Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
WATCHING WORK OF
LEADING JOCKEYS
Walter Miller, the Lad With the
Greatest Number of Wins,
Going Back.
Willie Shaw Will Ride for Vein
burg in Germany at $780,
900 a Year.

LOUISVILLE, KY, January 5.-Develop-
ment of jockeys, new and old, during the
winter racing season, is one of the principal
things the "stay-at-homes'' watch for. Gar
ner the boy who rode the 1905 seasons
Metropolitan winner Grapple, is the partic-
ular shining light. Walter Miller, the lad
with the greatest number of winning
mounts, is going back in his record Nichol,
the boy who rvaled Miller most closely, the
star of the western tracks, also is not rid
ing to his record. J. Hennessey who gets
the mounts of the ONeill Burlew combina-
ton, is well up, but more through the SUI
perior condition of his mounts than his own
ability.
Farrow, recently reinstated by the Jockey
Club. who had a higher percentage than
Miller last spring, when he was ruled off,
has suffered under a starters suspension
most of the time he was restored to favor.
Jack Martin. oldest rider of them ALL re-
turned from his wedding trip only this week
and has not had time to prove himself.
Legal complications over Guy and Willie
Burns have put those two promising APP
prentices on the shelf. And so it goes.
OF the lot. Garner is the one most looked
to now. He has developed wonderfully
since riding before the New York crowds
and may be a most important factor in the
game next season. CarelcsSness and lack
of courage, two things he showed at times
in the east. he has forgotten. Time and
again he has been put on the fence by the
other lads, only to come on and win. In
fact, his methods almost have called for
interference by the officials. and it is freely
predicted he will be ruled off before the
season closes
Willie Shaw Going Abroad.
There is hardly better judge of horses
and their racing in the country today than
Willie Shaw. When he goes abroad. as he
does next year, because of increasing
weight. the American turf will lose one of
its best riders. Shaw first came into fame
rs the jockey of the late "Pittsburg Phil"
and he learned many a lesson from that
astute student of turf affairs. He has been
noted as the first exponent of the hand
ride, an innovation of recent years that
has converted every trainer in this country
to it. Shaw seldom. if ever, whips. and
never uses spurs. His humane methods
have paid well, for there is not trainer
who does not say that his mounts last
longer at the game and run more willingly
after being raced than before Shaw goes
10 Germany to ride for NJ. Weinburg a
Well-knOwn turfman. He says frankly he
expects to make $4,000 for his years work.
There he will not be asked to make less
than III pounds. a comparatively heavy
weight on this side. Herr Weinburg has a
fine string, and there seems no reason why
Shaw should not bring as much credit on
this country as has Maher in England and
al ana HIS son III hungary.
George Walker, western trainer has the
Weinberg horses in hand. His success has
been as great on the other side it
here when he managed string for John
w. Schorr. the Memphis brewing man.
Then he won many stakes. and with Shaw
for his stable jockey he should duplicate
that performance in the kaiser's land Here
tofore he has been somewhat handicapped
by lack Of boys who would ride to his in
structions.
Miller's Prospects This Year.
MIXERS non-success-one cannot call it
failure-has been due, apparently, to lack
of good mounts more than anythin: else.
The books have persistently laid short
prices against the horses he has rid
den, even though the past performances
warranted liberal odds. That he will do
better as soon as tne two-year-olds enter
the field goes almost without saying, for
there his quickness at the barrier will be
more than a prime asset.
D. Austin Mountain and Highlander all
have done well this winter, while A. Mar
tin and Lloyd have had their share of the
purses or the places. At Oakland, c. Miller,
Mcbride and Sandy have shown up with
ability, while L. Williams. the negro who
made such furorc around New York last
season. has deteriorated a whole lot. Wal
ter Miller, of course, is the main saddle at
traction for the San Franciscans at Ascot
Park. Finn and koerner. both familiar in
New York racegoers, are dividing the hon
ors with &. Ross, the French lad, Close up.
Radtke Under Suspension.
Radtke, the crack of the winter tracks
last year, still is on the ground under a
Jockey Club suspension that dates from his
setting down at Jamaica on October %
fate1 Il date) of last year.
One of the Developments of winter racing
sure to interest folk here is the permanent
retirement of Hildebrand, the boy who was
the idol of the hour two seasons ago.
Hide" went to San Francisco under con-
tract to his old employer and Original spon-
sor, Joe Yeager, but met with success
The failure, as well as the difficulty in
making weight, caused him to leave riding
and next season he hopes to blossom forth
as trainer-a la frankie ONel.
Hildebrands career was one of the most
meteoric of all. There is no doubt about
his being a genuine horseman, and while
he was at his best -ew could beat him.
Until Miler's success this season he held
the worlds record for the greatest number
of winning mounts. His vogue was so great
that he displaced Willie Shaw as the stable
jockey for Harry Payne Whitney, but he
failed to make as good as many thought
he would.