The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-13
TALK OF INTEREST.
HILDEBRAND AND YEAGER
DRIVEN TO THE WALL.

Former star Rider Quits saddle work ne
cause Of Hs weight. while speculstOr
sIas Lost His Bankroll -POoiroem
Information Provides Fat Dividends.
Jockey Eugene Hildebrand has decided to
retire because of his inability TO reduce 70
required weight. He went to San Francisco
after the close Of the season here and signed
a contract with his old employer. Joe feagsr
hut after riding a few races he concluded
that he had seen his best days and that there
might be A chance for him "a an owner and
trainer. Two years ago Hildebrand was re-
Carded as the greatest Jockey In America,
He was brought East by Heager. who at maj
time was a sensational piunger and the tslk
ofthe turf. Hildebrand instantly Jumped INTO
popular favor and before many weeks MA
seryices we're demanded by all OF the leaolng
stables. u. Whitney finally secured second
call on the boys services, the veteran WINE
Shaw being displaced.
After that Hildebrand went along smoothly
until one day he rode n bad looking race on
MIR. Whitney's hIly Duenna. who was beaten
a hsad nv Iast Cherry, n heavily backed favor
tie Investigation by the stewards proved
that Neager, among others, had a big bet on
Last Cherry, which made Hildebrsnds per-
Torrance all the more suspicious. As a re-
suit the crack Jockey was SUSPENDED. out
because of pow erful influence said TO nave
4. been eNeTteU IN MS Dtlld Nv -
( ouently reinststsd. But the turf authorities
/: nv that time had marked him for constant
: scrutiny and toward the end OF the season
he was suddenly notified that he had lost
= his license because OF rough riding
Hildebrand remained idle for several
u, months, which proved TO be the beginning
! of his downfall. lie got in with boon COM
panions who showed him the White Light
4. district at night. When he received anothsr
= license last spring it was stipulated that he
would have to sever all business relations
with YpaRPr. But Hildebrand. unable TO
tear himself away from the fast set. could
not keep in proper physical condition. with
the natural result that his work in the saddle
was very poor. Meanwhile Eeager deprived
Of his ace. found it impossible to operate
with his former success, He lost continually
and before the season was half over IL was
said that he was bankrupt. From the custo-
mary 5000 wagers, the plunger dropped
u s25 and $50 to a race, but even then ne
found that he was up against 1t.
When Yea ger went West this fall ne was
practically penniless. while Hildebrsnd, who
had bracpd up at Saratoga and had tried
II ride for ". y. Duryea and Others. told his
friends that the end Of his career as a Jockey
was ut hand. He had taken on weight so
rapidly that in spite Of violent exercise ne
discovered that he could not get down 70 the
required scale without running chances OF
n rapid decline. As the OaIlOrnld chUhato
is supposed 10 be unfa vorable for taking on
avoirdupois il can readily be seen that Hide
brand has reached the end Of his rope.
I've never seen a pnnger who had a
Jockey on his stan that did not finally go to
the wall" sal" a yesterday.
These fellows are always looking for an
ace, and for a time they get along nicely.
But mst as soon as the jockeys under their
control lose their grip the %pungers are up
against IL. Pttshurg Phil was the only
pIunger who depended wholly upon his brains
70 beat the races. He made a study OF the
game and won ont. II Is true that he learned
q great deal from Shaw. but Phil never cared
70 have a cinch in any race. He was after
the long priced horses, which got the bulk Of
his fortune for him"
Several Western poolroom men are trying
10 nun Independently Of the news company
conducted by Johnny Payne Of Covington.
which has made a deal with the winter tracks
for the exclusive information 20 be sent out
all over the country. This company, by the
way, has rapidly grown into a master afair
which controls the poolroom business OF the
country. No room can very well operate
without the service, which costs $40 a week.
This Includes all data. starters, weights.
Jockeys. betting and the descriptions OF the
races by wire from the different tracks.
II Is said that the company has many in
llfllNAt " " ~ so ANNAN -
ceived big dividends. SO far the few West
Crners who have tried to buck up against
the monopoly have been unable TO secure
any direct information from the tracks. They
have declared, however. that they will soon
find a way to provide the necessary details.
but Just how they do not attempt to outline.
1T is stated that the tracks receive so much
q day for the Information used by the com-
pany, which alSo pays a large fee to the tele-
graph companies for the use OF the wires.
An estimate places the numbe Of rooms
receiving service from the company In diff
ferent cities OF the United States at about
10000,
A Cornell professor takes exception 10
the practice of newspapers 10 selecting ALI
American teams at the windup Of the football
season and suggests that a
Of the rules committee should have the eG-
elusive right to attend TO this matter. The
Cornell professor declares that coaches
who make these selections are necessarily
prejudiced. while newspaper critics are
Influenced by ult erior motives" The rules
has more important things TO
consider. A~ll-America teams are to the
real season as a toy to a child. Besides they
are matters of opinion. Furthermore, a
majority of the men who pick the teams
for the newspapers are fully as competent TO
pass Judgment on the best players "a any
member or members OF the rules committee,
more 20. perhaps. because the scrihes see
more games.
With the idea of making indelible base
ball history il has been suggested that
moving pictures should be made at once
to reproduce the startling offer OF $4,000
for three Chicago ball players. which has
Just been credited to President Ebbets OF
the Brooklyn club. II the public had not
been looking intently at the Brooklyn mag
-. Ia.oIaII ma inaiaf that ha would ha We
turned over Jordan and Lumley to Manager
McGraw for SIS, 900 in real money.
Since Jack Johnson. the colOred heavy
weight, doomed ND as a possible
a pretty row has been going on bet ween
rival managers who believe that they have
the sole right to make Johnson's matches.
Sam Fitzpatrick insisted until the other
day that ne was JohnsOn's only manager,
but now Sam is bewailing the fact that the
big fighter has run away with one Alec
Mclean Of Boston.
lehman upnt OVpr 70 the Huh with Mclean