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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

The poor. shlyering ~ on the wall IL
~ be permitted 10 nave no peace at all
TLat Is 10 say the cosmopolitan hy OF
Sew York city. Wellingtonan leaders OF
campaigns against this household char
actcr are breaking up their winter quar-
fers preparatory 10 a fresh onslaught
Last year they attacked him where ne
lives and hc8rtlessly fumigated and other
,yise damaged his abode There was no
quarter. what they failed 10 learn about
the depth Of his lniquity In that crusade
they propose 10 uncover In the course OF
fhig summers campaign The n.y. Will be
BARRED 10 his Waterloo
4 good deal has been said about swat
ing" the rs. That myriad-eyed "hinsec'
has been charged with many crimes. II
bar come 10 be that wnen disease can
De laid a. the door Of no other flying or
running thing II IN up 20 the ny 10 prove
an abb A. effort Is being made In New
york Cify 10 dlscoyer Tor just what he
mas be blamed. and 20 what extent. IL
nas found Out last year In part for what
hc VIA responsible. n II hoped TO com
pieie the trial this year. Then justice can
be- done. and whatever IL due him can be
duly sppOrtioned.
10 put II IN plain English. last year tie
Bureau Of Public Health and Hygiene Of
he Assoclation for Improving the Condi-
ion ~ the poor. prior 10 following the
Urgent suggestions Of Others 10 initiate n
IS "sWattlDg campaign I'm New York.
determined ~ md DOT Tor what the ~
~ss really charse0ble. 30 they chose for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

This year an effort will he made TO
learn certainly whether the causes Of this
disease are TO be sought outside the house
or inside In cooperation with the De-
partment of Health. DR.. Armstrong. OF
the Association for Improving the Condl-
ton Of the Poor. will organize a similar
test this summer In selected districts on
the East and West sides.
There viii probably be four OF these.
chosen In Italian. Irish and Jewish sec
lions. These AS before, will he divided
into protected" and unprotected" areas
In the former the fifteen nurses provided
by the Bureau OF child Hygiene of the
Department of Health and the Associa-
ton for Improving the Condition of the
Poor viii conduct an active anti-ny cam
paign I'm the house. In the unprotected"
areas no educational work against the
ny VIII be conducted. II is expected that
the districts will be so selected that each
will contain about ioO children under Ave
years of age.
we do not know from the results 80
far obtained whether they were due 10
elimination Of infection meaning flies or
an increased resistance 10 disease due TO
improved sanitation" says DR.. Arm
strong. I'VE want TO know how much II
due 10 the elimination OF flies alone. We
are going 10 try 60 find out by breaking
the connection Of the ny with the food
right IN the home rho work last year
was both outside and inside. This year It
viii be inside only"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

the farm labor problem. The socieN
experience tells a different tale J"
records are filled with stories Of raw
inexperienced men who have ThS'
good as farm laborers
The greatest difficulty encounter.
by the society" says Mr. Robinson
not in inducing the city man TO N0',,
on farm, but in finding jobs lot ."
those who wish them. There arc
least ten men for every job. TINS 50"
son is rather backward on account
the heavy SHOWS that fell In Feor'S'f
and March. still. the society mas p'V
cured positions TOR 152 men since "a"
uary. In 1913 the number oil nv
placed out as farm laborers was L.
II the farmers offer reasonably pe'"s
nent employment the farm labor '''
ton will solve itself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
AND UNEMPLOYED JEWS

~HE rather disappointing results
that rewarded Governor Glynn's
- efforts to solve the problem of
unemployment i'm the city and Incl
dentally OF farm labor in the country
have occasioned much talk on the sub
ject of farm labor and called forth
many uncomplmentary statements
about the City's unemployed 1t was
taken for granted that there was an
unlimited demand for farm labor. and
all that was needed was to induce the
unemployed to take advantage OF IL.
Fifty thousand farmers were pictured
as standing with their arms wide open
ready 10 clasp the city man to his
bosom, give him home and good
wages thrown in That the ground was
snow covered-and still was n few DAYS
ago In some parts OF the state-was
not thought worth considering. Why
should few feet of snow be permitted
Ia stand in the way of well worked
out theory? When the experiment
turned out as any one familiar with the
situation knew il would. Il WAS not sur
prisng that the blame should have
been attributed to perversity OF the
city's unemployed
quite apart from tho injustice done
to The maty worthy men In the city
who. through no fnnS OF theirs, arc out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
SOME HIGH PLACES IN THE
CAREER OF PlNCUS.

1t was in those Spartan times that
Charles Littlefeld the elder, Wynd-
ham Walden, Jacob Pincus and James
Mccormick climbed from the lowly oc-
equations Of rubbers and exercise boys
into prominence as great jockeys.
Jacob Pincus, who rode races before
and during the War of Secession, still
lives i'm comfortable circumstances
And Pincus enjoys the distinction o.
having been the first American TO train
winner Of the English Derby. He won
England's classic three-year- old race i'm
1881 with Iroquois, a son of Leaning
ton and Maggie b. b., a product of the
then famous Erdenheim stock farm, in
Pennsylvania, and the property Of
Pierre Lorillard Iroquois was the only
American horse that ever won the
Derby although many good ones have
tried. notably Sir Martin and Disguise.
And later, TO prove that the victory OF
Iroquois in the Derby was no huke.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
He MAKES A FORTUNE THROUGH
SPECULATION.

