving
at the track In, 2 Victoria, Thirty year, aGn a
Jockey dressed himself. carried his own saddle
and even rubbed down his horse Cu--
toms arc changed. DAILY does insist however,
In lNH