The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
.J0OEY QUITS
 RAGING GAME Walter Miller Ends Br1-
 liant Career. MAY co INTO BUSINESS Refuses to Pay Fines; Suspended
 Indefinitely. fEas Wen Purses Aggregattng e1,oo0s- eoo--somethisg of the Record of
 the Famous Rider During
 Past Five Years.

Walter Miller. jockey. champion American rider of two seasons, 1906 and 1y07, winner of fortunes in purses probably greater than have ever been credited to any other rider in the his tory of the thoroughbred world. has enqed his remarkable saddle career. A winner of more than s4oV.Q00 for James K. keene during that miilionaires rec ord-breaktng winning season ox 1sV!, and nearly $600.000 for others. today Miller, or "laarvelous Water" as he was called, finds himself unable to earn even y10 a week out of the saddle, says
 Mfiier's sensational career ended rather abruptly at caiifornia's Emery vile track, when he refused to pay fine of $500 imposed by Judge Hopper for an alleged rough ride on the mare Cloudight. It was a stretch duel. Not ter, Milier's great rival and his success sor as the keene stable Jockey, nad the mount on Jacobite. They were A pumping match naturally resulted, but Miller got Cioudlights nose homs first.
 On Christmas Day, Miller had been race he won on Smiley Corbett. The following day, for a similar offense. he was suspended for three days. When the Clondlight fine was imposed, the jockey began to feel that he was being persecuted. He argued that Notter was equally to blame, but Presiding Judge Hopper and his associates had a differ ent view. Miller then refused to pay before his employer, T. H Williams
 Mir. 1Wiilianis is a power on the Cali- fornia circuit. He was aware of the punishment meted out to h jockey. right and refused to interfere in Mill ler's behalf. By his refusal Miller will fully set himself down and now stands indefinitely suspended. He has had an in England next summer. but cannot accept 1t. even if he should want to, while under the ban of the jockey club here. forced to life of likeness unless he goes into buiness, as he threatens to do. He can do this only with his moth CTS consent. as she has saved bis money.
 T have earned about s2Oo.00e in fees during my last four years on the turf says Miller. and I am not obliged to continue riding for a livelihood. feel. ated against Other boys have donc rough riding but they have net been punished to any such extent. The fines were too excessive and it was discour- aging to have all my earnings eaten uu
 Miller has always been regarded as 8 rough rider, even during the height of his success on the Eastern tracks.
 
 through a desire to win on any horse he rode than for any other reason. The boy was strictly honest and enjoyed the public's confidence as no other rider jockey ever ha da bigger following. and until last season, when he became heavy and heightened out, none was more generally successful.
 cause trainers believed he hsd lost the knack of getting the best out of < horse. Some said he had lost his won derful style because he had grown taller, and his legs accordingly became longer. Notwithstanding this argu- ment of the wiseacres. Miller went to the coast under contract to T. II. Will Hams. and up to the time of tho sur den ending of his Gareed was riding in his old-time form and piloting daily winners around the turns and past the
 MiiIer's career was meteoric in. & way. He began life as a stable boy. with little or no previous experience with horses; in fact. 1t has been aato he never sat on horse until he was put up as an exercise boy one day In was short. He had a natural ability that surprised trainers, and before long he was riding in races and win- ming against more experienced rivals
 ord. and, unlike other riders in late turf history, George Odom. Redfern: Frankie O'Neill, Spencer Turner and the rest of them, who enjoyed but one year oS top-ruus success. the boy cafnH back in 1907 with even better record. In his big years Miller rode some fla fnous horses. He guided the great colin during he colts great two-year career an unbroken string of victories: straddled Ballot in some of his richest winning races and won historic stakes on the great Peter Pan not to mention others with turf records almost as la0 hnat RiSinnr done while in the employ of Jams R. Keeue and the N0wca stla stable.