The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20
SOME OLD TINE STARTERS
STORIES or JANE PINCI ;, " no
- >TJII WIN THE HORSES.
, hsrre Reed and Hsw Ne Earinuuakesi
I'm Win iils sia on ~. Biais~ EAi
torrigan anu the s3S Tie Won on
Finding Iiomrtirr Wan Same I.tser-.

"go when somebody mentioned tn" name
1t the veteran trainer jacob PinCus
suown IN England and this country a.
Jake and whose friends IN both Coun-
tu.s are legion \ famous rider In his
youth IN England, pInCuS came Ia America
upward ut forty years ago and trained
~um- of the t-,t stables of race horses,
N"lnG ia III" employ at one time or another
e almost every owner of prominence
.r"und New Work. PlncuS IL small.
tat" man with II humur all hts own. and
rIuy are tn. stories told of him He il
N"Ii past ~ wears IL az" some say up
w.,ri IT ~ and j. sull active. having
t.uuri few horses f,r J b Haggin
- spring
shall never forget the time Ih.v
iurlut.d Jake starter AZ Monmouth
Park remarked man who had known
l'ucI- IA England There was a stake
i.lr' on the card ON. afternoon and August
belmont, TIA" father OF the present head
ot tho Jockey club had the favorite for
rr" rtr'. and tho pluugsrI war. down on
her t., a man Nr Belmont had become
di-Ru-ted With tn. riders We had here
ut that time and through som. friends IN
'ugiIud h" engaged the well known
iuglI-h jockey. Lake. II was Luke's
rret mount ~ the Belmont Colors and he
Neut over To the post with Mclaughlin.
>p,llmIu. Fitzpatrick and other Aiueri-
,lu- Their" E"v"r WAS smarter trio
,r the - ~ than these lads. and the English
H1v. who was accustomed To- having his
.0Ufr"r"S pail mp into lin. At the start
md move down together FOR the word
GO WAS unnpluSIed when Mclaughlin
inning behind the field for the running
HraIk ~ which he was an adept. came
earring At full speed Fitzpatrick and
~D"ilmhn We're right there with him hut
- Eugli-hman was asleep AT the switch
"a Pincu-. eveing him. narrowly rs-
~hrk"d that II would he policy to sleep
~nuudly nights and "SCape the necessity
= mapping during the afternoon.
Once more thew SPARED for an advan-
~ 20. continue 1.-THE speaker. and this time
LAX. thought the field well enough bunched
20 warrant hl- dropping the flag. which
- lid IN his usual deliberate manner
To his a-touiShm.nt LUX. pulled M tn.
Evorit" and looking up rravely n, PincuS
touched his cap with the butt Of hia whip
and inquired
Reg pardon SIR. hut iS il a yo2"
JAW fftIi'Ft 'hT over ''N TtltltlG OF me
s'ar"r'S stand and said with rr"azing
noli'"ne-s. aCkn"w Lodging tho Jockeys
salute.
II - aud think they went that wav,-
mounting down IN" course where the
-eS' NJ IN" contestants wern disappear
'nr in cloTd ~ dust
Jake aIwav- "a rrlod q stick and when
thinking i""plv or und'r pressure If
nvcit"uieu' he had . habit &c vhistling
softly and tapping the ground or iha f"nr
with N" end of ~ r. ~ = characteristic
',nowr 80 "y"rvhodv - all familiar with
Vim Davr clerk long >incr. d"ai. held
'h' ad,a"C" ~" for him when ha was
.r.r. i0c Ts he hid ar'.-1Sa-ri for Caldwell
nd nth"r starters Day. told m. on
~" "cca .iou whom LAX" had lofr 'hrna
.orUas a. N" post m a s1ak" rarH the
bowls of the CROW 4 whose money had boon
'os. hv the mishsp cam" strongly rin
~ he brn~zn 20 ~" ha"ks'retch Pinc,,s
IaRyad 20 IN" ground walked M and down
'ha track a f.w tirna= listening 10 tho
BOOTS and rairalis and 'hunrng tho ground
with the hutt - his stick asked in his -oft
dice. Shall we 20 back 10 the stand
Dave. or TAX, III" fence Of course that
was one ~ Iak"'- joke for he was never
afraid 10 face IN" music and tho incident
va~ forgotten IN" new day
jimmy sheridan was Il starter that had
soue hunor. too. spoke Ta steiner
Did Won oy"r hear ~ tho ns--ag he -ant
- capt James ~ R""~ when that dis
'inEli~NHh turfrnan was s"cr"tarv Of the
Memphis Jockey Clubs The captain. IL
hureared never mot sheridan and when no
"nEa ged him - come 20 Memphis amt starr
n. hor-..- al tho negotiations were done
ny "rtsr Sh"rldan'- letters were shOrr
and to IN" potn, and the captain will
'ell Won how proud he IL tn have IN his
po--"s-ion an Ppi-tlc from the famous
starter which concludes in this way
hall start the horses with flag instead
= ih. drum know there are some deaf
fookTvs but 80 far haven't seen any
blind ones sheridan was the fir-, man
p this country 10 Use the flag IN starting
horses Before his time "A drum was use,i
md some remarkably funny tales are told
& happenings when an amateur or an
oysreScItabl. r1an officIated IA starter
There was he case OF Johnny Merrill.
FOR instance Johnny had been Shari-
tan.s chief assistant for IA uu nber of years
md he finally got some small meetings
not sufficiently large TO tempt his chief
N"rrill had habit Of getting down ON the
rack 10 line his horses up and then walk
~ hack to the stand where hIs drum
pissed one day as ne walked hack
yard facing the horses and admonishing
pup. Jockeys 10 come slow one or two
90 ~" nervous lads started Of and IN "a
a.. md the entire field was hearing down
non him like an avalanche Merrill
.-.r'"d for hl- perch. missed the drum
..I.. 10 his haste aud knocked II far away
ON nt- grasp Quick "A Thought he drew
.f.s hI- foot and dealt the drum mighty
..,. so much power being uehind the
- ..r' that h4 foot went clean through
90 '"ld Tn" rae" WAS IN front 81 the
= - and the spectators "he"r-d and
gt..I 49, Johnny a. h. danced about
r nD" l-E irving 80 "NrrIc1t- hIs nm
2 -.u"i foot
b" hat" Gol Mont gomery who for
..v wears was president Of ~" Mem phis