The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-25
ARE NOW FEW
NEGRO JOCKEYS
WINFIELD ard Austin the ONLY
Coiored Riders
..... Left.
BOTH ARE GOOD ONES
In Early Days Owners Had Difficulty
in Securing Good White
Boys to Pilot Their
G%allopers.
BOTH ARE GOOD ONES
From the Kansas CIV Star

land OF The car, and ID. Austin has
mad a number OF winning brackets in
the west his year. there is today no
colored riders To be mentioned in the
same breath with such jockeys as Lyme,
i~ildebrand, Shaw. pdoml, O'Ncil,
Burns, j.. Martin, w. Davis II Red
fern.
The coiored rider traces his origin
10 antc-bcilum times. He WAS The
product of slavery, became a race rider
for his owner because he hacked the
pAysl4Cr iul work Iii III" ii, Ids. After
Tie MHl racing again t!uuriShcd in the
Youth, ans, as j; Mas hard III the early
''0s 10 get white boys To work along
SD" of the then green negroes. the lat
seE had opportunities at THAT time
which do not MIST today. SO strong
were The t~oIpIc! riders Won a decade
back chat at on" time at Washington
Park, Chicago, they had IN formation
An LIBERALIZATION ~ control al The choice
mounts and th" Chicago paper; openly
charged al u" .i!nc tnat such Il trust
existed. a:lG ii al BAT brought on one
III the srca;esi tart scandals OF recent
) ans.
Old Abe was the frs, rolcrel rider
se go r"si and win Iaurels. lie rode
:ASte!uil. Norfolk. Watson. Merrill and
Other stars IN X \. ~Alaxauder's Mood
burn f. rin stlhiu. He won the Travers
stake with III" latter al Saratoga in
lSb6. Blown DICK. IoW famous as a
trainer, Zen l;rush beng one of the
stars he developed, WAS also a sue
&easfui jockey III the time of Old Abe,
and rode many iMncr nor Alexander
and Dan SwiSert. After old Abe and
Brown Dick hnd retired The best coll
ored riders =" foiioW were jim. Ross,
Ohm clay ana John Samples. The
former rod the great h"usr WanGerer
Tor Rice 4 Mc'ormack. sample rode
i.ongfri!oW for Uncle John Harper and
oiay was in the employ of Major B.. CT.
Thomas. The latter quit The saddle
alter being badly injured when War
jig fell with him in a race on the Ken
lucky association track. After a long
lay up iii theh Hospital! he finally recov-
cred, and later became d successful
trainer. He has prospercd in business
IN every way si'ce he quit the saddle,
and is today the wealthiest of all col.
ored jockeys. owning some very valu-
aple real estate in Lexington, Ky.
Samples Career Was Short,
Sample, who Won the Monmouth cup
al Lang Branch in 1871 With I].onef.i-
:ow. soon had to leave the saddle on ac-
count of his weight and was. at last
account. on the police force in Cincin-
aali. Ross died Years ago of
tion.
The next eva SAW William Walker and
Noah Haywood the, leading colored
lder5. The former will live in turf his
.ory Tor all time, as he rode Ten Eroeck
~ all his record breaking performances.
he is now training a public stable, but
.or II number vi years was John T..
Maddcn's right bower. Haywood won
The inaugural Juvenile stakes ut Je-
come Park With Meco and later wore
HE colols Of the late Governor O. Bow
lie OF Maryland TO victory. He is sup
posed to be still living in that state.
isaac Murphy. perhaps the greatest of
al colored jockeys. came into inlerna-
tiOrlal prominence when he won the
We stakes at Saratoga ON Fail
Setto, defeating james r.. keene's ia.
nous horse Spendthrift. This was in
1873. and for years afterward Murphy
Htls q star of the pigskin. He won the
suburban handicap on Salvador, the
American derby four times, with Mod
tSty, Noiante, Silver Cloud and Iimper-
or.of Norfolk respectively, and was for
several years the highest sallried jock
ny of his day. He rode over 500 Win
ners. doing his last riding in 1885 He
accumulated a fortune. but lived very
high after his retirement from the sad
die and left but a small estate when he
died In Lexington, Ky, several years
ago.
Next to Murphy, Pike Barnes. now
said to l. dying in Columbus. o., is
ArobaDly Americas most noted colored
Jockey. He won the first Futurity with
Proctor Knott and IN both 1888 and 1889
Was the leading winning jockey in this
country. having POS wlnlins mounts in
the former year and 10 in the latter.
He also rode l13 Winners in 1890, which
was the last season he was able to ride
at medium weight. Barnes d%issipated
the fortune he 50 easily made in the
saddle and is now reputed as being in a
NO = < ~ To-, 49, To-. - . T. ono --,
1884 WiEie SimmS was the leading
American race rider. In the latter year
his winning mounts numbered 1872,
while he rode 22S winners in 1894. Simms
mad other good years. winning $50 races
with his mounts in 1891. H. in 1892. IS
III 1895, 96 in 1896. l20 in 1897 and 60 in
1898. Ee won both the Kentucky Derby
and the Suburban handicap on Ben
Brush. He is stis! riding abroa. with
fair success.
Andy Hamilton Mas Popular.
There are few riders more popu1r
than Andy Hamilton was at one time
In this country. He first came into
prominence when he won the American
Derby on the long shot, c. II. Todd.
bac!; in 1887. In 1895 he won the
on L~aZZarone: in 1890 he
won the l'uturity on Potomac and in
1895 the Brooklyn handicap on Sir
Walter, In 1895 he ode 32 winners,
~ IN 1885, So in 1887. "A in 1888. 1l3
In 1883, 1913 in 1890. 1874 in 1891. 81 in
1892. 55 in 1893. so in 1894, % in 1895,
26 In 1896, 2 in 1897, Is in 1898. 16 in
1899. and 5 in 1900. a total Of s27 win
ming mounts. He died last year in
Austria. in which country he was still
riding with success.
Soup" Perkins. the late Byron Nc
Clclland's find among colored Jockeys.
led the winning jockeys OF America in
1895 when he plotted 1872 horses to vic
tory. The next season he rode los
winners. but these We're his only real
good years IN the turf. HI rapidly
grew heavy and has several times tried
the role of trainer, as we'll as steeple-
chase jockey. He rode Henry of Ma
varre In several of his great perform
nnces. The snug fortune which once
was his has long since passed away.
Alonzo Clayton. who won the Sub
urban handicap on Tillo. the Kentucky
Derby on ARA and many other great
races. was we'll known as a jockey for
many years. Clayton bought some
property in the west during his sue
cessful career as a Jockey and Is now
n of the colored riders who have
something to live off of in their old
axe.