Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02

subsequently. 1t took all the Dryer force
Of stable hands. headed by Trainer Camp
bell. to get Metuchen out Of his box at
Gravesend the first time they wanted to
start him.
las for going to the paddock, there was
no question OF that at all. He simply
wouldn't have 1t and the weight and the
jockey had to be taken over to the stall.
He had to be shared with a long pole
through a ring in the halter and held by
two men while others jumped in and sad
died him, the brute squealing like a pig
all the while and kicking to beat the band.
Il forget now who was riding for Mike
then, but when the door OF the stall was
opened and Metuchen bounded forth he
only touched the ground in the very high
est places and his antics on the track,
where he was finally driven by a corps Of
men and dogs. were never equalled by a
thoroughbred in the vicinity of New York.
He did everything but stand on his head
and finally snapped the leather martin
gales with his teeth as though they were
tissue paper. AS for racing. he would
have none of It, and Dwyer gave him up
in disgust.
THE Dryers had a'couple Of birds long
before Metuchen's day. said another by
stander. 1T was a fight between Jimmy
Mclaughlin, who was riding for them at
that time, whenever they wanted to work
or race Panique, while you remember the
story that Onondaga, once owned by them
and afterward sol to Milton Young, was
so savage that his eyes had to be put out
in order to do anything with him This
happened before the horse was sent to the
stud in Kentucky"
Coming down to recent years" COM
mented another, there have been some
pretty savage thoroughbreds racing on the
tracks around New York. One day in the
spring Of 1904, at Aqueduct, All Gold, be-
longing to Billy oliver, savaged little
Ogilvie, and the only thing that saved the
lad from losing a foot was the steel stir
rups, which the brute bent as though 1t
were so much wire.
"All Gold had never shown any DISPOSE
tion to be worse tempered than any other
stallion of the Rayon DO family. He
would kick and take care Of himself in a
jam at the post, but he was not considered
dangerous to the pokings or to other
horses in the races in which he took part.
o that particular day the horse had
drawn second position and ogilvie was on
the rail astride a filly owned by Mr.. Rich
ards of Boston. Without any premonitory
warning the stallion, with a roar, sprang
across the intervening space of perhaps
fifteen feet, and before Starter Fitzgerald
or any Of his crew could realize it the
stallion had seized the right foot of the
boy in his teeth and was managing 1t with
all the savagery Of a wild beast.
The boy gave one sharp cry Of fright
when the horse grabbed him and was then
still. Fitzgerald sprang from the stand
and, picking up a heavy crop belonging to
one Of his men, dealt the horse a terrific
blow back Of the ear. The stallion half
closed his eyes and waved as though he
was about to fall. but 1t took two addi-
tional blows to make him release the foot.
Picking the boy up In his arms the
starter carried the now almost unconscl-
GUS jockey to his wagon and hurried him
to the. care of the track physician. The
foot hung limp and every bone and liga-
ment was broken or torn; in fact, the mass
was pulp. The stool stirrup was bent as
though it had been subjected to the most
terrific pressure, and there in no doubt
that Ogilvio would nave lost his foot but
for 1t.
Gas it was that boy was in the hospital
from the middle of April until the begin
ming of October, and that he is able to
walk around today is due simply to the
skill of the surgeon who treated him at
st. Mary's hospital and saved the foot
after half a dozen intricate operations"
The case of the English Jockey Otto
Madden, who was savaged while on the
way to the post, Is paralleled In this coun-
try. Old timers will recall that Jugglor,
the pride of Gutenberg, took the then
~diminutive Spider Anderson, who was rid
ing Fides, the apple of the elder Belmont's
eye, out Of the saddle in front Of the stand
at Gravesend and after shaking him as
q TERROR would q rat dropped him upon
the track. The combative disposition of
horses in races has on more than one oc-
casion caused casualties. 1t was the at
tempt Of st. Leonards to seize the horse
next to him in a race at Sheepshead bay
that caused the death Of Pop Barrett, one
of the cleverest l~ightwelghts ever seen in
America.
The big son of st. Blaise crossed his
legs in his futile effort to reach his nearest
competitor and he fell, hurting Barrett be-
meath the feet of a big field OF colts and
fillieB. The little chap was as delicate
as a girl anyway and when they picked
him up there was a smile on his warm
face and a scar across his temple where a
flying foot had brushed away his life.
1t ade som of the veterans who knew
Danny Maher smile when they read an
extract from an English journal the other
day about the patience shown by the
American in handling Bayardo and his
diplomacy in getting the crack British B.
year-old to go the post by taking him
around by the Rowley mile back OF the
stands and out of sight of the crowds.
When Danny was riding in this country
he was not noted for his sweetness Of
temper. The great rider as a small boy
had a violent temper, as his full black
brows meeting across the bridge of his
strong nose would indicate. The drubbing
he gave Banastor in the Suburban when
the horse wheeled at the start will never
be forgotten by those who saw it.
Every person must admit that Maher
had strong provocation, for the cunning
horse would apparently be under full head
way and like a flash he would dig his
toes in the ground, whirl to the left and
go the wrong way OF the track. With the
present system Of starting in vogue, when
Banastar was running the horse would
be left at the post nine times out of ten.
Maher was beside himself when the horse
whirled on that memorable day at Sleeps
head Bay and he beat the liver-colored
chestnut son OF Farandole until he was
covered with bumps as big as hens eggs
everywhere the jockey could reach him