The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
A BUILDER OF JOCKEYS.
PA Bill Daily whips Them, But Turns
Out Great Riders.
From the New York World.

Irish and American boys make the
best jockeys. Irish is the best nation
atty, however. The Dutch are no
good; they are too thick-witted to
amount to anything as race riders
The negro boys are the worst of the
lot God gave them thick skulls, and
you can't drive anything into them
except with an AK"
w. C. Daily, Familiarity known as
PA" expressed this opinion to a re-
porter on the relative abilities of the
boys that drift to his place to become
jockeys. On the American turf DAILY
is known as the maker of jockeys
During the last twenty years he has
developed some of the best, il not the
greatest, jockeys in the country
Among the boys to whom he has
taught the rudiments of riding and
that have shown to advantage in the
saddle are Jimmy Mclaughlin, prem
Ter rider of 1884; Edward Garrison, the
champion of $780, and Winnie"
OConnor, one of the stars of last sea-
SON
PA" is one of the picturesque char
acters of the turf Circumstances and
ability to grasp opportunities enabled
him to accumulate a fortune of nearly
100000. Thrown on his own resources
10 earn a living when young, he was
unable to go to school, and so lost the
chance to learn to read and write. In
later years, when he had secured many
thousands of dollars by racing at
Brighton Beach, he paid for tuition in
the studies he most needed and soon
mastered the elementary stages of ed
ucation.
DAILY has been called a hard master
by many. His friends say that he is
kind With a helping hand to the de-
serving. He has been called before
the courts of justice for whipping boys
TO the point of cruelty. He has always
denied the charge, but admitted he Of
ten chastised his apprentices because
they needed it," In one case he said
ures of discipline. Il whipped him."
he said, because he knocked the eye
out of a horse"
Pa finds teaching boys to ride very
profitable. He signs little fellows
through their guardians and holds pa
pers' on them until they become of
age. Should they turn out to be high
class riders he offers for sale to the
highest bidder the papers" on the
boys, In this way he makes many
thousands of dollars, for hardly a year
on at least one of his riders
Irish boys" PA" continued, ARE
quick to see. They grasp an oppor-
tunity-or anything else, for that mat
ter. They are bright and witty and
think rapidly. Jockeys have to think
quickly if they wish to be successful.
| If you tell a Mick to do thing he
will carry out your orders to the let
ter Should you show him how to sit
", i -
will grasp the idea at once and do the
thing perfectly in a few trials.
It's different with the Dutch boys.
l have had a dozen of them, and not
one was worth his salt as a jockey.
/ Many became excellent horsemen, but
were failures as jockeys. There is quite
| a distinction between a horseman' and
| jockey
Perception and alertness are the
| necessary qualifications of a jockey.
He must think rapidly and be quick
| to use every little advantage If he
| is not able to do this he is worthless
| and valueless as rider. The Dutch
| boys lack all these things. Many of
| them are wooden-h headed. l believe. In
| Germany, l have heard, railroads are
1 fenced in all along their routes. This
Il fence is not to keep cows off the track,
| but dull Germans. They don't know
/ enough to get out of the way of a train
| When ii comes along.
The negro boys are worthless. Many
OF them are not honest, and it takes
many months to teach them anything.
4 Just when you believe they have learn
Cd something they forget all about it.
l never could teach them anything ex-
cept to saw wood"
i What qualifications must boy
nave TO become 4 great jockey" DAILY
was asked.
Pa thought while, gathered his
0rows together, sat back in his chair
and murmured:
II Just a tinge of wickedness,
With touch of devil-may-care;
Just a bit of bone and meat,
II With plenty of nerve to spare.
Il When boy comes to me looking
Tor job I look him over carefully. If
he has a bright. mischievous face, good
arms and a strong chest 1 take him.
ouch youngster nine times out of
Ten amounts to something. A boy needs
II slrong arms and a powerful chest TO
hold a horse.
i 1t is the boy who has the devil in
MN that succeeds as a jockey. The
soody-goody boys are all right for
II nome and business, but not for riding.
boy who will raise a rumpus and
eut capers is the lad who will take
chance-and that's the kind of
.oungster you need in horse-racing.
oome of the best riders l have had
were mischievous and had to be tam
GO frequently to keep them in line"
rde?"
Il take a new recruit with me in
wagon and have him sit down on the
vat alongside of me. Then l take the
ems in my hands and show him how
70 mold them. AS the horse travels
SIohs l show the boy how the horses
oSuy moves under the different styles
VI gait-trot, pace, canter and gallop.
"hen he learns these little details l
tI' the boy up on a horse. l teach him
" crouch in the saddle, lean well for
"drd on his neck and take a short
Dold on the reins. / then TAB his toes
Ill hoy rides with his toes out
ne win hold on with his heels instead
y. MS knees. Very often l have 70 get
~ cork leg and all. on the horse to
'"DM Just The style l want"
s. VINO was the best jockey you ever
,s Jimmy Mclaughlin was the best
~ OF pace, but Edward Garrison
~, oonapper-was the greatest lad at the
w. I9 VI OF race. Both boys learned easi-
n @Iarrison In two months. McLaugh-
81 c. seldom, II ever. had to whip, but
fs@.ialson was always in hot water and
,-r,a 90 trouncing every day.
t.. "' one good quality about the Snap
is,. vas the more ! whipped him. the
b. ne rode. ! remember one day
d. 1eiyed three whippings-one from
'Ne from the foreman and one from