The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-17
HOW Do JOCKEYS
MAKE FORTUNES
ABOVE SALARY?
BY I. S. A. MACDONALD.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. ia man
who bet big money ana played a strong
hand in the betting ring game Of the
pasl sumner around New York arrived
on the scene here last night.
This is not q particularly noteworthy
feet, but an interview which he gave
out a few hours after getting settled
down ar The Key Route Inn over ID
Oakland. Cal. in which he gave utter
ance to a surprising statement concern
ing the 1907 jockeys. is Of more than
RAISING consequence. This man ought
10 know whereof he speaks.
He says he knows four Of the leading
riders OF the year who each took g. rake
off CT over $1,000. In salary and riding
fees from extra outside mounts any one
OF this quartet could not have earned
Iegftimately more than $4,000. Arises,
naturally, the question. Where did
they get hT" What revelation Of
graft and intrigue would result from an
uncOvering Of the story Of metropolitan
racing during the past season!
Only One Way to Get It.
The above reference to the jockey
graft is only. a straw showing the way
the wind blows. Some day a real dig
nGdilAs4 Will crop ~ anu t4iEiA N4i9 EArat
race track army viii know how IT has
been cheated and victimized by few
manipulaJors among the bcokmakers
and their jockey connections, for I'm no
other way than through a frame-Up
with the betting ring could a jockey
earn $4,000 in q single season
The general public believes Marvel
GUS Miller TO have earned more money
{ Il al Of he
Such is not the case. True. he was the
/ foremost rider. but in the race horse
game as IL is played nowadays. that
circumstance doe not mean he makes
the most money.
Good Manager the Answer.
L would rather have = good man
ager' than an ability TO ride best" is
the way an old-tine race-rlding pirate
put It recently, and he evidently spoke
by the caro- There were fUaT riders
at least who quit riding 1T AQueduct
way far better winner in actual money
than little Miller. he got the glory
that's all
According to the aforementioned big
man OF the turf the proper way for a
rece-rider breaking into the New York
game is to get a manager" familiar
with the lay Of the ground. Some day
a heavy player may need a horse
held or in a race or still an extern
sively operating bookmaker may care
for some particular horse being dead. -
A smart manager" may serve as the
go between" a bargain meaning as
much money to the rider as he would
earn in half a seasons work
Laying Up" the Big Graft.
To pull horse for a bookmaker is the
crudest Of all tricks. IN fact IL is rarely
resorted 20 in order 20 bring home the
coin For three seasons past the Jockey
''managers'' have made most Of their
graft from having their jockeys lay
up horses one day to come hack later
and win with long price IN the market
and strong betting connections aboard
the medium. To pull a horse for a
| bOokmaker is extremely dangerous. be-
cause OF the direct reflex Of the trick
in the ring, and # is a coarse play sa-
vOring of the bushwhacking days Of '66
Talking about the New York Jockeys
and their devious ways OF fortune build
ing the story IN circulation late last
month respecting one OF the leading
riders IS worth rehearsing- At the time
Of the kniCkeTboCiSer TruCt Company
suspension this rider went up in the
air. Why should he nOt2 He had no
/ less than So, 900 banked with the institu-
/ ton, tae savings OF about three and
/ nalf years in the saddle. Last season
| ne drew $500 in the way Of a salary,
and made IS much again in outside
mounts. But how did he manage TO
| get that big chunk Of money saved mp.
What do you think Of a steeplechsse
/ jockey who risks his life for q chance TO
/ earn So as a riding fee and possible
! nonorarium of $500 If he lands one OF the
/ few 5000 jumping stakes The National
Hunt and Steeplechase Association
| learned OF a steeplechase jockey having
wagered 81 325 on . jumping race last
October at Brigton Beach. That Is in
/ teresting, for where there is smoke
/ there turks FIRE. Undoubtedly sharp in
| siders could name of the reel the four
| jockeys who gathered upward Of $4,000
each last season.