Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-25

with Britt, but will not chase him ali
over the country for his signature.
The Dane showed James few
things at COlma, and feels satisfied
that he is Britt's master from which.
ever angle you look at it,
Three little lads, none over Is years
of age. will earn from $4,000 to $35 900
each during the coming season on the
eastern race tracks. These boys. with
trust official incomes. are Jockeys Her.
man Radtke, Lee Sewell and David
Nlcol. They range in weight from 95
to 1O5 pounds.
What the steering gear is to a ship
the jockey is to race horse. A single
miscalculatiOn, a too sudden pull on a
rein or a lack of judgment in regard to
pace may make defeat certain and
hackers of the horse will lose thousands
of dollars. If jockey is not compe
tent enough to elude all of the 'pock-
cts" in which his rivals try to en-
snare him all the speed of the horse
goes for naught.
Oftentimes 100000 depends upon
the fleetness OF foot of thoroughbred
In order. that the best horse may not
lose where he is able to win. wealthy
turfmen pay from $4,000 to $4,000
to little lads who have demonstrated
that they can think quickly grasp an
opportunity and land the horse the
winner.
The fleetest horse is often beaten.
A bad start, pocket" Jockeys lack
of judgment ar interference, one or all
of these things may prevent the best
horse from winning.
Radtke, Sewell and Nicol fill all the
requirements of first-class jockey.
For a year they have displayed skill.
courage, alertness and strength to
such remarkable degree that they are
at the top of the ladder.
Radtke probably is the greatest OF
the three. He was so successful this
winter that "Bub" May, trainer for
Paul Rainey, the young millionaire
owner of the Tippah farm stable, Offer
ed $27 1000 for the lads release.
IN all his races Radtke has display
ed the utmost GOODNESS and courage.
His friends say he does not know what
fear means. He is whirlwind finish
err and has often won a race at the
post when his friends had given up
all hope of cashing their bets.
Sewell went east last summer. He
rose quickly from an apprentice boy
to first class jockey. w. H. Rowe.
owner of Colonial Girl, that beat Her.
mis- in the $4,000 Worlds Fair handi.
cap. soon discovered that Sewell had
great ability. and he engaged him at
d big salary. The boy went to New
Orleans last winter, and at the Fair
Grounds track soon rode so many win
ners that in spite of an illness of sew
eral weeks he managed to hold the
lead among the riders of that track.
Nicol jumped into prominence last
season as the pilot OF Sysonby. He
rode that horse in the majority of his
races. James R. Keene was so I'M.
pressed with the way he rode the cham.
pion that twice he paid him $1,000
to go from the west to guide his favor.
lite in big races on the eastern tracks
During the winter Nicol went to New
Orleans, and at the City Park track
soon was the leading jockey.
weight class. He acknowledged this
the other night when he declared of
his match with Willie Fitzgerald al
Terre Haute because Willie insisted
that Jack make 1876 pounds. So Jacl
took on Jimmy Gardner at Indianapo
lis instead. This is the pair that rails
ed row over in Michigan the othel
night by boxing a ten round exhibi
ton in place of the advertised fight
If they go for all they are worth they
should put up rarely good engage
ment that will be worth the while.
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