The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
NICE TO BE A JOCKEY.
They Get Delightful Presents, Be-
sides a Statesman's Pay.

London Mail.
The most envied among jockeys is H.
Jones, who rode the princes horse to
victory for the Derby. in addition to
the honor of such an achievement, the
rewards III the shape of presents which
come to the rider Of a Derby winner
are invariably great, and Jones has al
ready been the recipient of many valu-
able mementos recently.
men now living who can recall the time
when successful jockey, If a married
man, was considered sufficiently reward
ed by the present Of side of bacon, a
me-brewed ale.
Compare this with the four e1, 600 notes
received by Tod Sloan in one week, or
the gift of the entire DERBY stakes to a
welIknown English jockey.
In addition, too, to the offerings Of
wealthy patrons and hackers, every sue
cessful present-day jockey receives, dur
ing his racing career, hundreds and often
thousands of present from less rich but
equally enthusiastic admirers. Nor are
even the smallest of these gifts lespised
Fred Archer, 1t is well known, treas
ured as a talisman threepenny bit
which was thrust into his hand by a
broken-down bookmaker's tout after his
sensational sen Derby win on SIlvlo in 1871.
wore at his watch chain a lucky six
pense which was forced upon his accept
ance In much the same manner, while the
story of the old metal matchbox which
was George Fordham's mascot, Is too
Well known to be repeated here.
curious history was attached to the
gold-mounted bullet which was wont to
be SO prominently displayed by the late
Harry Grimshaw, when that talented
rider was the observed of all Observers
Lose tomorrow, and I'll put this
tnrough you; win, and you shall wear it
Thus spoke, presumably in Jest, one
OF the little mans admirers on the eve
OF great race. Harry won. And few
Gays later the bullet arrived, gold mount
box.
1t must not be supposed that all the
presents received by jockeys from out
from 1t. Gold watches, diamond pins and
rings, riding horses, dog carts and yachts
as well as suits of Clothes. new hats
boxes of cigars and cases of champagne
literally pour In upon the fortunate hero
of the hour.
One famous lightweight received some
lew seasons ago as many boxes of choice
cigars as would have stocked a modest
shop
Perhaps, however the most usual pres
ent received by successful Jockeys from
small gamblers takes the form Of sin
gle sovereign. 1t is related of q prom
inent rider Well known on the turf a few
Gays ago, that he accumulated in a money
s poX curing one season all the single
soVerelgns he received in this manner
ana presented them as a dowry to his
sister. The young lady was the recipient
OF just over 2300
:, Occasionally a Jockey is presented with
the horse he has ridden when It proves
eniSucGieg Sd and in some instances the
liable than it was supposed to be when
given away The whip with which the
race rae Is run is invariably made over to
me Jockey, and not infrequently realizes
as a souvenir quite a nice little sum
Innaeeo' IN one case, at all events, a
D!eroy whip was handed over to a GER
TAN egd1 . sporting lord as the equivalent Of
@oVo In new, crisp Bank of England notes
"a "A curious custom, now quite obso-
Iete, was that which decreed that tbe
winner OF a classic race should be preo
sSented with q number of fresh hard
boiled eggs. The origin of this stranee
Ped i in no aaeTs Mrs 54 Darlington Wrap
IT'S inception to the fact that in otber
t to be e ssu Ro1te days the loser was apt
cooked and certainly not fresh. uii-
hi, The gift Of the others, therefore, was
e anu an afee act OF rough justice, and cheap
scales of popular favor. U''ihs the