The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-13
EDDIE DUGAN, ONCE
"a MESSENGER BOY
WOR TIL 100000
And There's "a Lot More Coming to the Little
Jockey Who Will This y ear Ride
for August Belmont.
+ August Belmont.

New York, n March 1s.Has any
body seen Dugan?
Not little Johnny Dugan, famous III
song and story as the man who stole
McCarthy's wife. but little Eddie Du-
gan. who Is going to ride August Bel
mont's horses on the local race-tracku
this summer. rs
h Dugan Is headed east, but presum.,
ably he has stopped off somewhere to
count his money, for the youngster has
succeeded In Harvesting up some $780,
900 In re GUAR N oney, and X SO. far
neither moths nor rust nor bookmak-
sers have corrupted it, and Eddie is
going to lot his new employer plant It
In one OF the Belmont banks, for the
Jockey. is preparing for not an ordi-
nary rainy day, but for regular
$rainstorm which sooner or later over
takes all knights of the pigsk In who
are inclined to take on weight. Du-
gan hopes that when the time does
come for him Ito Quit riding that the
\ 900. 900 bones will have dou le. a IfSit
has shefmeans to invest about half OF 1t
in porterhouse steaks--aF luxury which
any sclf-respectings jockey wi tn an ey Q
on the balance beam of the scales
must pass up all during his riding
career s4ss
y y " AAlebLly cdlo dHO RGLUd
Eddie Dugan was passing up porter
house steaks for another reason. ii He
was suffering from a rather prevalent
disease known as fattcntng 4 5of the
bank roll and there is no record OF
his being forced to tell good Father
Burke when he went to church on
4Sunday-and he went every Sunday,
out in Oakland, Cal. W hen /, q was a
.skid---that he had been eating meat
on Friday. In those days &Dugan was
an A. DIT. messenger boy,NS and all
the Information he had about riding a
horses he could put In his eye without
tnjuring his sight a BIT. Ssi "a E9.j
4 But things have changed a%bit now.
Eddie is the premier Jockey Of Amer
lea, and he is even thinking OF going
abroad and showing some Of the Eng
$lish boys the latest styles In riding
winners. This winter lie has been
plotting large percentage OF the
firs -past-the- post5 horses at Emry-
Vile. and August Belmont thinks that
the ghteen-y ear-old rider Will be a
big help to the Belmont animals here
In the east. M
The reason for Dugan's brilliant
success on the turf is very simple,
When the little fellow tells you that
he loves the sensation OF race riding
~ piedSuIe.s15sf - ne Al IaSClHd-
ton OF the turf has taken hold or
tho clever pilot. and he goes about his
work with determination and ear
snestness that is really more recreation
than stern making occupa-
ton. S5f2 AZ 81 s7isiafS
Though Dame Fortune Is smiling on
9Dugan now in all her briliancy, there.
was 9 time that the messenger boy
was treading a thorny path on his
way ito success. IIc had to- work
hear to learn the art Of handling q
Thoroughbred. When Eddie was serV-ss
ing his apprenticeship days he very
often discourage his admirers by8his
sungainly saddle work, a nd at least
two stables owners passed I'm along
theSSsl line after coming to the decision.
that he never would amount to apyi-f
thing as a jockey. Il Ss 5s3; n; !;
3'sI think It was more the tn cks Of