Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
TRAINING BOYS TO- RIDE
DAILY has TURNED OUT SOME
EMINENT JOCKEYS. =.

The secret Of Father Bill" Days sue
cess on the turf is out at last. It Is train
ing boys to ride. Father Bill has
spent lifetime with the thoroughbreds.
He has seen thousands Of races, yet each
day finds him in his accustomed place at
the track as interested in the days do
ings as the veriest novice. He has a
stable of horses, trainer and six appren-
tice boys; but he has seldom won race
this year. He makes entries to the vari-
Gus events regularly. pays the usual en-
trance fee of $40. now and then engages
real jockey, at the usual cost, but few
purses come his way to help defray ex-
penses. which total up about $4,000 per
year.
Father Bill' is called the mystery of
the turf by those who don't know him.
but to those who meet him day in and
day out, talk with him and have some
knowledge of his affairs. Father Biz is
far from being a mystery. instead, he
Is very successful man, a big owner Of
come. good Judge of horses and a train
err and developer of some of the best
jockeys that ever guided a winner past
the judges. Among racegoers, those who
know DAILY from distance only, there is
disposition to look on him as joke
Two minutes talk with the old man will
drive that impression from any ones
mind.
why. this is my first losing season in
years." said Father Bill the other day,
won two purses. been in the money now
and then. and have sold young Guy
Burns to MI. Carman. I got $500 for
him. SO you see that all helps to put me
right on the year. My expenses are not
SO big. I do most of my own training,
Of
generally myself, whereas others pay men
to do these things. Loser? Why no. I'm
contented. If l were loser all the time
do you think would stick at this game?
In my time. Why. once 1 totaled 500, 600
three years running. This year haven't
had the best of luck, know, but you can't
be lucky all the time. Five of my horses,
good horses. too. were cut down early in
the season, otherwise my purse winnings
might have been bigger
do you bet on the races?''-
'Oh, no. Not as rule. I might put
down, a IS bin once in while. Seldom
more
for the purses, and II every other owner
and trainer followed the same line they
would be whole lot richer and the book
makers less conspicuous.
1t isn't generally known that DAILY is
more interested in the DEVELOPMENT of rid
ing material than he is in the success Of
his horses. He has made special BUSH
ness OF this for years. and has been we'll
repaid. pVithout Erher Bill the turf
Jimmie Mclaughlin, Danny Maher and
fatterly young Guy Burns, who rode with
great success this season and who will
ride the horses Of Richard CarE1an this
winter on the western coast tracks
Father Bill made star Jockeys of all these
and he is still working along the same line
with six other youngsters. There is money
in the development of successful riders
Father Bill himself admits that the bust
ness Is profitable enough to engage most
of his time.
Talking of his latest crop Of coming stars
Of the saddle, Daily says four of the six
now under his management and control
are licensed boys, all under eighty pounds,
who will make names for themselves in
year or so. Willie Burns, brother Of