But Sloan did not acquire his money
hy riding fees alone Most of il came
through speculation. Whenever he
thought one Of his mounts had an even
chance to win he backed it, and it was
this practice that gave the English
stewards Of racing a reason and an ex-
Cuse for cutting short his career while
he was at the height Of his popularity
and al his best as a rider There is
an English rule mot very strictly en-
forced except when IL suits the powers
that rule racing TO use III against
betting by jockeys. even on their own
mounts. This rule was invoked TO
the disadvantage of Sloan when his
unconventional conduct off the race
tracks became an offence 10 the British
sense Of propriety.
The IN favor OF the British stewards
shut the door Of opportunity against
Sloan in other parts Of the world The
Jockey clubs Of the various countries
- Europe, be IT understood, OF Aus
tralis and New Zealand, India and
the United States recognize each 9TH
crs rulings for the good Of racing
and jockey, owner or trainer ruled OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
DANNY MAHER

: After Mccormick came James Rowe
a crack jockey Of the IVs and ear!y
SOS. whose fame as a trainer of race
horses is world wide. Born at Fred
ericksburg. Va. Just after the close Of
the war between the states. Rowe en-
tered the service of the Davis family OF
West Virginia as mere infant. lie
rode Harry Bassett i'm that horse
memorable races against Longfellow AT
Saratoga and earned the then tremen-
dous sum of $1,000 in one season.
Lurod from the racetrack by the ras-
cination Of the circus Rowe was CIR
Gus rider for a while, but he got back
to the thorOurhbreds and has been with
them ever since. At one time he vas
starter and he was trainer for the
Dwyers when they owned Miss Wood
ford. Longstreet, Hindoo and Lake
Blackburn. In the 9O's he was wich
the Thompsons Of BrOokdale, for whom
he won the Lawrence Realization
Stakes Of 1896 with Requital and the
Futurity of 1897 with L'Alouette.
When the Thompsons sold out Rowe
bought from them the two-year-old
Chacornac: and this purchase led to his
most fortunate venture. for just before
the running of the Futurity Of 1899
Rowe sold ChacCrnac 10 James r.
Keene for 10000 and when Chacorloc
won Mr.. Keene took him on as trainer.
During the twelve years Rowe was
with Mr.. Keene he developed the IA -
nous horses Commando. Cap and Bells,
Sysonby. Colin, Peter Pan, Celt, Sd
perman Delhi, Won Tromp Wild Mint,
Sweep and Maskette and won nearly
$4,000 600 in stakes and purses for the
vice-chairman of the Jockey Club. In
1907 alone Rowe's stable earned to-
tai Of more than 100000. This con-
nection was worth 100000 to Rowe.
When Mr.. Keene broke up his stable
in 1910 this jockey of the 70s became
the manager Of Harry Payne Whitney's
racing interests in the United States
And last year he won the Futurity for
Mr.. Whitney with Pennant, a son Of
his old favorite Peter Pan and a
grandson Of Commando. and he took
the Metropolitan, Brooklyn and Subu--
ban handcaps with Whisk Broom.
Rowe is now living comfortably in
Monmouth County, y. j.. on a fortune
Of 100000 and raising his second
family.
Fred Littlefeld, one OF the six sons
Of the veteran Charles, rode for Wynd-
ham Walden while Walden trained for
the Morrises, and married fortune in
the person Of his employers daughter.
Now Littlefeld is breeding horses on a
farm in Maryland.
Most of the jockeys OF recent and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
TOD SLOAN.

in one jurisdiction is barred in the
others.
So after the racing moguls notified
Sloan that it would be inadviSable for
him TO apply for a license in l'ud the
dethroned riding king married an ac-
tress and turned his activities into
other channels. With amazing speed
he dissipated his fortune at gambling,
billiard playing, backing theatrical ven
lures and trying TO operate hotels and
billiard parlors. His biggest failure in
New York followed an attempt to run
a palatial billiard parlor a Broadway
and 42d ST with John j. McGraw as
partner. Sloan and the popular and
successful manager Of the New York
Giants. having no experience in husl-
ness, imagined that their names could
not fail to attract paying business, but
as neither of them paid much attention
to the management Of the business IL
was soon on the rocks
After the money he had earned as A
jockey was gone Sloan TUNED to a
work for which he was really qualified
and is doing we'll again. He is manag-
ing a racing stable in France in which
Theodore w. Myers. former Con
troller of the City Of New York and a
prominent Tammany politician OF
twenty years ago, is interested. Sloan
was always a shrewd judge Of horse
flesh. Even in the days Of his novit-
ate under pittsburgh Phil" his preset
cnce IN sizing up untried two-ycar-olds
was positively uncanny Phil an UNI
common judge Of budding racing talent
himself, used TO rely on his prot ge's
estimates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
THE EXPENSIVE EXPERIENCE or
FRED TARAl.

