Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-24
Two Star Jockeys at New Or
leans to Wear New Colors.
CANNON GOES TO RUSSIA
Cars Best Horses to Be Ridden by
Little American Boy.
MEETING OF COLLEGE ATHLETES
Jeffries Loses Friends in Nevada
Criticising Thinking Golf-Ref-
cree Knocked Out-Notes.

NEW ORLEANS, December 24.-Jockey
Garner will probably ride for one of the
biggest racing stables in the east next sea-
son Negotiations to that end are now pend
ing Enoch Wishard is his manager and
holds him under contract. If Garner can Sc
cure his release he will sign to pilot the
horses of a multi-millionaire turfman.
This chubby little rider is now the star
among the jockeys here. He has shown
ability of high order and has frequently
won races through clever horsemanship. He
is back to his old form-the superior jockey
ship that enabled him to win the Metro
politan handicap with Grapple and many
other races for John A. Drake.
Garner lost prestige as a rider month
or two after the racing season opened in
the east. This was due. horsemen declared,
to what Is termed big head" Success and
he failed to move along like the Siamese
twins and erelonG ne fell 80 per cent in the
estimation of trainers. Toward the end of
racing he began to inject some life into his
riding. but as he trough housed several
jockeys on many occasions he was suS-
pended frequently, and this brought him
into disfavor again.
Rough riding is still prominent with
big "P' in Gamers book on race track
ethics. He is called Bully Garner. This
title goes two ways-as q rough and-tumble
rider and as a tirst-class jockey. He has
shown that he can find" more horses in
given space than any two other boys, and
he has been equally effective in riding rings
around his rivals in a finish
Garner Is as much of drawing card here
as a big entry in a handicap with first
class horses. He has following like waiter
Miller had in the east. His admirers play
his mounts regardless Of ''all form. and so
far they are ahead of the game. Scarcely a
day passes without two or three races to
his credit.
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last winter. has been particularly unfortu-
nate riding first choices. and has been
beaten so often that he Is termed Jockey
Nicol' and the "Favorite Killer Every
time horsemen mention that he rode Syson-
by in many of his races it usually calls
forth the remark. "Whct great morse
Sysonby must have been!
The report that Willie Cannon will ride
day by the statement of his manager. who
said that l.. V. Bells old rider would bs
first jockey for the imperial stable which
10 managed by Prince Leberiskey. The
latter is a nephew of the car. He wrote
to New Orleans asking for good rider,
and Cannon filled all the requirements.
According to Gannon's manager. Willie
10 to receive $1,000 a year. Besides this
he will get an allowance for living ara
travelling expenses. few other per
quisites will bring his income up to SS,-
600. As the car has hundred horses
he employs five or six riders. Cannon
Will De TeSdTueQ DIS the pi tIlief JOShS"
and will receive the choice mounts. He
will start for New York January l and
will sail for Europe with the prince on
January 10.
Gannon's new employment will take
him to the three principal racing points
Warsaw, St. Petersburg and Moscow.
From twelve to fifteen races a day are
decided. Racing usually begins at noon
and dawdles along until o'clock. There
is an intermission about o'clock for
tea" The long twilight during the rae
ing season permits a continuation of all
kinds of outdoor sport until late into the
night.
During the months racing here there
has been just one horse that showed ne
was better than the horde of selling
platers that compete daily for the purses.
This particular horse with quality above
the average is Sam Hoffheimer. a de-
velopment of the inner field. He came out
of William Gerst's stable practically q
novice at steeplechasing, but in his two
efforts was so much superior to his op-
ponents that his trainer decided to retir e
him Cor the winter. He will be resery ed
until the summer and entered freely In
the big cross-country stakes of the New
York tracks. He will be an aspirant for
honors in such features as the Whitney
Memorial and Annual Champion stakes.
In his races he proved that he could hur-
die big weight and go long route His
fencing Is clean and quick
The race horses Will swing back to the
Crescent City track today. The old course
will not be much better than the City
Park track, and the six races today will
be decided over deep mud.