The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-05
THE JOCKEYS CALLING HARD
MONEY REV ARDS HERE NOT
WHAT THHH WERE.
TEXTURES JnderEone h. knlgh,s % the
PiEskn 20 Keep Down Their weight
-Nuruhys DoWnfall american
Jseksys In Europe Racing on Aks.

in one Of the successful plays of tho season
and tells 81 the hardships he endures In
ksaping down 20 weight reaches the
climax ~ narating how he once had a
glass - water and a Caruway seed for
breakfast and bHCnuse the caraway secd
lodged in a hollow tooth he was over
weight and couldn't ride In an important
race. This actor strained point but
didn't 60 FAR beyond the bounds Of pos
Ebility. There il no calling IN the world
which demands more self-denial and
while In the golden days Of the turf sew
sTal ~ the knights Of the pigskin earned
splendid salaries most Of them sacrificed
health in the effort 10 Guido nature,
- torture that Mclaughlin. Fitz-
uIrick. Garrison, Murphy. Taral. Griffin
and others Of the old timers went through
would make them martyrs in any other
cAuse. and there are others who knew the
pangs Of hunger for months At a time
and could not assuAge them because they
we're under iTonclad contracts 10 be NJ
and ready to ride at a certain weight when
ever called upon.
The scale % weights In the United
States calls for mon Of lighter build than
those employed in England and France.
and for several years boys who tipped
the beam az more than 10 pounds havS
found little Encouragement to con-
tinus their calling here and have gone
abroad. where they could not only earn
higher wages but have a few creature
comforts occasionally.
In the heyday Of racing prosperity in
America jockeys earned quite a. large
retainers here as in any country, but
nowadays there l. n comparison he
tween what a crack rider may command
for his services here and abroad Turner.
Maher. O'Neil. OConnor. Martin Shaw,
Miles. Lyme. Spencer, Sumner Radtke
and Mccormick are some of the American
lads who have cast their lots on foreign
shores. and each autumn after the Gloss
of the regular season for European Rat
racing finds them, OF rather a majority
Of them. returning home to spend tbs
winter. Others like OdOm. Burns and
Doggett haze forsaken their former call
ing and remained here. the first train
ing and owning a number Of horses on
the local tracks. while Burns is seriously
contemplating the opening Of a public
training stable.
Sloan was one Of the fortunate fellows
and never had 20 deny himself anything
in the way oF fOOd. Nature cast him in
the perfect mould for a rider. and II he had
10 ride to-day he could make 100 pounds
without any trouble There is no doubt
that a modioum Of HE success was due TO
this fact, for long fasts have a tendency
10 make a man irritable. and the success-
Rul rider must he a. cool a. the proverhial
cucumber in order 70 he ready 70 take
advantage Of every opportunity which
cnmes his way
No man alive in this country to-day
suffered more than Jimmy Mclaughlin
did in the last half dozen years he was
prominent A. a rider. A mouthful Of
champagne a piece Of stsak and q cracker
or two was often all that would pass his
lipe Tor twenty-four hours and with this
Wers tedious miles on the road. his body
sWathed in heavy clothing There were
other hours Of torture in Turkish baths.
where every ounce Of flesh that came on
felt a. though Il brought a. much bone
with il.
Mclaughlin and Fitxpatrick we're very
great friends and they took much Of their
work together. Fitz was much taller
than Mclaughlin. but there was not a
pound between them when they we're
Nc their hest. Mclaughlin. though Of
the sturdier build. rode longer than his
Irenu, rno IoIhu ne NC o' a starter
more aHufng heu 'hat OF lOcbey
me opening oi spring framing ire
Iuehuy Iou.lu Dotu ui ule's1 cIaoA gl1Sfs
weighing isO pounds or more Unlike
many OF the present Gay Jockeys Who
keep IN uih ~ AAlhk DAT 10 WINTER
uieetile - lh ysLlols paruss 9l ne country,
we old TINE rldsrs deyottu tnelr on months
70 plcA-uIe euu she re.ut N@s w NeeAs
or tNO months OF agony "heh tne spring
came. g.,
i-taS MuLphy, Prou@D,y me greatest
ColoIed Nuet nav eNes hNe1 anu IN hls
Gay the equal OF any rlder black or white
~ THIS country. Vas a TREMENDOUS sufferer
rom Fedu1hs. ne was intended ~
nature 20 weigh abOut leo pounds and
ne hved IhrouSh NE racln & season on next
w ho,hlns. ghe "a NE IaNglue
stimulAht ana thls tact brought ABOUT
the sreat Jockey undolhg'
ne was Inder Pontract 70 .. .. haggin.
me copl'et sung anu vas piiotlhg tne great
Morse halNat9r ana me peerless mare
ftren1e IN the early Ns. Inc latter
pronably never had an equal as a weight
Garner Tor her inches, and Murphy. who
was a consummate artist. knew her 20
perfectly mat no burden seemed too
; AreaA ior heT 70 shoulder ana Gauop
70 victory, IN one OF the Monmouth
fark classics she had been allotted
Tremendous impOst. but the talent, who