The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26
FRANK ONEILL IS THE BEST Jockey
SINCE THE DAYS OF TOD SLOAN"
JOHN BODEN.

dent which overlook him and Tor which he
was in no wa responsible. Renorse Vas
thrown back when the barrier went up ana
was as good a. left at the post. This race
over and there was nothing hut success tor
CNeiI- He won the second. fourth and mn
races on MIR. Dorillard's The Lady Rohcsi;
MINERAL and Cyuttica. respectively. ana
captured the sixth and closing event on Alr.
MoTgans Confusion IL had NO mount IN
the Third race. so that but tor the accident
which prevented Rsmorse from getting
away from the post. il + more than proba-
bic that al the end Of the day y. T1uid
have mad a clear cecOrd. More thIn thl-.
the large and growing army u bett'rs VINO
owe allegiance 10 this new star Ia the
Jockey armament got GOOD prizes about all
his mounts. The LADY RoheSia was quoted
at 3 TO ]. Numsra! at H. 20 J. Cyuttica at !
to >. and Confusion At : To >
HIGH-CLASS JOCKEYSHIP-
Four consecutive winners cannot win for
any jockey a loTty niche in the pinnacle OF
tame. but what no number Of inning
mounts might do the work done aad the
skill displayed By this little lad from the
West can DO. Not all Of his vict res yes
terdG- were hloCeleSs. Not aiwayS did he
have the best horse under him. Always.
foNcveTs be rode With judgment ana skill
Always he was cool. a,erts resoUrceful- Al
Nays he DID or seemed To DO the right
I'll ng At ihe right time.
His seat WAS fHul.leSS. his hands were
the perfection Of the dslicaCy II touch. his
Judgment was witheCt fault. his russ were
made reitder too soon Nor too late. he made
neither toQ much nor too little use OF his
no sc-h'sihrain srd hlrds formed a com
btratign which COmma-ds- sucCe-S and
which could mt have failed TO challenge
the admiration CT every obseTyant horse
mon Great jockeys are as rare as states
men or lawyer or doctors OF rcnovn. yet
there were those who aver that ONein now
possesses all the elements which go to con-
stltuts true greatness in the art cf race
not BLooDLESs VICTORIES.
Not because O'Neiil rode fOur winners
yesterday are these words Of cOmmeldation
set down here. This e n statement OF fact.
not Of faEcy. II Il seems to be highly col
cred OF OYerdrawn. that i because his rid
inE : II a brilliant order. This boy came
out OF the West unheralded and unSung.
His first appearance on an Eastern r9ce
meeting. and vet when the season was one
dav old II was said in this column that
O'Ne'll WAS the coming star-that he pos
scsscd the material # which jockeyShip OF
a high order L. made.
Brilliant as his wo-k was. his most ar
dent admirer scarcely could have dreamed
that he 81 SON would leap To such a high
runE on the ladder OF fame Or 20 soon fill
such a !a-se place in the admiration and IA
the affections OF metropolitan rlCeCpe-s.
Then. too. there tTiumDhs Of yesterday were
won over boys admittedly OF the f-zt class
TEice he met Redfsrn in close finishes. and
twice Redfern vas compelled to Weld to
him. Whatever he did was well dCns. The
trademark OF ~jockeyshIp thar was we'll
nigh Perfect wa1 20 b. found in his every
act when in the saddle.
In his present stvle and form he more
nearly approaches Sloan than any boy We
have had since Sloa1's time. and should he
hold his present fern II can be assorted
without fear OF - 1tradiction that when the
season Is done. WIN ;he last race has been
run. the name C'Sriil will stand forth more
luminously than that Of any other Jockey
now before the public-that he will he the
m Many things may happen be-
tween now and the turning Of the leaves in
autumn. but TO earn championship laurels
O'Neill only needs to continue as he has be-
gun. OF him more will be heard.