The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-11
drivers Of star trotters In the world He
brings education. ability and experience to

drivers Of star trotters in the world. He
brings education. ability and experience to
bear on the case.
After watching some races yesterday. Mr..
Of these boys do not learn how to draw a
whip before using it. They all so for 1t in
q terrible rush. draw It as heset soldier
getting it out quickly. Then they throw
themselves over into the left stirrup. swing
ing all the weight on that side and throwing
hands high over their heads and as far
back as possible and come down with all
their might. This brings them back into
the right stirrup with u bang and pulls the
horse out of his stride again. Just to find
out how much this switching OF the weights
from one side to the other hurts horse
b np 1o as as
thumb as you go by. He will about throw
you down. So you will find out how much
this swinging hurts horse driven all out
1 have not yet spoken of letting the horse >
head go. which Is the most important part
of it and the hardest to avoid doing. II
takes great rider to hold his horse as well
with one hand as with two. But If the bcys
would only draw the whip and use 1t right
they would help themselves a lot. =.
1.-The way to draw q whip Is to have IL
do not be in a rush getting II up. II you
take 1t up too quick and too high your arm
will throw you off your balance. rake
up slowly and dG not Ksso the chow
down. Then come down smartly timing the
blow to the stride and putting sting and and
snap into the crack with 1he wrist 10 3h nos
nicely. put them in with zip. Yen never
saw good boxer, good baseball batter
or good hitter oi any t kina d ina. @aew
ing back quickly destroys balance, time and
distance. Keep the body still while whip,
ping. see that the feet are evenly disposed s3
wrist. There will be just as much force In
the blow. Then always let your horse know
you are going to whip before you take your
will start then and you can hold him. Most
Of the swerving under the whip Is done
in the first few ticks. Hold your left hand
around in the saddle to whip. Indeed, the
only part Of the body that should change
arm. In all other respects It should re-
main lust as 1t was when handriding:
1T may seem to. the inexpeIienced that
fy the W, Weight Of the body, hurt more. but
/ assure YOU neat, swift wrist raps, well
delivered, will have more effectual propul-
trottirg-horse driver that swung around IN
his suikey and threw the whip back until
it touched the track. and then came for
ruled off for pulling. Yet that is just what
MANY Jockeys do every day. OF course, they
are boys, and you cannot expect mans
work from boys"
Maraser Adler of Delmar Park yesterday
received assurances from Tom Hayes Tai
bot Bros. and Turney Bros. that they would
ately upon the closing down of Washington
Park meeting. This is welcome news to
St. Louis turtles.
Little O'Nein has gone OF his form. He
gave May Do dull ride Yesterday or
well, she should have won, but O.Neill let
~ In H. In the last SfY.
teeenth as IL going to the races, but it was
too late. He was careless at the end and
stopped riding Then Irving Mayor almost
nipped him for the place.
Tom Hurns had Milwaukee in again yes
terday, and tipped him off as cinch. He
did all right to the stretch. Then the bad
ankle began to burn, and the good horse
stopped.