The Washington times., 1907-06-23
TRAINER GARTH
GIVES JOCKEY
RADTKE ADVICE
BY ]. S. A. MACDONALD.

I-1Ou. can't TlQe race horses undtT inc
glare OF the Broadway white lights, is
the way Trainer "Billy" Garth, the d.
recting spirit of Paul ]. Rainey's stable.
warned Jockey Radtke TO cut out the
primrose path" late this week.
1t appears the young rider had been
staying up half the night In New York
and getting down TO the Sheepshead
Bay training grounds just in time 10
get into the saddle Of some horse for
an important trial Once or twice
Radtke didn't show up at all and his
work in the afternoons became listless
and devoid of finish. Hence the 5000
jockey suffered cali"
The sporting life of Broadway has
killed of many a good man In the last
twenty years, the victims being such
shining examples that the fact Of
Radtke falling into the pitfal passes
understanding.
Would Be a Sport.
Still the clinking wine glasses, the
merry music Of the dinner hour and
the dash and excitement OF the evening
hours about the theater foyers where
gay lights shine softly upon fair WON
en- and brave men," in the words OF the
poet. is certainly an alluring temptation
~ a gOulB HEhBAnk WHO uIEOS nlrnEelL
earning a 10000 a year. After receiv-
ing Garth's word of caution, Radtke
hunted Up young Rainey, a tall. gaunt
boyish chap, and proceeded to argue the
matter. The affair wound Up by Radtke
stretching his five feet and 100 pounds
and offering to battle Rainey right
here or anywhere You want to go" The
paddock loungers laughed outright at
the thing
It was Broadway which killed off
TOD" Sloan. not the foreign turf au-
thorities and it was the Great White
Way which sounded the knen Of
Young Corbett' and Jockey Grover
Cleveland Fuller. Riley Grammar and
joe Yeager would be heroes In the
strife today had they not tread the
famous Avenue of Pleasure. And % the
list goes on. VIII Radtke, the great
rival of Marvellous Miller, fall too?
Just now this jockey prefers to wear the
tuxedo rather than the silk racing
colors.
Miller Masters Spitball-
Talking of the jockeys something
cropped up this week which shows the
natural cIeverness of Miller. Though
eighteen years Of age and weighing less
than 1O5 pounds. Miller pitches the spit
ball" Hundreds OF professional baseball
twirlers cannot do this. During his re-
cent suspension OF a week, Miller busted
himself playing ball near. his home at
Homecrest. L. I. Throwing up the spit
ball'' to the rural sluggers constituted
his chief amusement and n source of
wonder to the natives. Miller is one of
those peculiar individuals who have the
no W1sf.rr
take their hand to.
The three-year-old problem remains
far from settlement. The handicapers
are not so sure that Peter Pan is better
than EIectioneer. the 1906 Futurity win
ner. while Salvidere is working again In
fine style and will probably show pref
ty nearly all The speed and class Of his
F, twO-year-old form when Messrs. Mad
den and Hitchcock finally let him down.
Peter Pan beat EIectioneer in the
Standard Stakes at one and One-Quarter
miles, carrying weight for age, but
many a good Judge said the lack of one
or two races beneath his belt, II being
Electioneer's first race OF the year, pre-
vented the Voter colt taking the meas
ure OF Mr.. Keene's prize yOungster.
Court Dress Best Filly.
While all the talk over the above
trio of colts is going on, it may be well
20 have an eye and some serious consid-
GRAFTON for flly from now on This
Is Court Dress, the fashy daughter of
Disguise. Last year she was accounted
the queen Of the -year-old fillies,"
and it may be said she is living up 10
that high standard as a three-year-old.
Yankee Girl beat her in the Ladies' late
IN May. but that she was plainly short
there is clearly established by the way
she "distanced" Plunger Ellison's brag
mare in the Gazelle Stakes. at Graves
end. Trainer Rowe has so many horses
20 train for Mr.. I[eene this summer that
many OF them come to hand Just a lit
tie bit short.
That explains Court Dress poor form
at the Inception OF her campaign a
month ago. Great as was the crowd at
tending the Suburban HandiCap on last
Thursday at Sheepshead bay, so much
interest is displayed in the three-year-
Odds that a special race bringing Peter
Pan, Court Dress, and Electioneer to-
gether would attract an enormous
3 .throng. Before the current meeting here
at Sheepshead Bay is over the question
Will find a settlement. In the meantime
It is well to remember that Court Dress
Is not i've pounds Off the best colt. She
Is the finest three-year-old FLY since
Beldame's time.