The daily sentinel., 1910-10-12
SPORTS
Jimmy Rowe, WelI-known
Trainer, Goes to England

| tN " NhIu" uDNh llt gauntlet IN
| Merrie England and train the horses
| of Herman b. Duryea. It's not for
gold that Rowe is going to cross the
| brny deep. He can cSunt his for
tune in six figures. It's the love of
the thoroughbred that forces him to
take this journey. Take any human
who has spent forty years of his life
where the whinny of a weanling and
a neigh of a thoroughbred is his
sweetheart music and try and keep
him away from horse. Impossible.
That's why Jimmy Rowe is going to
| England.
Trainers may flash across the rae
ing scene, sweeping everything be-
fore them. When they are forgotten
there still remains Jimmy Rowe. He
has been in harness ever since 1870.
To see him stroll through the pad
| dock none, outside of his friends,
would think that he had ever seen
forty summers.
Rowe was always a strict disciplin-
| arian. He was just. In his career
many owners tried TO give him the
worst of It, But they reckoned with
| out their host. For Rowe started
something" so suddenly that no man
ever repeated. One would think that
winning s3.0O0.O00 in purses on the
turf was an impossible feat. But
that is what Rowe has done. And
that record will probably never be
equaled
The present generations will never
forget Jimmy Rowe. His phenom-
enal successes with the horses that
belonged to James r. Keene will
keep him in the public eye for many
years II was Rowe that established
the worlds record of winning $500,
600 in one year. That was three sea-
sons ago. For nearly a decade the
Duke of Portland was the leading
winning figure on the turf. with a
record of 5000. The famous vic
tories of Colin and Sysonby will new
er be mentioned without bringing
Rowe into conversation. The unde-
| feated champion Colin was never out
I of sight of his trainer. Down at the
4 beautiful Sheepshead Bay course.
where the stars of the turf were stab
/ led. Rowe had small cottage erect
ed. And from his room he could see
his charges. When a man forgets
his own comforts to provide for the
welfare of his horse he is bound to
be successful And that is what made
| Jimmy Rowe what he is.
Rowe has tasted the sweets and
k sours of racing from every stand
| point Before the echoes of the Civil
war had died away Rowe was a rider
He was no fashionable Jockey, but,
as he puts it. Just a jock" Forty
| years ago he won his first race, and
that event is indelibly stamped in his
| memory His employers, Col. Nc
| Daniels. didn't hand him a bunch of
crisp yellow backs. pat him on the
back and tell him what a great rider
he was. On the contrary, the old
colonel said. Jimmy, my son, I'll
give you pair of nice red-topped
boots"
Jimmy got so many pairs of boots
and little change that he dissolved
partnership with the colonel as soon
as he could, Before he could use a
ballot Rowe found an opportunity to
bask in the glitter and lights of
Barnum's circus. As an acrobat and
equestrian he spent few years and
then passed that game up. His love
for the horse took him back to the
running game.
His next real employment was
training for Phil and Mike Dwyer
Ihat he was rousing success will
be remembered by the veterans. for
Mike Dwyer had no equal when 1t
came to placing a tremendous wager
Rowe fell out with the Dwyers
through the great mare Miss Wood
ford. They told Rowe to race the
mare: They insisted She started
and lost. But before she returned
10 the barn Rowe had resigned his
position.
Rowe then moved to the stable of
august Belmont, the father of the
chairman OF the Jockey club, and re-
NAMED until Mr.. Belmont died. There
was no other big stable in sight to
handle SO Rowe was appointed start
er oy the board of control. There
were no barriers in those days; moth
ing out the nag. But there was
never complaint over Rowe's start
ing. from the position of starter he
urliteu TO that of Judge at the Old
Bay District course in California Al
ter that he handled the horses of
Col. Thompson and they were so sue
cessful that he was on the right road
to fame and fortune.
In 1899 he was engaged by James
X. keene. His salary was known
only to the two men. But ii is said
that 100000 per annum would not
be far wrong. This amount included
a retainer and percentage of the
winnings. AS master of the Keene
barn. Rowe proved to be a wizard.
When one thinks of Commando, Can
and Bells, Sysonby, Delhi. Coin.
Sweep and other stars, and then rea-
iize that they were all under the care
OF Jimmy Rowe. we will get an idea
OF what a clever trainer the man is,