The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
NE W KINGS Of
THE RACE SADDLE
Every Year Riders Leave the
Ranks of Stable Boys for
Bigger Things.
OLD FAvoRlTEs GET HEAVY
Hard Luck Streaks Follow Some
Boys and Talent Get Weary
and Wise.
OLD FAvoRlTEs GET HEAVY
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LOUISVILLE, KY, January 5.-De-
velopment OF Jockeys new and old. during
the winter racing season. is one OF the
principal things the stay-at-homes, and
their name is legion, watch for. Car
ner, the boy who rode the 1905 seasons
metropolitan winner Grappe. is the par
ticular shining light. Walter Miller, the
lad with the greatest number OF winning
mounts, Is going back In his record,
Nichol. the boy who riyaled Miller most
closely, and star of the Western tracks.
also Is not riding to his record j.
Hennessey, who gets the mounts of the
O'Neill-Buriew combination. is we'll up,
but more through the superior condition
of his mounts than his own ability.
Farrow, recently reinstated by the
Jockey Club. who had higher per-
centage than Miller last spring when be
was ruled off, has suffered under
starters suspension most of tho time
he was restored to favor. Jack Martin.
oldest rider OF them ALL only returned
from his wedding trip this week. and
has not had time to prove himself Legal
complications over Guy and Willie Burns
have put those two promising appren-
tees OH the shelf. And so IT goes
OF the lot, Garner Is the one most
looked to just now. He has developed
wonderfully since riding before the New
York crowds. and may be most im-
portant factor in the game next season..
Carelessness and lack of courage. two
things which he showed at times in the
East, no has forgotten. Time and again
he has been put on the fencD by the
other lads. only to come on and win.
In fact, his methods almost have called
for interference by the officials. and 1t y
Is freely predicted he will be ruled or
before the season closes.
There is hardly a better judge OF horses
and their racing in the country to-day
than Willie Shaw. When he goes abroad.
as he does next year, because of in
creasing weight. the American turf will
lose one OF It's best riders. Shaw first
came into fame as the jockey OF the late
"Pittsburg Phil" and he learned many
q lesson from that astute student of
turf affairs. He has been noted as the
first exponent OF the hand ride. an
verted every trainer In this country to
it. Shaw seldom, II ever, whips and
never uses spurs. Ills humane methods
! have paid WE'LL for there Is not a trainer
who does not say that his mounts last
longer at tho game and run more willing
~ after being raced than before. Shaw
goes to Germany to ride for NJ. Vein s
! burg, well-known turfman. he says
frankly he expects to make $4,000 for
ts,is years work. There lie will not be a
| asked to make less than LIZ pounds,
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 Taral
and his son in Hungary.
George Walker. n Western trainer, has
| the Weinburg horses in hand. His suc-as
| cess has been az great on the other
| side as 1t was here when he managed q
| 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. Heretofore, lie has been
somewhat handicapped by a lack OF boys
| who would ride to his Instructions.
| Mlller's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cannot call 1t
| fallure-has been due. apparently. to lack
| of good mounts more than anything else.
| The books have persstently laid short
prices against the horses he has ridden.
| even though the past performances, war;
| ranted liberal odds That he will do
| better as soon as the ,two-year-ohA
enter the field goes almost without say
ing, for there his dulckness at tho bar
! rier Will be more than prime asset.
d. Austin Mountain and Enslander all
have done we'll this winter, while A. Mar
| tin and LLOYD have had their share OF the
| purses or the places. At Oakland, G.
| Miller, Mcbride and Sandy have shown
| up with ability, while l.. Williams, the
negro who made such ia Juror around
New York last season has deterlorated
! whole lot
4 Walter Miller, of course, is tho main
! saddle attraction for tho San Francis
cans at Ascot Park; Finn and Koerner
both familiar to New York racegoers
are dividing the honors with G, Ross .
the French lad closeup,
RedilSe the crack OF the winter tracks
last year, still is on tho ground under
a Jockey Club suspension that dates
from his setting down at Jamaica, on
October o tfatetul date), OF last year
One OF the developments of winter rae
ing sure to interest FOLK hero is tile
permanent retirement sf Hildehrane. the
bov who was tho idol of the hour two
seasons ago. "fIilda" went TO San Fraii- \
cisco under contract to his old employer
and original sponsor, Toe Seaser, bur met
with no success The failure, as we'll Us tina
difficulty in making weight caused him
TO leave riding. and next season no hopes
Ia blossom Forth rs Taiaer--a ~
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