The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-15
TESTS OF A JOCKEYS SKILL
WHY MAHER MAY GBf esS,oOO
ron WINNING THE DERBY.

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ms Ablliiy % COntFol the liwlg Tempered
NeIl GoW-PreJadlees u eoms mace
horses-AltsmDts % lnjule Rsd Aloan
IN IN Laus Races nm y Amssiea.
owhsn he cables broaght the intslHsanOs
Few days ago that Lord Rousbery' bad
prumissd Dnnay Mahsr. the transplanied
American Jockey, a bonus q elsNoo IN
eaas h won ~ Derby O. N ... CO. Co. 1899
wore incrodulous, but winnlnR In hlus
ribbon % the turf on previous occaaions
appears 10 have whstted thS Apostle
Of the British peer Cor che highes, h0norn
70 which racing men oA- nspirs. end thars
h no doubt hat the C-hnaoticyll boy y
really under contract 20 recaiva No. GRn-
orous fec mentiuned above Turf ra6a
Ords contain no paFallM % this. end 40
result Of tho race win b. awaited wlth
great Interest A LII. sira
Tho reason for the sineOl The e. Ne In
the undisputed fsot thaa Malnr h mo
onlysjockey IN EnSland who snsms 10 Dc
able 70 make the ugly tempered oell run.
Not only II Neil Gov 4 noforioualy. hAd
actor AZ the starting gate buFhe b slIker
into the bargain and won't Try his begl
except on rare occasions. -...--.- -. .
He can run fast and faF uhsn b b lil
the humor. and thoas who hae him bon
the course a. Nswmarket Last fall n an
important staks. losing - muoh a. q hun
dred yards before Mahrr could "a HIM
going, win never forget the splendid brush
% speed he showed On that occasion
when he gOt up IN thu final si9Ii9 and wen
BY a short had. The Jockey wRa the
recipienf Of many compliments Cor nsttipR
the colt 10 run a. all, and the engagement
Tor the Guinness, the Darby and o. Lsger
followed How Neil Gov beat his great
rival ISmberg a fortnlght ago for the
0uineaa. winning by . short head. II well
known, and again the Jockey got the credit
for the victory.
Contrary 10 general belief Mahsr had
q very psppsFy temper when he was rid
inR In this country, and he must have ~
quired nelf-control 10 q marked degree
Sinos going abroad. II Il either that az
be b the one man Who can dominate Neil
Gov and the horse either fears or h IN
sympathy with hip
Whsn the late Pierre LOFiIlard bought
David Garrick from JOAN v. Madden and
prepared 10 ship him abroad he was told
by q well known racing onicial not 10 ride
MaheE on the sOn Of Hanover and Peg
Wodiagton. a. the colt world NOT race
kindly for him and fought whsnsvsr the
lad vas pat in the saddle Mr.. Lorillard
thought this Was idle fancy and rode
Maher In IN important stake In which
David 0arrick made his EnMliah debut.
He bet his money too and waS dlaRuseed
when his oolora trailed hone Ear IN the
FacA. earriok vaa a splsadAd slayer.
and taking the bsnsHt Of his experience.
Mr.. LoFillard engaged sheets Martin 20
ride the colt IN he famous Chester cup.
10 GOT a good pFics about ne handsouae
bay and Martin brought him home 10.
triumph.
Domino hated TaFal. Who rode him In
all hia two-year-nld races. 20 andcntly
that he would Ay bis ears nat On his nech
when no heard the jockeys voice, and
Fred had 70 approach him IRON bshiud
Whenever he came 70 mount. Domino
wore . hood and could not sae his enemy.
Tlla numerous terrific Whippings and
spurTings Taral had administered TO the
blaok fellow we're responsible ior che
hatred Domino bore his rider He Wa
30 thoroughly game. hOpever. that when
the rnce was on he had no desire appar-
entity for anything but a display Of he
speed and courage which made him the
dol Of the racing public and afterward
In the stud helped 70 make him the founder
q a great family Of thoro0ghhreds
Tod sloan was among the best Jockeys
that ever lived. said a veteran racing
man recently when discussing the qnaa-
ton Of Jockeys hands. 'Hs could do
more with an ugly or sour tempered
horse than anybody ! ever saw. You
pemember the Gases % Our Johnny
ssmpar Ego. Krisa KriRgls and others
~ this country that nobody could do a
thing With.
Tod would cit up on them with a
long rein and finger their mouths az
deicately as q violin virtuOaO would
f0ndle the strinGa Of his instrument
Thera was a magic in HE touch. and
welded 20 this was a carensinR, soothing
manner a touch u the hand on the
neck. q aoft spoken word. and the tF1lcu-
lent. hoe hloOded stallion Of a moment
before would he ~ clay In his hands.
Tbs Engliah have not yet ceased
taking about sloane handling % KNIGHT
of the Thistle In one 81 the blg olaaalca
John Huggln1 had picked up the horse
for a small Num for HE friend LIcien
A. Appleby Of this city, and AZ sloan wa
doing the riding for Mr.. Lorillard. who
was Higgins . employer, Il naturally came
about that Sloan EJt the mount on the
new purchase. Knight d the Thistle
would leave tho course. wheel and 40
tho reverse way OF the track and have
his own sweet way a. . rule. The hSpt
time Sloan rode him he had some trouble.
but the devil In the horBs was not thor
oughly aroused until the day % the be-
race referred 10 above.
"The drilling b. had received for the
Fans 20 make him stay had made him
more irritable than ever. and when the /
hOrses started for the post knight q |
the Thistle boiled IN among the drAge \
with their many luhcheon parties atop
Of them He Kicked and laahed out and j
behaved like a mad horse, and for . quar- 1
YER q an hour absolutely refused to 90
the course.
sSIoan Nth infinite patiencs tried an /
the artF Of HE splendid horSsmanahip, |
and finally when the signal waa aiioat 10 |
be given 10 start the race without him
the big fellow became unlm and % tha /
~ the thousands u nnloofors |
conferred 10 the starting post and Won |
hia race The provOoati1n would havB
besn strong % ase the whip on such a
horse. bus sloan wOtllln't HE . hnrHP
q dozen tines In a year. Me mastaron
them by ne magic O yo.os NO hnQea.