Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01
MILLIONAIRE JOCKEY
Danny Maher One of the Most
Popular "Kids" in Saddle.
HAD BAD TEMPER AT START
Punishment Corrected That Evil and
Since Then He Has Been Uni
versally Successful.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK. December 81. - When
Danny Maher was thrown into the
saddle carried by the brown horse Kin
nikinic. at Benning track, Washington
some twelve or thirteen years ago, no
one thought that the little brown-eyed
lad would be the premier jockey of Eng
land and. one might say, the world.
In those days he was a little chap to
whom everybody seemed to take liking.
From that victory on Kinnikinic Maher
arose to fame that will live in turf his
tory as long as turf records are pre-
served. The name of Maher will be link
ed with those of the great Fred
Archer. George Fordham. Tom Cannon
and, lest it is forgotten. the greatest
jockey that ever rode a horse, in the esti-
nation of all American horsemen-Isaac
Murphy.
1t is an honor indeed to have the name
Of a typical American horseman attached
to the list of the greatest riders the world
ever knew. but such has been the result
Of Makers ability. integrity and conduct
both In this country and abroad.
While he was engaged by the late Mr..
W1iham Clarke. who tried to win the
classics of the American turf by buying
the best horses obtainable. he was
accused by his employer Of pulling up
medfately after the start was made
There was always difference of opinion
regarding the accuse ton. but Mr.. Clarke
was SO positive in his belief that he kept
Manner on the ground for several months,
not permitting him to ride a. race Maybe
Mr.. Clarke had good reason for his &C
ton. and maybe it was not the fault of
Maher. who had very bitter temper in
those days and would beat a horse Sc
verely if it did not act according to his
will
Ihs was such a common occurrence
with Maher that lie was fined and set
down more than once for the offense AT
Brighton Beach he lost many of his
friends and admirers because he beat a
horse over the head with his whip when
the animal was beaten in the sixth race
of the day, the other five having been
won by the now celebrated Jockey.
Maher a Millionaire.
From poor little chap in Hartford
Danny Maher today is reported to be
worth nearly s1.OD.OOO. Much of this
he has made riding horses. more came
from handsome presents and the remuin-
der, it is claimed. has been accumulat I'll
by good financial investments. brought
about through the friendship Maher holds
with some Of the peers and financiers of
England
That the little Hartford boy is well
thought of in England is CLEANED from
the following, taken from the London
Sporting Life, in an article on the sue
cess of Jockeys riding in England
mo exaggeration is involved in writing
that the jockeys who have attracted the
lions share of public attention during the
last few years are Danny Maher and
Frank Wootton. 1t seems strange that a
man from America and a boy from the
Antipodes should occupy such a position
when we recall the names Of Britishers
Tom Cannon. bloomington Cannon, the
brothers Loates. John Osborne and a
great many others who sustained the rep
utation of this country for superlative
horsemanship for SO long period, and
the situation gives cause for not too conf
placent reflection.
ut may be a moot point whether ma
tive jOckeyship shows a decline-though
in view of accomplished facts there ap-
pears some reason for thinking 1t does:
that Maher and Wootton have achieved
distinction Oh their merits, and they are
likely, apparently, to hold their own for
an almost indefinite time.
"On the Level"
..Maher has gathered many laurels-
and gilt-edgei laurels to boot-since in
the autumn of ten years ago he crossed
the Atlantic for England, and never,
surely, was Il more suspicious venture
undertaken. Apart from its profitable
side his sojourn among us has been
fruitful in various ways. He has never
come into collision with nor been under
the ban of the turf authorities: he has
struck up quite a friendship with the
racing community here and has kept that
friendship in good repair: he has always
inspired confidence and, taking straight
forward tack. followed it throughout.
Altogether he now finds himself in most
envlabIe ease. and from a professional
standpoint no jockey probably was ever
so we'll placed. He can boast the pat
ronage Of some OF the most prominent
and respected of the patrons of the turf.
under what may be regarded as almost
nrincelv conditions as to pay, and enjoys
the confidence Of all and sundry.