The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-26
Funeral of Once Well-known
Jockey Will Take Place at
Galesburg, Ill.
DIED WHILE IN RUSSIA.
Won Chief Two-Year-Old Event
of That Country Last Septem-
ber-Once Rode Nine Win
ners in Day.

With the burial Of Jockey Jimmy Nor
gan at Galesburg. ILL.,, to-day. the earth
will close over the body of the boy who
once had SO meteoric career on the local
tracks and who is well remembered by the
older school of horsemen In this city.
Starting his career when the Madison.
East st. Louis and South Side tracks were
in their heyday of prosperity. thence grad
uating to the larger courses of the East
and finally winning the largest 2-year-old
stake in Russia just three days before
his death. Morgan has had a most re-
markable career.
Though Morgan died in Warsaw last
September. 1t was necessary to secure
Government papers before bringing the
body to this country Incased In a. leaden
fficasket. the boys remains arrived at
Galesburg yesterday and will be buried
there by the side Of his wife and child.
who died several years ago.
Consumption and continuous hemor-
rhages caused Morgans death. Nine
years ago, when his name was familiar to
every turfman of this city and throughout
from M ts sns Country ne was suffering
enough to make a brilliant success on the
Austrian and Russian tracks, however,
and died suddenly. just three days after
he had won the Middle Park Plate at st.
Petersburg, Russia leading stake for the
2-year-old division.
Frank B. Murphy, formerly compan-
ION and trainer for Jockey Willie Cay
wood. brought the body of Morgan to this
country and is now at Galesburg with the
remains of the once famous rider.
Local horsemen yesterday spoke feeling
Iences concerning his work in the saddle
at the local courses were INDUCED in. Cap
tain T. j. Carmody Knew the boy we'll and
the horsemen who were about the down.
Town resorts yesterday all recalled the
once well-known rider.
RODE MANY WINNERS.
Easily the most notable feat the rider
performed on the smaller tracks Of this
vicinity was the riding of nine winners
in single day over the old South Side
and East St. Louis tracks.
Ihls was in 1892, when the old East Side
track was drumming away winter and
summer, with the South Side course cut
ing IN on the game at night. Morgan
rode four winners on the East Side track,
then came across the river and swept the
south Side card, winning all five races
! unaer the electric lights!
lie was often seen In the saddle for f
e. Jordan Bird, who once owned Paulette,
Jardlne Mohican and other performers
on the legitimate courses. these horses be-
ing sold later and raced over the outIawed
In 1896 Morgan rode for T. D, Carter
around the Chicago courses. A horse
named The Deuce was the star of this
stable. Morgan rode him thirteen straight
cessfon. Later he went East and rode for
Marcus DAILY. In the spring meeting at
Aqueduct In 1892 he brought out eight of
Marcus Days 2-year-olds for their in
itial appearance. He won with every
youngster, something unusual.
GOES TO ENGLAND.
Morgan became smitten with the idea
Of going to England in 1900. and there
rode with ,but moderate success. He had
been g confrere of the Sloan boys-Tod
and Cassius-when these jocks were de-
veloping at the South Side course, and as
he had had equal success in going around
tie mountainous curves OF that course he
make an equal success with Sloan in the
East and abroad.
He did but moderately well in England
and then drifted to Austria It is said
that he intended to go to Australia, but
that his ideas Of geography were 30 vague
that Austria seemed just as good to him,
SO ne joined a party starting for that
tracks there.
His STOPPING seat excited ridicule, of
course. but he made good impression
country. He rode his first race at Buda-
Pesth. Hungary, and later drifted over
into Russia, where he remained until his
death.
Morgan was generally known as Indian
Jimmy" while riding In this city, his
sobriquet arising from the fact that his
mother was said to be fuil-glood CO.
manche. While not leading Jockey at
any of the big tracks. his success on the
smaller courses here was remarkable. and
he continually achieved some odd feat
While riding at the South Side his seat
was STOPPING to a marked degree and he
sometimes seemed to have his fingers
actually at his mounts bit while going
around the curves. He would take the
high turns and sharp corners of the tri-
angular East Side track without CULVER,
and was conceded to be one Of the most