The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-13
PLENTY OF EASY MONEY
AT NEW ORLEANS TRACKS
Southern Planters and Cotton Brokers Flood the Ring
Daily With the Long Green---Jockeys That are
Doing Well Reports Say That Nevada
Will Have Racing Soon

I sister. were engaged al the time
/ scar rolled around and al the very same
| spot ONeil sustaiTed a fall which all
but proved fatal On his recovery, his
| bride-tO-be insisted on his retirement
/ from the saddle. This he agreed 10 do,
and they shortly afterward wed. Then
| O'Neil went into partnership with his
/ former employer and friend, Fred Bur
lew.
Then came the necessity of finding a
new stable rider. Hennessey, a black
eyed little stable boy. who had shown
much adeptness in gslioping Beldame,
was given a chance II think This boy
viii make a great jockey, and ! puT-
pose giving him chance. even II IL
| takes a year." declared Burlew. and
that is exactly what he has done Hem
Messy was brought down here ard the
experience he is getting Is fast develop
| ing his natural hOrsemanship.
Formerly a Stable Boy.
After two more months OF Burlews
coaching, Hennessey will be in a posi-
| ton 10 return to New York fully able
20 bear the mantle Of the great O'Nen.
| Less than year ago Hennessey
! grubbed about the sheepshead stables
| for $50 a month, while To-Day he knows
! he may be able TO earn $4,000 a season
within two years or al the end OF his
| apprenticeship term to Burlew. Hen
nsssey is but sixteen years old. and Is
/ really the most promising bit OF jockey
material down here. Some Of the ex-
perts declare he. and he alone, Will
wrest the premiership from Marvellous
Miller in the time 70 come
Garner has been doing phenomenal
work OF late Last summer he rode for
John a. Drake Al Rockingham Park
he showed form, but in the autumn he
suffered such a slump. and burnt the
| porridge SO often when brakes money
was on. that the plunger-owner be-
/ thought himself OF letting out the boy.
Then one fine day Jimmy Mccormick,
/ the developer Of Hernls, announced his
intention Of racing at New Orleans, and
his desire % take along Garner. Drake
| consented.
Mccormick has selected the young
ster's mounts with great care ana Judg-
ment. resulting In Garner winning two
and three races almost every day, Like
Hennessey, Garner can do as Hight as
eighty-fiys pounds. These are the boys
likely TO show best Of the kindergarten
crop next summer.
Nicol Is RetIOgrading.
Jockey Nicol has become a sport. He
! is a knight OF pleasure Fast is his
| gait after the shadows OF night fall.
The effect is shown ia his work. During
the last week he has ridden and lost
races in a way which would cause a
novice TO blush. Formerly a king pin
down here. Nicol Is fast becoming a
/ second rater. According 70 report from
the Pacific coast. little Koener is prov
| ing to be the jockey wonder out there.
Last season in the East he is best re-
membered for a peculiar penchant for
being left at the post on favOIites
l However. he is said to be a wonderfully
I improved lad.
| Prize-hghting Nevada is likely 10 go
I into the horse racing industry. from
what is heard down there these days.
A prominent GOldheid. New. sporting
promoter is busy now framing legisla-
/ ton whereby the thoroughbred may be
raced and the public bet their dollars
/ in the Silver State. This boom once Sc
I cured. racetracls will sprng up in every
one Of the rival mining camps. The
! Gans-NeisOn fight gave Goldheld, New,
prestige and distinction which Tono-
pan and Rhyoite. New, may never re-
! deem. Wen bring Roseben out 10
| the desert, II ,-seessary. 10 boom our
/ camp" writes the promoter, who hap
/ pens to be dead sore on Tonopah. Ac-
cording 10 one source OF information,
racing will be seen In Nevada in a
I years time.