Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-24
IN JOCKEYS
MARS A BIG COUP
Loud Brothers Had Begun Bet
ting, but Stopped at
Riders Deserti0n.
BY q. G. Pettus.

The recent controversy over the services
of two young brother jockeys who will
ride at Benning this week shows thus
early the great demand for capable riders,
a demand bound to exist all through the
season with so many Of our best jockeys
riding abroad. 1t has always been an
axiom among turfmen that it is harder to
secure frst-class Jockey than first
class horse, and the weight of experience
bears them out.
AS the veteran turfman, Joseph Donohue,
said at Jerome Park after seeing his colt
Dublin fall down in a false start and in
jure his jockey SO that he could not ride,
Look at that now. That colt is trained to
the hour and is fit to ride for a mans life.
My money is down and l can win. but l
can't ride him myself In this particular
instance, however the veteran hurriedly
put up an unknown jockey that he had
never seen before and won the race-the
Withers stake.
In the early eighties a coup was planned
at New Orleans at the spring meeting of
the Louisiana Jockey Club to come on at
one Of the northern tracks that summer.
The winter meeting of thirty-two days had
just closed and the regular meeting of the
Louisiana Jockey Club followed early in
April.
The two brothers, ]. w. and R. H. Loud.
had a small stable at the meeting, includ-
ing Lady Loud, by Monarchist, and Richard
Loud, by Lever, both more than useful
three-year-olds, and with the latter they
won the principal three-year-old event of
the meeting, the Cottrill stake, mile and
a half.
The Canadian jockey Blaylock, rode the
colt in this race at four pounds overweight,
and handled him we'll that the LIQUIDS
made the resolution to put that jockey on
their colt whenever they could secure his
services no certainty, as he was in great
demand.
Among the winners on LIQUIDS Cottrill
victory was Charles 7. Howard, who some
years before had been "blackballed" from
the exclusive Metaire Jockey Club of New
Orleans When Howard was told that he
had been blackballed by the Metairie
baled me, did they? Well I'll just turn
their race track into real cemetery, that's
what III do"' And shortly after Howard
purchased the entire track on which the
famous racecourse stood, and today the
Metairie cemetery on Bayou ST. John is the
most beautiful of the several cities of the
dead at the Crescent city.
Killing Planned Months Ahead.
From New Orleans the Loud horses were
taken to Kentucky, where they won at
Lexington and then went to Latonia, skip
ping Louisville. From Latonia the stable
went to Chicago, where Lady Loud won
twice and then the LIQUIDS shipped to Sara
toga.
races, and coming down to Brighton she
won again. All this time the coup planned
in New Orleans months before had been
Matching, but as yet the time had not
come to spring it.
Nothing much had been attempted In pub
lie with the colt Richard Loud, but in pri-
vate his work had been of the gilt-edged
variety. He could easily beat Lady Loud
in their work, and taking the class of the
horses the filly had been beating as an es-
innate, it made the colt out as a pretty
good sort.
1t was now the middle of September. The
Brighton and SheepShead meetings were
alternating a bit that fall, Sheepshead run
ming four days in the week and Brighton
the other two. And the short distance be-
tween the two tracks enabled horses to
walk back and forth with ease.
Richard Loud had been gradually pointed
for a race at seven furlongs mile and
on the tenth day of the Sheepshead meeting
the looked-for opportunity was selected. 1t
was purse for three-year-olds, with nom
winning allowances at seven furlongs,
which by the conditions let the Loud colt
in at 10S pounds.
This way rugged" Dick Loud figured
that his namesake would meet three-year
olds such as Corrigan's w. r. Woodward,
Jennings Tattler Baldwin's Shenandoah,
Lorillard's Leo, etc, none of whom he had
any especial fear of except Woodward, a
son of Ten Brock and Ida kenney.
Woodward, formerly Templehof, had won
four out of his last six races since joining
the Corrigan stable, and the LIQUIDS knew
they had him to beat. And when the en-
tries appeared sure enough the Corrigan
colt was in, as we'll as Leo, Shenandoah,
Hannah d. and half dozen others. So the
LIQUIDS having engaged Blaywell to ride
their colt made all their preparations for
business.
A Soft Spot for Coup.
A long price against Richard Loud was
certainty. from the fact that none of his
Aol 1T ,,r1x
had been kept under cover, there was no
leak in that quarter. So it needed COM
paratively little money to back the colt
for a fortune. :
1t was an eventful day at the Bay, out
side of the particular race under discus
sion Edward Corrigan opened the pro-
ceedings by a sensational victory with
two-year-old named after his trainer, ].
w Rogers, over such cracks of the I. Y.
C. Exile, Telie Doe and others:
A selling race, the winner was boosted"
81 100 over his price by an agent of Pierre
torillard, who ran second with Exile, and
then William Lakeland Claimed Exile for
s. 700. So Pierre Lorillard caught 1t COM
ing and going, as Exile, son of Mortimer.
afterward proved to be a great horse.
The winner, ]. W. Rogers. who was pur-
chased by Corrigan from Uncle jim Gray
of St. Louis a short time before, had to win
a race there twice before he finally got it!
Under the name of Bill Adle, in the colors
of j. b. Gray, the colt, after an hours de-
Law at the post, won cleVeriy. linen some
one not the starter, stated to the judges
that one of the horses was in front of the
post at the start.
The officials, although the starter said
the statement was not true, credited 1t by
ordering the race run over again at the
close of the regular program. This brought
out a stiff protest from Jim Gray, owner
of the colt, coupled with the ultlmatum
that the colt, who was suffering from
.'bucked' shins, should not run twice.
The Judges threatened to rule Gray of.
hut the latter was taking the colt back to
his stable when he was Joined by Ed Cor
rigan, who had quite bet on the young
ster. He offered Gray $500 for the colt,
which was accepted. Then Corrigan took
charge, and ran the colt second time,
winning more easily than before.
Owner Corrigan also won the second
race that day at Sheepshead with MS
speedy mare, Pearl Jennings. who defeated
I.oriIlard's Aranza a mile in Al. The two
were the only starters, and sold about
even up in the pools and betting-Aranza,
q to 10: Jennings, II to 10. After hot
tussel Isaac Murphy outrode Hayward, and
won on the post by head.
Richard Loud at so to 1.
Then the LIQUIDS race was rung up.
soven- furlong dash, for three-year-olds.
lii, ten starters. Right after the second
w 90 two commissioners for the LIQUIDS, with
hon IN,