The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04

pounds-Pure Rye (Garrison). Mary
Ann (Murpbyl. and Sis Himyar G..
Jones. Pure Rye was the favorite at
to D. Sis Himyar was at 3 to ]. Kat
rlna 8 to ! and Mary Ann TO /
They ran pretty we'll punched for
the first mile, and when thew reached
the top Of the hill Pure Rve and Mary
last quarter of mile it was head and
head. nip and tuck, now the nose OF
Mary Ann in front, then that Of the
daughter of Billet, with both Jockeys
working with all their skill and the do.
or.die spirit that was aroused by the
existing rivalry, for Garrison was white
and Murphy mulatto. There was
struggle 70 awaken the blood of any
sportsman and send it tineing to his
toes, and they came to the finish on
The evenest Of even terms Vt was a
dead heat. The owners. Garrett Wilson
of Mary Ann and W. S. Barnes Of Pure
Rye. looked their 6llies over and de
cided to divide the stakes
Though they were friendly. Garri.
son had hopes that some dav, some
where, he would establish his super
lor,ty over Murphy. The chance came
In the match race between Salvador and
Tenny at Sheepshead Bay. in June.
1890, and. as every follower of the
turf knows, Murphy on Salvador won
by nose after struggle that in.
spIrcd songs from poets and classics
| from the descriptive writers of the
| day.
| There were many followers of the
| turf who regarded Mclaughlin and
| Fitzpatrick the equals Of Murphy and
| Garrison They were top notchers aud
| far superior as horsemen TO any who
have ridden in the last two decades.
Tod Sloan and Walter Miller have
been the marvellous American riders
during the last fifteen years, and while
they far outstripped Murphy. CARR
son. Mclaughlin and Fitzpatrick in
point OF earnings and the number of
races won, they did not. TO nv way of
thinking, possess the powers of horse
manship that were contained in their
predecessors. Sloan. it is true, revo
| lutlonlzed the style of riding in Eng
land. but il would be hard to convince
any British turfman that his teachings
leIt good effect in the present dav
! riders In that country. Englishmen
truly despise the American scat as
the Sloan style is called, and I know
great many American horsemen who
are in accord with the English opinion.
sloan was humane in his riding. and
| 10 this | attribute much of his success
| Through his kindness TO the animals he
rode he was able TO get better efforts
from them than did some of his rivals
This was repeatedly demonstrated. both
in this country and in England
'Others. after the time of Murphy.
Garrison. Mclaughlin and Fitzpatrick
who rank as real stars of their davs
were Fred Taral, Willie Martin. Sims.
'Skeets Martin. Dannv Maher. Dog.
gett. Clayton and Perkins. and later
along Tommy Burns. Winnie o 'Connor.
! Shaw Spencer ReiT Cnhnrp 'r,,rpor
Odom, Wonderly and Helgerson, and
more recently Joe Notter, Dave Nicol,
j. Martin, Schilling, Vincent Powers
and r. Dugan. Among the younger
riders of today | regard Mcintyre, But
well and Guy Burns as most promising.
81 hope TO see before the end of my
time as a turfman return TO the con
| ditions that gave US our very best rid
ers-conditions that prevailed in the
! early Sos-and | feel sure that the
result will be better jockeys than we
| have now