Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-08
EARNS AS MUCH AS PRESIDENT
Danny Maher, Who Started as .
Booth lack, is Getting Rich.

Bootblack, is Getting Rich.
Danny" Maher, who is said to have
been backing boots at Hartford, Conn.,,
a few years ago has now bought a
costly automobile. He is considered
so prominent and desirable a pur.
chaser, his capture is such a good
"ad,' that the fact has been widely cir
culated by the agents of the firm
whose machine he has chosen.
Danny Makers jockeying has made
him rich man at "a. He has been
earning $4,000 a year on the English
turf and, unlike many others of the
wizened little chaps who earn princely
salaries, while they ride and win, he
is saving his money. He is said to
be worth s250,000 now, and his fortune
is growing.
Maher was born in Hartford. He
got start with the horses when he
was nine years old, and after walking
beside them for two years he was pro.
NOTED ito a seat. At Providence he
rode his first races, but he was such a
frail and puny youngster that re
couldn't hold his steeds and the stew.
ards suspended him for incompetency.
But he kept at it and reached a point
where he was earning $4,000 a year
before the late Pierre Larrilard took
him to England in 1900. He had pre-
viously won Brooklyn and a Metro.
politan. He won the first two races
on the other side, and at the finish of
the season, when it was found that he
had steered 81 winners, his English
reputation was assured. Since then
he has gone over to England every
February and stayed until November.
Last year he rode 400 mounts and 101
of them won. His great triumph was
in 1903, when he won his first Derby
on Sir James Miller's colt, Rockland.
Last season he won the Derby with
Lord Rosebery's Cicero. That race
gave Lord Rosebery his third Derby
and Maher the name of being the only
American to win the classic event
more than once. Thus he has bettereo
Sioan's record, as well as looked after
his personal reputation as Sloan never
did
Riding in England is no joke says
Maher- 1T means much longer sea-
son to keep in condition than it does
here. | have to keep in trim from
February TO November, and that is a
pretty big job keep down by lots OF
walking, and Turkish baths-perhap
three week. | have to be careful
mot to override it. / weigh 1875 pounds
now, but am able to ride inside us,
or even down to liz. The weights as
a rule in England are heavier than
they are here, so / have no trouble.
How do lie the English turf? Capital,
capital! | have never spent a pleas.
anter five years than / have in Eng.
land. | like riding there better than
| do here, and | think the class Of
horses abroad is better than in Ameri-
ca, if this does not sound unpatriotic."
His form in the saddle is wellnfgh
perfect. He has a seat like a centaur
and a perfect pair of hands He has
the art of coaxing horse to perfec-
ton. He can make horse hang on
and try when he is really looking for
a hole in the fence. He is clever at
the post, strong at the finish, and he
has patience enough to place his horse
In race and wait with him until the
right time to make his run He has
taught the crack British jockeys that
they didn't know everything, and has
made himself liked by all the big own
ers for his clean, clever work