Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
GIRL JOCKEY WINNING RACES
Dorothy Kincel, Aged Ia, Is a Wonder
of the Northwest.
WESTERN WRITERS ENTHUSIASTIC
She Has been Riding Two Years with
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Horses and
Is Absolutely FeRr1ess--Can
Also shoot and Dance.

A girl Jockey has developed In the far
west and according to reports has shown
great form in races at state fairs and
other meetings. "The girl jockey of the
great northwest is the way the western
reporters refer to her. She is II and her
name is Dorothy Kincel.
Her winter home is at Letcher, S. D.
In the last two seasons she has ridden
in Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
Iowa and Nebraska. Her fame has spread
throughout the western country and the
girl has hundreds of newspaper clippings
that tell of her feats on horseback. The
Thoroughbred Record published at Lex.
ington, KY, had in its January issue the
following notice of the girl:
Much interest has been taken in the
girl Jockey who rode at the meetings.
throughout the west last summer. The
girl, who is only Il years old, is Dorothy
Kincel and she is said to be a wonder
when it comes to riding, having won
many races throughout the western cir
cult. She has signed a contract to ride
for James Hand"
Relatives OF the girl in the east say
that her age is u and they are uncertain
as to whether she is under contract for
lIn1S season. buL lnAN size Is a Eltdl
natural Jockey they say there is no doubt
She has scored a number OF wins on Grip
pied skates that seemed impossible, and
as she always rides to win she has be-
come popular favorite among the racing
public of the west.
Mother Always at Hand.
The girls mother accompanies her or
all her trips and is constantly by her side
when Dorothy is not actually in the saddle
The girl is said to have been born In the
east. to have gone west when only 2 OF
8 years old and to nave grown up or
a ranch. She is absolutely fearless among
horses and has the sympathy and intuition
necessary to get every ounce Of speed
out OF her mounts.
In the western country racing has not
been reduced to the science II has in the
east. and this girl exerciss hr own
horss. rubs them down. bandages their
legs and does other work OF the kind that
! in the east is turned over to the stable
hands.
The incidents In the girls somewhat re-
markable career are told by relatives OF
the family who have learned them from
letters written by the girls mother. One
| Of her first mounts WAS a sorre1 colt, Sunny
Brook. that she broke herself. While she
was handling him one day he bucked and
| threw himself into an open cellar. The
girl kept her seat and came out on the
horses back.
Then she tried out a horse for speed
that the people she was riding for thought
| Of buying. The animal bolted the track,
Jumped a five-foot barbed wire fence and
landed on all four feet like a bucking
horse. The spectators said no one could
have stayed on the horses back. Anyway,
Dorothy didn't. She said afterwards;
Il simply shot straight to heaven, but
they wouldn't let me in, so l came back to
earth"
winning Nag Broke . Leg.
Al one state fair where she lost the
race she was half a neck ahead and appar-
entity a sure winner when her horse broke
hts leg. Probably her most exciting ex-
perienoe and pne that attracted a lot OF
attention was during a race late last year.
An untriad horse was taken out OF the
pasture and was worked in as a sleeper"
He was an outlaw, as 1t afterward proved,
and OF a vicious disposition. While the
girl was out on him in a warming up gal
Iop he suddenly threw himself backward.
Dorothy was too quick for him and was
on her feet before he was. She was I'M
able to get hold OF the birdie, and the
horse ran away. n crowd at first
thought the girl jockey was killed, and in
spite of the fact that she was unframed
made a great fuss about her riding the
horse in the race.
When the runaway was brought back
TO her she said she was ready to mount
him again, and addressing herself 10 the
horse, said; I'm ride you now II you kill
me-" A number OF people went to the
secretary and protested against her riding
the horse. in the race, and the secretary
had her remark to the horse repeated from
the judges stand.
Then you ought to have heard them
cheer" one OF the spectators said later in
telling OF the race Ride him she did.
and you may believe she made him turn