Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-09

lsh TURF. lie Is treated as friend
rather than ~ an emplOye by the king
and the many other noble and wealthy
patrons Of racing His Is a familiar
figure at tho big races and ne always
has a place in the royal inclosurc and
at the royl luncheon table.
STERN DIsCIPLrNARLAN.
Marsh has a master mind for horses.
This Is proved by the fact that h. is
the most successful race horse trainer
OF the day. He is a good man Of BUSH
ness, too, which is shown by the sys-
tematic and orderly way in which his
princoly Establishment H. conducted.
He Is strictness itself in financial mat
tiers, aud his patrons, even the king
himself must DE prompt with their
cash He is stern disclnlinarian, for
which his army OF employees can VOuch.
He is true born Englishmau. n farm
er's son. ana has made of himself not
only a successful man, but. as the 500
clal scale goes gentleman Ho is
married and has grown-up daughter.
STORY OF HIS CAREER.
The story Of his career never yet
fully written, is most interesting
Ever so many years ago the coast
town of Margate held open poucy races
on the soashorD. Margate. even iu
England. one day % number OF gram
mar schoOlboys from ncighboring
folkestnne went 90 see the races An
owner who az the last minute was
short "a jockey asked the knot % bows
~ any Of them could ride A sturdy
little chap OF 10 advanced and said he
could. The owner quickly gave him
leg up and that boy and poney won the
race. IL WAS Dick MaIsha's first mount
IA a race. There was much bargaining
% secure the boy as jockey Tor subse-
quent races. Marsh rode iu i've that
AFTERNOON ana won an of them He
Was decidedly The infant prodigy -" For
his share OF the sport ho won a gold
watch. Urged ON by his experience and
the hattery of admirers. De then and
there decided Co Doe "a Jockey. His faith
en- opposed him but finally reiented on
me understanding that Dick would nrst
kluouule from The grammar thoOI in
Folkesiono. He was born on Dec. 81
1871, at Smeoth. iu the garden county,
OF England. Kent smeoth Is "a little
hamlet not Ear nom Canterbury his
father was farmer and hon. grower
ana owned quito "a few horses. which
the boy learned to ride bareback
WON nv A CANTER.
Ills rrst public mount as n pro-
iessional "as On horse named Man-
rico at Dover Tho horse won hi IA
cantor by six lengths Luckily Tor
Marsh thl aie capt Macholl was
present and saw The race Capt 8fa-
cheil was. Dol he time, one OF The most
prominent racing mon iu England
lie took fancy 90 Marsh and pm him
400 hif own stable. The young Jockey
rode ln lll the big races boa England
Hhu Win much success But hc uut
On nosh zoo .qu'ckly and Capt Ma-
chell advised lim goo become "a stceple-
chaser his strength, nerve and good
hands did wonders cover tho lumna."
and Dc Fas recognized aH one OF tho
best riders ~ DIS time DE won lm-
porumt ueeplo and hurdle races FOR
the late Duke uf hamilton tho Mar
puis of Harrington NOV Duke OF doe
yonshire) and the Earl of Dudley, the
late Ficfroy 0f Ireland, Ho had quite
"a TOW accidents in races. both hero and
uu the continent. and broke Tow
ribs ana 1u occasional collar bone.
Dc Kept adding on weight however.
and was thon advised hy the Into Duke
pf Hamilton to 90 into the business ~
81 trainer So Marsh rented Lordshlp
farm. near Newmarket turned lt into
training quarters ana became
public trainer 40 secured tho sfnblcs
IN tho Duke of Hamilton. lord Dudley.
lord burlington. Capt DOmuy and
The Brothers RaltazzL
NEW TRAINING STABLES.
Classical and important races ron
ono after Dine other fO Mnuh'a hursrr.
and ho found. toward the end OF the
eighues that Lordshlp farm was NOT
blg enough. 80 with the help ana
advice lf hH patrons Egerton house
tas projected. Marsh Was looking
forward when he planned ana tho
fIuanuufurH WuH the nTTrIlOu Of fnr
mDsi magnificent training stable ln
the world. Ills Ola patrons moved
10 the neW establishment with him