Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-14
MURPHY HAD MANY
CLOSE FINISHES
r,sat COIored Rider Was Un-
doubtedly a First Class
Jockey.
Ne SCARED LUCKY BALDWIN.
nm More Than One Occasion Pur-
ro.rly Held Back Sure Win
ucr ca Make Race Fast.

ucr 90 Make Race Fast
. r C. TOtus Of the Washington star
. /, mfha. rf the following interesting
story concerning Jockey Isaac Murphy's
dose finishes.
Pont'r l1 the painfully incompetent
work of ga. YOUNG Jockey az Saratoga
ss week which resulted in his mount
Mark Aruuy being disqualified for a
rce that .e won by nearly two lengths
eer svsIying into Sir Toddugton.
|Henry Harris. one of the few capable
,8orsl trainers we have left, said: Il
4 nsvsr saw a negro Jockey I'm my time
Ode such slovenly finish as that, and
have seen the best Of them an over
"a country from Abe and Walker to
,,a, Murphy. Why. Murphy would
.aye nailed that Anthony horse so
lse 90 the rails today that he would
gt beaten TOddiugtOn only an eve
lA committed no foul and yet have
pounds up his sleeve 1 saw Muir
by hen one day. on Lucky Baldwin's
|oalr. purposely draw a winning fin
fur The big race so fine that Bald
r in his excitement swallowed his to-
eco Dudi'
Bur East friends as Lucky Baldwin
Q Murphy became, the latter's liking
close finishes was not TO the Cali
niaus notion; and one day at Sara
GAL after Baldwin had made "a big
1g ou Rapio, and the horse only
n hy @ few inches, when he could
ye won by a length. the tall Califor-
boo t1ld Murphy to cut out those
4 i-and-neck finishes. thereafter and
. WIN by larger margins, so that near
htad judges cOud not fail TO see him
Now while Murphy deferred 10 his
|l1yer ne did not like the lecture he
got and told the other boys I'm the
h.. t.lat he was going TO get square
h The old man for his crustiness,
. q that the next time be rode Volante
would draw the finish so fine that
OLD man iu his nervousness would
How his "cud"-i. e., his tobacco.
HE GOT EXCITED.
4 Baldwin was an inveterate tobacco
/Nor. and when he got excited
lI chew fast and furious. hence
Xphys mischievous plot 20 even
ratters with him. as he put a. The
4 rtumty came a week later. Nolante
in the Grand Prize Of Saratoga. a
L. and three-q quarters, and as the
Vs. WAS at his best his owner pre-
red 90 put down a big bet on him.
UBUdU'1 had "a red-headed commits |
ner Monty wills that was a pretty |
III y hustler when it came TO getting
prizes, and while Baldwin himself |
l The auction quarters and bought |
horse. wills shot around the ring |
human catapult. and then came |
90 where the old man sat In his /
be- and compared" with him.
ils had got something like s. 600 |
u an odds averaging Az % l. and |
iUiu had acquired. bv right OF nur- |
auction pools on Volante calling |
hau 8s much more Half of wills /
omission was with one boOkmaker, |
bed Cndge. generally one Of the /
polite and Suave Of layers but |
occasionally got bee In his BON |
against certain horses, and over /
Dis book To- his sorrow afterward. /
idwin and wills. after "compar- |
lefl The auction booth and went |
the grand stand to see the race. /
horses We're just coming ON the |
Nu.ante and Murphy led tho /
le end the round-bodied Califor-
horse looked at his best, which. /
prr was not very attractive 10 i
re Who did not know the horse.
1an'a IKE Teuny was inclined to /
u tonu-hark.d, and booked more like /
0'-iue horse than a thoroughbred |
umt l.re
'da. bod up top weight, 11s
E .H IH's race. The grand prize
Nlr H" three quarters. and as
fho .-1t Weights started out to
NlT - took such a stout
ON |'HHf" That BadWin's horse
VA"'t back .n last position.