The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-27
MAKING a JoCKEY.

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'To understand the making of a
jockey, one must go to the stable-boy.
he is the joekey germ. His devel-
opment is begun as early as his fourth
year The three DAILY brothers. wlO are
riding this season. are instances.
From their fourth TIL their eighth year
they did nothing but lead horse
around track. Never in that time
were they allowed to sit on a hOrse.
The modern, r 'ainer holds suclS tedi-
Gus apprenticeship INDISPENSABLE. He
has an exalted regard for the horse.
He looks upon him as an exquisite ana
delicate mechanism, to handle when
requires infinite subuety. He is there
fore eXacting in his demand for the
traits physical and mental that so to
make what he calls a good machaHic.
The boy must be worthy of the horse,
The trainers test is so severe hat, Of
ten Thousand boys who apply yearly
for admission to the racing stables of
the country. not more than a few hun
dred are accepted. of these, possibly
ten win a Jockeys license.
AT the train school of William
A. Daily, on Coney Island, 1 saw this
famous maker of jockeys refuse two
dozen applicants in as many minutes.
He rejected the first because of his
name.
fSchalk. hey?' he cried, cycling the
lad narrowly. Then you're a German,
ain't you?
- knew it the minute L clap2ed
eyes on you Now, listen,
boyr-therc never was German yet
that made a good jockey. I've had
uine, and out of the whole lot I couldn't
pull winner A German has cour-
age but no wits: and that's some
thing i can't put in him. For a good
smart jockey give e "a Yankee, an
EngliShman, or an lrish-American.
How about Fred Taral?' sug-
gested.
Is Wei. Fred had Irish blood mixed
with German Anyway, he's an ex-
ceptiOn. Now, boy, he went on turn
Ing. again TO the unlucky SchaIk, you
could hang around a track a thousand
years and never get a mount Better
go to school
"A freckle-faced, red-haired o'DOno-
hue WIS next in line
+O'Donohue.' chuckIed Mr.. Daily.
That's better. But, say, you've got a
rolling lip, mouth amt firm and your
eyes don't set right. One falFd scare
ye 10 death. Pass upn
'EEhen came Il good looking boy,
neatly and pressly bUilt, named Corri-
gan. For moment it seemed that he
might be accepted. Unhappily, nature
had equipped him with a pair Of ears
that stood at right angles TO his head.
- Heavenst Wne0ped the ira iner- 'ra-
diant with his shreWdness; Just look
ct them ears!'
He grabbed the boy by the shout
der and held him at arms length. ex-
planning that such ears are invariably
the sign Of faint-heartedness
Give me a lad with ears pinned
close to his head. 1t shows gameness.
That was the first thing I noticed
about Admiral Dewey. Soon as ] saw
his ears L knew how he come to sink
the Spanish fleet at Manila.
Mr.. DAILY is renowned for having
turned out more crack riders than any
trainer IN th1s country OF IN Engiand
He is famiHarly known as Father Bill
Daly,' He told me that for 500 years
his ancestors in Ireland have been
either owners, trainers or jockeys. He
looks it. About five feet eleven in
height, Mr.. DAILY is of massive build.
with a forearm that can hold a stable
boy dangling in mid-air His face is
TuddY and tanned by Wind and wealth
er; and his gray eyes rove furtiveIy,
not because he fears you, but because
he has his doubts
Generally Mr.. DAILY has in4tuteIage
ten or fifteen boys, coming from all
parts of the United States. They are
indentured to hin. fUT a period of five
years. He agrees during thac time to
feed them, clothe them, teach them to
ride, and pay them $50 per month Ter
their services All money earned by
them in riding, whether for his stable
or for anOther's, goes to Nr. Daily The
boys agree TO this readily. for his
training is a reputation, and they know
that wealthy turfmen are waiting to
offer a retainer of any sum up TO SO 900
the moment Mr. DalN's contract ex-
ptres. Again, a big stable, like that
Of W. y. Whitney or August Belmont.
may arrange to take a DAILY boy be-
fore his apprenticeship is served. The
stable pays $4,000 or $40 600 for the boy,
and this money is divided between
Father Bin and the relatives OF. guar
dian Of the jockey