The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-07
american Jockeys
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AMERICAN pOyS WHO CTOSS0o lIlG Sea W
win fame and money as jockeys, and
who achieved success in England, in
Germany, in Russia, in Austria, in
| Hungary, in France, in Belgium-in ev-
cry land in which they have str1ven for
the mastery.
Danny Maher, the comedy little lad who
first saw the light in Hartford, Conn,
is England's leading jockey; Cash
Sloan the elder brother of the more IA
nous Tod, is the champion jockey Of
Russia; Fred Taral, once the most pop
ular of American jockeys, is the cham
pion rider Of Austria-Hungary; Patsy
Freeman is a leader in France; Eddie
Ross and Nate Hill are among the fore
! most riders in Germany, and when there
is racing at Ostend and American riders
go over from England or France there
American supremacy is unquestioned.
Back of these boys in these foreign
lands there are other American riders
| who have distinguished themselves. In
addition to Maher, who leads all her
| jockeys in percentage of winning
| mounts, England has the Reiff brothers,
| Lester and Johnnie; Clement Jenkins, j.
H. (t'Skeets'') Martin. Charlie Thorpe
and the Waldo brothers, Robert and Jed.
Taraps compatriots in Hungary were
| Sam Doggert and Indian" Morgan, the
| Montana half-breed. France has Patsy
1 FREEMAN Archie NC1uIyI0 dAQ D.
| Buchanan Germany has Eddie Ross,
Nate Hill and H. Sherrer, the latter rider
| a brother Of Joe Sherrer, who was a
| Jockey of note some years ago, and who
| is now acting as the manager of Jockey
Spencer, who is riding in California.
| There are other American riders on the
| other side Of the big pond, but they are
not so well known as the boys named.
| Mitchell and Bergen did not go to Rus
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| season there, so they did not do much.
In Russia Hamilton, the colored r1der,
was incapacitated early in the season by
a kick from horse, which came dan
gerously close to destroying his sight,
and in Austria, Doggett, who returned
to this country about month ago, and
has been riding fair races here, seemed
to be unfortunate from the outset. Nor
did the Waldo brothers achieve mucn.
But Maher, the Reiffs, Taral, Jenkins,
Martin, Sloan, Freeman, Thorpe, Ross
/ and Hill have had a most successful
! season.
! 1t seems to be only yesterday that the
American jockey and the American style
of riding were the laughing stock of the
| horsemen Of England and the continent.
! Now the American jockey and the Amer
| lean style of riding are the wonder, If not
| the admiration of the world, and in every
/ cline the American jockey is sought after
| as the most valuable of turf possessions
| Just about five years ago Tod Sloan went
| to England. Sims and Lester ReiM had
| been there before him, but neither Of
| these boys was so pronouncedly Amer
can in style as was Sloan. When The
Englishmen saw Sloan their scorn OF
| his style inflated them to the bursting
point almost. Their outlaws could be
heard on this side Of the Atlantic. Their
critics likened his position in the saddle
| to that Of monkey on a stick.
But within a few weeks Sloan was the
| wonder of the English turfmen. He
made their best Jockeys look like novices
he obliterated riding theories that had
I been cherished for more than a century
| and his many and brilliant successes
| were the talk of all England. Sloar
was the pioneer of an invasion that II
the realms Of peaceable endeavor was one
| of the most remarkable witnessed In the
century just closed. To have gone int
the home Of the thoroughbred and among
| horsemen who had a calm and impregna
nable faith that they were the mastel
horsemen of the world, and to have hum
bled them, to have turned their SCOTT
to envy, surely was a victory well worth
| the winning.
Sloan not only made his own success
secure, but he blazed the way to sue.
cess for any number Of his countrymer
who cared to seek fame and gold across
the sea. His success created a demand
for American jockeys, not only in Eng
land, but all over the continent because
the story of his skill and success was
told en- all the race tracks of Europe
More imam this, he helped to pave the
way for the American trainer, who, like
the American jockey, leads the men Of
his calling the world over Although
Lester Reiff had ridden in England before
| Sloan went there, it was not until after
Sloan had been recognized as the cham.
| plon of England that Reif became prom
tnent there.
singularly enough, a fate practically
| similar befell both boys, although the
punishment Of ruling off melted out II
| Reiff a little more than month ago il
much more harsh than the refusal of the
English Jockey club to grant license
to ride-the action it took In SIoan's case
In Reifs case it closed his career az
a rider absolutely, but in the case 0.
Sloan it left the candle of hope burning
| and while it burns there is a chance thai
this boy-the cleverest that ever sat IL
the saddle Of a racehorse-may be restor
ed to favor.
| This year Reif was the strong figure
In plotting William C. Whitney's Volo-
| dyovsld to victory in the Derby he won
| the distinction of being the only
| American boy to ride a Derby winner.
The triumph made him ripe for the sacr.-
fee, and before the close of the season
he was banished from the turf Moth
ing fraudulent was alleged against Sloan.
| Nothing fraudulent was proven against
Lester Reiff But both boys committed
the high crime of distancing all competi-
tors In the race to the goal of success,
and both paid the severest penalty that
a jockey can pay short of his life
The American jockeys who rode in
England and on the continent in the
| racing season just closed earned about
! S150,000 Of the number Lester Reiff, with
| $4,000 or more to his credit, was the big
gest winner. He was the head Jockey
in Mr.. Whitney's English racing estab-
lishment, a position which called for a
retaining fee Of not less than Sic, 900 and
| probably more. The day that he rode
! Volodyovsk to victory in the Derby he
received from Mr.. Whitney a cablegram
calling for draft for Ell, 600, and John
Higgins. the American who trained
| Volodyovski, received draft calling for
s2,00o.
After Lester Reiff, Danny Maher prob
ably was the biggest wage-earner. His
earnings for last year have been esti1Aat-
oS or e1S Thar, fhern fo To