The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-12
HORSE RUNS SECOND
IN ALL ITS STARTS
Curious Coincidence Marks
the Seven Attempts of
English Thoroughbred.
MAHER WILL BE THIRD
American Rider, Handicapped
by Poor Mounts, Ranks
High Among Jockeys.
MAHER WILL BE THIRD
BY RICHARD pAHLeREN.


LONDON. Nov. li.-Horse racint 1,
fun OF queer things. In the first place
II is as most OF :ts followers have found
10 their sorrow. wonderfully hard 10
pick winners constantly. This perhars
is not so queer after ali, when one come.
10 think OF ~.
The particular thing ] had In mind
was 'hc extraordinary record made this
season by Lord Durhsm's Grey. II 10
an astonishing thing for horse to run
second on seven occasions In a single
season and i, Is all the more remarkably.
when the animal has not gained any
other position but second. This is IN.
exraordinary record OF Grey. which has
well qualified 20 be called Yellow Iaek
OF the present season. IT 10 strange that
ne always found one horse In each -ae.
too good for him. and his record of seven
consecutive seconds viii wsnt lot Of
beating.
When horse frequently runs second
II Is spoken OF as yellow JACK. but
there are probably a good many who DO
not know the history % that uniurLy
norse and are perhaps inystin-d by tn.
remark They know 1t has some refer-
ence TO bad luck and are content TO lst
Things 90 at that As matter OF fact.
Grey has beaten the record OF the much
quoted Yellow Jack as a s-year-oId. Vel
low JACK, however. - not likely 10 lose
MS fame and future unlucky horses piil
stili be called after him Yellow lack
earned his fame nv running SECOND for
every event IN which he competed in
ieop, when he was a 3-year-old
Maher Third Among Riders.
After lowering for considerable Pc
rloo among the nineties. rriEg at las,
reached his hundredfh win al S,anooun
park In that time the increases Ia the
but sigh, and nothing has occurred 10
interfere with the positions Of the hrsr
three. which are sure 10 stand AT tie
s,ose ,,s OF lne running season next month
Trigg, 2. Maher. .. Rickaby IL toieraeiy
certain OF being fourth. since be has an
advantage OF seven over Winter, who
comes next: attended closely by Huxley.
= batch of four fellows. whose totals show
little relative variation. and auy one Of
Them may be eventually Included in the
Maher,s start OF the season Was splsn-
did, for he began By making the running.
Then, when Wooiton overhauled him. the
great American seemed 10 fall right back.
and he has not done much since. No
doubt he has suffered loss OF form, bur
one ought 10 besr IN mind that he has
bad lot or poor horses 10 ride for Lord
Rosepery and l.. de RothschIid. Their.
was no Nell Gov In the formers stable
ana, as YOU knov. both Pictri and g.
Anion wen, wrong. Mr.. 'Fairie'' bad
was not repewed-,hs sossips said In
consequence OF Lembors's fsiinr- 70 win
he ST. Leser Bui surely Maher was
vindiee5ed @ by ksmbers's two failures ,nis
~ 20 ride. again for Lord Rosebery. vhr
believes there Is no Jockey in the worio
IKE Mahor. Whether Mr. de Roihscnia
VIII renew his retainer ! know no, at
present
Horsemsn Is in Politics.
RObort al
man, and AT one time owner or sc.pirr
the famous rscehorss. has seen s3opt.d
a. as onionisI candidate Tor the Ho1ton di-
member
fnowa. ,bs o,n has oesn prominent aEgr. in
Mears AZ The sale OF the late duke OF
'Westminsler's thoroughbred stud hs gave
,hs m % record price Of 10000 Euineas fcr
and which won the Oaks. thS 81. L.ger
and The one Thousand GulDese. Just
nerore her rseins career closed he sod
He himself has had vsrisa carssy
As boy he became A soldier and veni
TO The Katnr war I'm 1878. After the zar
ne vas wreeksd on Robben island. IL.
lener colony, with go In his pockets, a
PER OF trousers aud helmet, Back in
London he went on the stage -s general
utility man al Sc shilllngs a resk. and
this country be became 4 friend OF the
ate marquis OF Anssbur,' WHOSE sitf.r.
Ia 1,sdy Mabel prudnen. Bruce. he married
They have three childrsu-Robert sre1
IL; Mabsl. AGED 1s. and Bsrhzra. sgeii5.
Moran and Driscoli to Meet.
Arrangements have now been made fer
owen Moran and Jim nriscoll 10 meat al
the actual place OF the
meeting being stated 20 be the Empire
SSsagng * palace. and ,hs date pecembsr'S.
30 Birmingham will be Afforded opr>or-
.unity OF watching their local hero.
, Curlously enough. aithoush aforan is
born. residents In the hand
u seeing him perform. When he cam.
tut nrst ne took part In few ccntesis
Z Jem Maee's and Jen Currans, but
'thrr quarters, principally across the At
Driseoll has been AFTER Moran for .
as been content 70 pick up rolls of dell,T
'otes In America. Not > kad i,,ar.
ither. for there Is such a very nstis Be-
Zen S., ,nf pai1 & tnat meeting IN thf ring
There Is not the slightest danger ,hat
i9ran or priscou will inJurs one an.
r n defeat Is bound 10 be a sArer"
ne. Moran thinks he IL better than Dr,.-
OIL and Driscoll Is equally certain he can
fsSSy % &. sH ,ts Hf 'ss Messln gS,T am im i2orH.9
lweyf Kept himself az. practically IN
raining all the while. ard bis tennpera-
1ent fuil Of frs, Is just what IL wanted
oT nis olsss. He was III advised IN
In be pittlns hirnseif against a msu
7 his own calibsr. Moran Ia net 90
ooc as ne was 40 one timo and Dviscoli
,leht 10 win.
After he IL through With this match
'riscol iE 10 strike out as boxing
romotsr on a big scale
u am reckoning today" ne writes
that SHALL be able 10 find more nctiNe
quick wifted boxers in
HH. I am going 10 look for them there.
nd would ask YOU TO walt and see
40 results securs-
The everlasting girl question is easily
~. -, s-iH. T.. sha inasr4 inn nf