Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04
By Clarence L. Cullen.

By Clarence L. Cullen.
Walter Miller, the Jockey. has alrea
made more money this year than President
Roosevelt. His earnings for the season up
TO Saturday last were $4,000. lie will ride
ut the Forthcoming Bennlng meeting and
wind up the racing year on one of the CALI
fornia tracks. He will probably boost his
earnings TO the $4,000 mark before De-
cember the 31st.
Last week Miller made the final payment
on home for his mother on Long Island
The home cost pat $500 Miller was
born on the East Side of New York. His
father was poverty stricken "sweated
cigarmaker with large family of children.
Miller went to riding racehorses four years
ego. when he was mere child. He still is
able to ride at so pounds. He didn't earn
anything worth while during his first year,
but he has been aggregating the wealth In
gobs during the past three years. The lad
hands all of his earnings, intact. over to his
people. and they are said already to be
worth $l25, 600 There is no reason why the
boy shouldn't ride for several years yet.
He is naturally small and small boned,
takes on little weight as he grows older.
and increases in skill all the time. More
than all. however. he Is thoroughly honest
The shady ones of the turf are not allowed
to get near enough to Miller to throw him
a peach. The boy is guarded constantly by
his own people and by friends. who know
full well the temptations to which the best
of jockeys are constantly subject. Miller
had ridden 800 winners during the season
up to Saturday last. breaking all records
for winning mounts in this country. Hide
brand had held the record previously, with
POI winning mounts for an entire season.
Miller surpassed the 291 mark with more
than two months riding Yet in prospect.
The boy has been wonderfully lucky. He
has had the advantage of being surrounded
nv npOr1a pOcSp.rpd n GOOD enough
to perceive that capable Jockey can make
more in the long run by sticking to the
straight path than by entering into jobs
with the turt's crooked ones. He has been
superbly managed, and he has had the pick
of mounts for at least two years. The boy
is by no means a great horseInan in the
broad s"-se CO .h7t tH"T-2 h"r-e"an like
Tod Sloan. fer e:.~nple. or Sh-,,:, or George
Odom He hasn't the sigh:e-t knowledge
or judgment of pace, Uhich raaE-s HIN
wholly impossible rider in distance
events He has no idea of nursing a horse
for a grueling finish and he hasn't yet
ing in front" Tod Sloan the greatest
OF all the waiting in front" opponents,
but in order to wait in front a jockey must
have an intuitive knowledge of how fast
the horse Under him is Keeling off the
eighths and quarters. a really fine horse
man knows to an ounce how much his
horse has left. Miller never professcd to
br hUrseman of this sort. But he is ire
meudous'y keen at the post. "a marvelousiy
quick breaker, and his seat and hands are
fine. He can jelly bad horses. and he
knows how to finish. 1t is not out of the
question thar he might eventually develop
into horseman with a thorough know
ledge of pace. He has years ahead of him
In which to learn.
*
At tho very time when Miller was sur
passing fhe record for winning mounts his
greatest rival Of the year. young Radtke
was paving the way for getting himself
ruled off the turf His case is now in the
hands Of the Jockey Club and there doesn't
seem 10 be d chance in the world that he
Will escape ruling off. The turf authorities
had been keeping shrewd eye on Radtke
Tor some weeks up to the time when he got
himself into the out-and-out trouble He
was suspected of doing things" and a
couple of western bookmakers who operate
Al the New York tracks on the drugstore
scale were more than suspected of being
the henefciaries Of Radtkes peculiar do
ings. The official mallet came down hard
on NoIug Radtkc about ten DAYS ago on
account OF ride he put up on the famous
in-and-outer. Tommy WaGdell. Waddcl
was the fdvorite in his race. He's a rogue
and slilker AT that. but the company he
ives up against on this day was no shakes
at all fer an animal of his class. and the
talent went 10 him with d rush RaGtke
tCCE Tommy M at the start. made what
looked like a Dhony premature run along
the haekstrctch, took the horse up again
at the top Of the stretch. ran him into a
couple Of pockets. messed MIN around gem
orally and then finished punk third in
spite Of himself Waddell looked all the
time as If he was laundering to jump over
the backs OF the horses in front of him.
The stewards pulied Radtkc off into a cor
ner right after the race. questioned him
and set him down for the meeting refer
ring his case to the Jockey Club, which
generally means ruling off. Then, to
make it look additionally bad for Radtke.
on Saturday last Tommy WaddeI was en-
tered again, with little boy named hotter
atop Of him. The field was considerably
better than the one in which Tommy had
last been beaten. but he led from the fist
hop winning pulled TO doughnut
That hashes Iittle Radtke" was the
comment all over the track when Tommy's
number was displayed ana the prediction
IS almost certain to be fulfilled.
This Radtke boy had more tnan a shade
on young Miller in a number of respects.
according to the opinions Of many of the
most astute owners and trainers racing