Evening star., 1908-12-13
JOCKEY N0TTER LED
ALL OTHER RIDERS
James R. Keene's Best Boy
Kept Abreast of Big
Stables.

year. which opened at Benning. March %,
and closed at Jamaica and Pimlico Octo-
ber IL
Out OF J37 mounts that he accepted
Notter landed $50 of them winner, was
second or third 215 times, and finished
unplaced 112 times. Last year Notter
showed such good form in the saddle
that Mr. keene engaged his services for
the season of 1908. as Miller, THE Mar
velous,' was beginning to outgrow his
usefulness as successful hustling race
rider
Notter began his eastern season this
year with the opening of Aqueduct after
a long list of successes down in New Or
leans last winter, where he rode for
Charlie Ellison. He was the star at
the southern tracks. leading all the otner
boys by n comfortable margin AT lhe
close of the season. Jockey Joe had the
distinction of winning the first tWo-year-
old race of the year in New YORK nm
fishing first on James r. keene's voter
fiily Apron. At Jamaica he won the EX-
celsior handicap with McCarter. landing
the bay colt winner by Il head from JACK
Atl<in, after a hard-fought stretch duei
with Musgrave on Schreibers crack
sprinter.
Won Many Stakes.
He has a long list of stake victories
to his credit. He won the Withers on
keene's champion Colin and also the
rich Belmont stake on that grand colt.
Notter rode Collins stable mate Celt to
victory in the Brooklyn handicap
June l. The boy made all the pace with
the colt. establishing a new track record
for the distance, one mile and quarter
handicap on Ballot and the Coney Is
land Jockey Club stakes with Fair Play.
His handling of the Belmont colt on this
occasion was admirable. and he showed
himself an excellent Judge of pace over
the mile and half route. For SIX fur-
longs he rated his mount behind the field
and then moving up gradually he made
his run in the last quarter. and the colt
responding to a drive beat Hessian by a
length for the twenty-five-thousand, dollar
prize. Notter annexed the Tidal with
Colin and numerous other stakes OF
lesser value. He was easily the cham
pioR jockey of the year. Next year he
will probably ride for keene in England
or he may accept an offer to ride In Ger
many
Next to Notter in the list Of winning
jockeys for the year stands r. Dugan.
This boy rode last winter in California
for S. G. Hidreth. leaving there to ride
Meelick when that colt was shipped to
New Orleans for the Crescent City Derby.
which he won in fine style. He was under
contract to H.. p. Whitney in the east.
N. l..
second call upon his services. Dugan
ranked as first-class rider, but on sew
eral occasions he got into the bad graces
of the stewards for his roughness.
At Saratoga he was fined and suspended
for ride on Stamina. in which Mayfield
was fouled. Dugan's mount being dis
qualified. The boy was set down for the
remainder of the meeting. but showed ex-
cellent form at Yonkers and Sheepshead
and was running close race with Notter
for first honOrs when he was set down
for the remainder of the season for a
rough ride on Shadow Glance at Graves
end which caused two horses to fall and
resulted in serious injury to one OF the
riders. At this time he was at the top Of
the list with Notter who went steadily
ahead during Dugan's enforced idleness.
Aside from this unfortunate disposition
to rough 1t. Dugan was about all that
could be desired as lightweight jockey.
Hc was quick at the post, with good
seat. a nice pair of hands. fair judge
of pace and fearless about taking the
smallest kind of an opening If he saw a
chance to better his mounts position.
Mccarthy Began Well.
d. Mccarthy finished the season with
a record of III firsts. I,O seconds and
thirds and 317 times unplaced He was the
star of the Benning spring meeting, with
thirty y-one winning mounts in the twenty
days of racing at the Washington track.
il was nothing unusual for this youngster
To win four races out of the six, and mis-
services were naturally greatly in demand
by horsemen. On the New York tracks
Mccarthy managed to hold his own with
the best Of them though he did not stand
out in the limelight as he did at Benning
and later at Pimlico. He was under con-
tract to ride for II. B. Duryea and was
Tree to accept outside mounts. He rode a
great many races for J. F.. Madden, which
helped materially to swell that horse
mans winning list
j. McCahey who was McCarthy's s
closest rival for jockeyship honors, also
came into prominence at the Benning
spring meeting. He was under the wing
of T. E. ManniX who booked all the boy 8
engagements. McCahey was an up-to-
date rider OF the hustling type. and soon
showed them all that he knew the short
est way around and the quickest way
home. He could ride close to ninety
pounds. and for a boy of his weight could
put up an unusually strong finish. On
account of his ability to make the weight
andyhis competence his services were con-
stYntlv In demand. He not riding on
the metropolitan circuit all season. but
at the close he stood fourth. with g. firsts,
us times second or third and 2i6 times
unplaced.
Shilling Rode in Canada.
Jockey G. Shilling made his eastern
debut this year with the opening of
majority OF his races. as is evidenced
by hts record of fifty wins out of go
mounts. When the Canadian circuit
opened at Toronto the latter part of
May Shilling went there and rode
throughout the meeting. Afterward he
rode at Montreal and later at Windsor
He went back to New York at the close
OF the Canadian racing. but left for the
coast In September.
In the opinion of many horsemen- and
turf followers Jockey j. Lee. the negro
rider, who one day last year swept the
card with six winners TO his credit. has
seen his best days in the saddle. At
any rate. his showing on the eastern
tracks was not Up TO the standard that
was expected of him. and in some in
stances his mounts lost only through his
incompetency.
d. Mcdaniel was rider of some abil-
fly. He finished the season with a record
of 70 winners. 1O4 times second or third
and DIS times unplaced.
Jockey Sweet rode some very nice races
and showed steady Improvement as the
season advanced. He knew how TO rate
a horse in front and could give a good
account of himself when IL came to a
stretch drive. lie rode well through the
Saratoga meeting. but the first day at
Yonkers lie went down In a jamb with
J. &. Core and received injuries that laid
him up for the remainder OF the season.
TO BOOM WRESTLING.