Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-24
LITTLE JED WALDO.
The Diminutivc Jockey Will wake
John Bull Open His Eyes

The Diminutivc Jockey VIII Make
John Bull Open His Eyes.
From the New York Telegraph.
When Edward Corrigan reaches England
this week with the two Waldo boys In 10"
he will introduce to the English turf DIT
least one new character which Will per-
haps be interesting to the Britons. III httle
Jed Waldo doesn't make them stare WIN
more than their accustomed intensity L
miss my guess He is as amusing as leo.
AIDES Artie and equally proficient In MS
grasp of the slang of his time. He Is nap
DIV and indolent, courageous and careless.
He likes to ride race horses and VIII take
anv chance to get home first on one. But
he Is tough. oh! so delightfully."- tough. &C
cfdents have happened to him. He mas
been in the hospital with broken shoulder
blades, fractured arms and few other
things. but the pain made no lasting I'M
preston upon him. After getting a ran IN
a race that was sufficiently disastrous TO
his anatomy to take the nerve out or MN
he would come back to the business OF rid
ing with a spirit unperturbed ana game
ness mistaken.
=" Then he would do the very hazardous
thing which got him a fall in his last
mount. No amount of warning did MIN
any good. 1t was his habit to rush out to
take the lead if he could. and If he got on
badly he simply tried to ride over the field
in front of him. He got all the boys ABOUT
Chicago so ratified last season that when ne
came up behind them and yelled to let him
through they pulled out and did it. If they
didn't give him room he went right on top
of them with an absolute disregard of con-
sequences.
Jed never rode a race until last spring
at the Memphis meeting. He looked IKE a
toy boy on a horse when he went to the
post at Memphis Tommy Burns was up III
the same race-the famous Tommy Burns
All the other boys bowed to Burns and rec
ognized his right to the best that was
going in a race.
Not so Jed. Burns wasn't whit bigger
than he in the Jed estimation, and JED
refused to play him as favorite. In that
stretch, Burns was right in front of Jed on
the rail. The little fellow wanted to come
through.
In language as unprintable as it was
get out of his way. Burns laughed and did
it, but when Jed's mount came down the
stretch with a burst Of speed that carried
the lad past Burns and home first the pre-
mier jockey was as angry as bundle or
hornets and Jed was "guying him.
One day last summer he was up In a
race at ST. Louis and some horse interfered
with his mount. Immediately he got off
his horse at the finish he climbed labor,
ously up into the judges stand and claimed
foul.
'Foul, for what?" asked the judges, none
Of whom had seen anything.
IDlOnC you see lndI HOTSc carry HE Oil
over the race track?" asked the lad in pain
ed surprise.
1--WE never noticed any interference with
you"
Jed looked at the officials moment, and
then turned to go with infinite disgust writ
ten upon his face. 'Well,' he finally broke
out, 'if you didn't see that foul you must
have been in with 1t.
They didn't punish him for 1t because of
his youth and inexperience, and you could
never convince the little fellow that he had
made blunder in delivering himself of his
opinion.
to get good clothes on him. At that he
made open rebellion. 1t was his pleasure
to parade around the track on off days
dressed in any old pair Of shoes that came
handy, a pair of trousers that were a foot
too long for him and hung in a bag about
his feet. a sweater that might once have
been white, and SLOUGH hat that stable
boy wouldn't have worn The outfit was
easy and comfortable, but 1t was sorry to
see.
The judges at Hawthorne sent for him
one day to ask him something about a
race, and he came I'D in that garb. The
officials promptly ordered him back to the
paddock with instructions to dress himself
He went down to the jockey room where
Tommy Burns was putting on his absolute
Say, Tommy" he blurted out, "set in
your skin awhile and load me with your
glad rags. I've got to go up and be
pretty little girl for the guys in the judges
stand, and I've left my dress at home"
Then he came back to the officials in the |
Burns outfit.
Willie Waldo. the elder of the brothers, |
IS quiet and earnest. and will make some
hing of the impression conveyed to the
British nobility. by little Johnny Reiff
Something of the refinement of his we'll
bred mother is evident In Willie and he |
will get along over there.
But Jed! One can imagine his presenta- |
ion to n. r. II. after winning q stake |
race. Mr.. Corrfgan must labor with his /
manners. Thsy viii find Jed a. willing a !