The sun., 1909-06-06
DANNY MAHERS STORY.
Noted American Jockey Talks About
Sonie Great Horses He Stecred. f.

Danny Maher, the crack American Jockey
tells the story OF his life In a pithy vein and
incidentally let's some OF the inside light otit
about some of his most famous mounts:
The story is in Fry's Auouzi"e for June and
Is in the h1eezy. catchy style. and among
other things he says that as rule English
racecourses are far superior to those in
America He also has it that the English
three year-olds are from fourteen to twenty.
one pounds better than the Americans
Maher. who is IS years old. was apprenticed
to his uncle. Father Bill DAILY. when he VAS
years old. He says:
My first ride in an actual race was In
1894 on Fagot. a horse belonging to my
uncle. Most people on the course were.
| believe. under the impression that had
Just got there. but man in the boN-and
after all he is In nine hundred and ninety
nine cases out OF q hundred the best judge
placed me second, and in any case the
race was q most exciting one. heads only
separating the first three. However. VAS
not long before broke my duck. my first
winning mount being on Ph9bus, at Fro
violence. r. /.
My first really satisfactory year As
jockey was in lsas. and at Brighton Beach
had an extraordinarily good meeting
riding no fewer than sixty winners In
was first past the stick in five races, and
finished second in the last event on the card.
The Amer ican style OF riding had been
pretty generally adopted here when ! got
over and races were run from end to END just
az they were in America, although nave
often heard since that this style OF ridlns
was quite q novelty and for years and years
tho waiting behind and coming with
sharp burst at the finish method of racing
was all the rage There is, however, !
think, little doubt that results work out
much truer by coming right through "'hA
horse than in the old fashioned style
1t is not altogether easy-iniac II Is un'
G commonly difficult--to draw direct line be-
tween English and American form OF horses
but 4 think all the same that generally
speaking the class Of the English thorough.
bred is better, while mares like Sceptre ana
Pretty Polly. and extra good horses Ilhe
Ard Patrick, Spearmint ST. Frusau'n ah'
pers,mmon. would be anything from -FOUR
teen to twenty-one pounds in front OF any
American horse. NJ,
Loriiiards Tsntalus, the next on the Iae
Duke Of Devonshire's Cheers, and " ths
following year, 1903 1 won the bIue knahu
of the, Turf for the first time on s'F James
.Of that ride / shall always entertain
most pleasant memories. for Rock SANG
never caused me an IA dneoss soss h"If I"s" mile
felt that had the race won; ana aI ~ no ,nr wv"
had | to call on the son OF Salhloln 10, ipnoc
serious effort. In the ST. Leger ,94 hooSS md
at the finish cantered past the post me
easiest Of winners, so that allhouRh Ids Ja.,rf W
experts declare that the three-venr-"us VI
1903 were moderate 10. hs %T faipIy 1qI ciassd
in this category, as he was a long way Al.
front Of all his rivals at the same age pncl
there IL a lot Of luck about iacims' 10 o"u ru no
Sand undoubt edlv was unlucky lo In'i vi
against two such horses rs ara Ih;I'M ;,, N The
Sceptre who finished in front OF MN III '"'
Eclipse Stakes. ,, co,,,. disnosj-
tion was his strong objection 10 thr "ee
OF the whip, but the little horse VIZ IT,
game and always did his hes. ma re rec h.
never had ser'0Is ,hs 'goss gocsey Club StaSc
won by Sceptre. when that br,'l'an' mIr,
shot out I gave him one. nn' tna'iI,,r. to
was Of no avail aud, after aiters,riry a., wa. no
disErees dTskrs s'e% No. ROCK sand was a real game
little horse and he could ooasi OF "mr "m,, nrnd
OF inestimahle value in 'horouH""'
he never shii ked his WORK, ,,o,,esf
-Since that Initial success in the n erea nv
prize the turf has TO offer II has ncen u "s ire
good fortune to have been succesSI" " ricsrn.
more ,,sno iGHs on .LS b8rGi IN tSs following year
on Gpearmint. son of Carhinr ana 90 ~
stable companion Of Pretty Polly; ! ,st,er Gser
rarely u ever thrown Ieg acrosh shose sire.
Carbins. too must have been rare goo"
Among the many good horses have n"Sn "rsr
snd saSne,ofn 10 my hHoiod mod 4. jcsrs horse va.
bang in the first class. though " ,a'r"e rnsre
e. Msjps Eni,cTs mus, GSer {. ssd that ,hc latter
was not quite herself when oe''en "
Button in the Gold Cup,