New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27
JOCKEY RANKS STRONG
No Lack Of Good Boys to DO the
Riding This Season.

Whereas the outlook was anything but bright
far as the jockey question was concerned be
fore the season opened. enough has been seen 70
indicate that the turf will be better off than a
year ago in this respect although that is not
saying much With the possible exception Of Nil
Ter and Ntcol most Of the good boys have been
riding at ,Aqueduct, and il must be said in all
fairness that the work As been uniformly good
Nusgrave and Guy Burns have improved mate
rally during the winter. while Mccarthy. Nc
Cahey and Fairhrother are fairly good recruits,
who are quite likely 70 get their fair share Of
mounts and earn their fair share OF races during
the season Shaw and Tommy Burns are also
back from abroad. and while the latter does not
seem 10 be in favor with owners and trainers and
gets mighty few mounts he IS quite likely 20
strike good streak and get plenty of work later
Shaw is riding well ever, his work on Crap
pie and Jubilee in their winning being of the
finished order Mountain KNAPP. Jack Martin
and Radtke have been lost for one reason or an
other. but they will hardly be missed, while
experienced riders they were anything but con-
sistent
From what little has been seen Of N1cCahey's
riding he is likely to prove better boy in time
than Mccarthy. although the latter. who headed
the list of winning jockeys at Bennlng, earned
friends by his clever handling Of Chantiy and
Zfenap on Wednesday. In those races he did not
suffer in comparison with koerner and GUY Burns,
both Of whom strong fnishers- Both Nc
Cahey and Mccarthy have much to learn. but they
and are quite likely TO improve as the season ad-
vances. particularly If they get 4 fair share OF
good mounts Musgrave has improved 70 a
marked degree. particularly in getting away from
the post. which cost his mounts many races
year ago. E Dugan and Notter have not been
monopolizing the card, although both are riding
for strong stables Both riding we'll, however,
and the same be said for Mcdaniel.
Garner, who was punished by his employer last
year and set down before the season closed, has
had little opportunity yet 10 show his
skill All ne needs however. are a few good
mounts to establish himself once more with race
goers. he is quite good a horseman any
boy riding z. Dugan seems TO have developed
the hustIng habit 70 extent that may cause
him 10 lose more races than he wins. Aside
from this. no fault can found with his riding
up TO date. and there ara those who do not con-
slider this a fault in the short dashes which make
up the programmes TO large extent this time
Of the year.
Musgrave heads the list Of winning jockeys for
the meeting. with sixteen victories TO his credit
and his work has been Of kind TO earn him
many friends and attract strong following. He
has 2 nice seat, 4 good pair of hands and.
said before, is much quicker ar the post than d
year ago His chief fault is lack Of smoothness
in a driving finish when whip is needed, but this
can be overcome with more experience,
The racing scene will be changed on Wednesday
from Aqueduct 10 Jamaica. where the Netropoli-
tan Jockey Llub VIII throw open It's gates Tor q
short meeting Of twelve DAYS The feature on the
opening dav Will be the Excelsior Handicap
$4,000. for three-vear-olds and upward. at one
mile and sixteenth. and such good horses are
eligible NeaIon. the Suburban Handicap win
year Charles Edward. holder of
American record for mile and a furlong. Jack
Atkin. the Carter Handicap winner this year.
NcCarter. winner Of the Saratoga Handicap last
season. Chapulrepec, conqUeror OF Restigouche,
Spooner Cohort and Restigouche In all proha-
of will -ba
being the case. the Excelsior Handicap for 1905
will be the best in its history