Only a few latter-dsy riders Of re-
nown have followed the honored ,us.
tom Of the days Of Pncus, Lite.
field and Rowe and become trainers.
Fred Taral, the most successful East
ern Jockey OF the interval between Nc
Laughlin and Garrison and Sloan and
Maher. is one Of these But Tarsl did
not become a trainer until he had
wasted $4,000 trying to make zeal
estate at Mount Vernon and crystal
palace cafes on upper Broadway pay.
Taral is now in Austria and he is hay
ing success.
Frank O'Neill. after dropping up
ward Of S1JO0OO. earned by skiful nd
ing for the stables of Newton Bennng-
ton and David Johnson, in an effort 10
make his nest egg into a fortune oy
racing horses in partnership with Fred
Burlew. has returned to the saddle N
France and is making another fortune
as Jockey OF the stable Of William h.
Vanderbilt. O'Neill is the one JOCKEY
of all time who has come back sftei a
term OF inaction He is considered the
best jockey in Europe to-day and az
will die wealthy. because he is thrifty
and alive To the foolishness Of invest
ing his earnings in enterprises OF WniN
he knows nothing. Lucien Lyme wno
went - Europe ahead Of ONeiH mas
accumulated nearly Sj0oooo and mao
a grand opera star Of his sister by paw
ing for her vocal education. Also ne
has bought a stock farm in Kentucs"
Walter Miller the little East sas
Jew who won 3SS races on American
tracks in 1906. the greatest numoer
ever won in one season 10y one locAe'
and who supplemented that feat u
1907 by winning ?3i more. is the one
successful jockey Of recent years p"
succeed in a calling not connected VIA
racing. Miller earned matter r"
$4,000 in his four years experleh's
as a jockey and wisely left the hanohas
of his money to his thrifty and sass'
cious mother She discouraged re-
sons ambition 10 become a professlon''
baseball player after he became pV
heavy to ride, notwithstanding the ser
vices of the young man were sought
the mana gers OF two big league clups'
Part of his earnings we're invested ID
haberdashery shops in New YORK
Louis and San Francisco. Miller oe
rives comfortable income from ines
shops and has a baseball club OF IL
own. of which he is captain. manaso'
pitcher and general utility player
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

sportsman, Marcus Daily and after Mr..
Days death, in 1900. he became =
breeder and owner on his own ac-
count. In 1906 Lakeland brought Elec-
tioneer colt of his own rearing TO
the post at Sheepshead Bay to defeat
his old employers Games II. Keene)
flly, Pope Joan, a granddaughter OF his
own pet Domino. in the Futurity.
which paid that year SIS, $50 And a
few days after this triumph Of Elec-
TONER'S Lakeland sold the colt TO Felix
Isman. of Philadelphia, for $4,000
Lakeland died last year, leaving
fortune Of more than a quarter of
million dollars.
Sunny jim" Mccormick, one OF the
best riders OF his particular day, made
upward of 100000 after he forsook
the saddle training for himself and for
Louis Bell and Edward r. Thomas in
this country and Baron Oppenheim, a
wealthy banker of Hamburg, Germany.
He won the Suburban Handicap Of
1901 with Mr. Bells colt Alcedo ami
brought his career as a trainer in
America TO a close in 1907 by captur-
ing the Carter and Metropolitan handi-
caps with his own horse Gloriher. Nc
Cormick left his wealth in the form of
real estate in Brooklyn and Long ISL
and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

AMY MAHER, who has just an
D nounced his retirement from the
- turf after eighteen years WORK
as Jockey. is quitting with the oieses'
fortune ever amassed by an American
rider of ra,ehorses. His fortune is ne
tween 100000 and SI50,OOO, ana MS
nancy IS invested mainly in good pay
ing English and Continental SECURITIES
Nlahcr has some railroad stock IN Gan
ada and the United states but no other
American investments. The ohIE
American real estate he owns IS the
Mot AT Hartford, Conn, on when the
dwelling Of his father and mother
stands.
Makers one Broadway venture was
failure Eight years ago he ana
friend formed a $4,000 partnership ne
furnishing the money and the iriehd
the expericncs. They leased the old
Rossmore Hotel. at Broadway and 40
81. and fitted il over new. Maher was
told that the magic of his name would
convert the Rossmore, which had
passed through many vicissitudes' INTO
a White Way gold mine: but the eX-
uected custom did not materialize' anC
after losing his stake Maher got out OF
the hotel business. He let his patron,
ord Rosebery. and Lord Rosebery
relatives 10y his second marriage, the
Eothschilds. invest his surplus cash fol
him after that.
contemplation Of the wonderful sue
,czs Of this lad of Hartford, the most
Popular jockey the British turf has
known since Fred Archer. in spite of
his Yankee origin. brings 10 mind
memories Of the careers of other
famous Yankee riders, some of which
terminated successfully and some of
which did not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
FAR MORE.

ons ,ime the ladies' sported sleeve
A ward or 80 around
Anon their skirts were like balloons.
Their trains next swept the s''""
But OH. It's different to-day
From what II was before
t,,r NON we see the dresses less
We see the ladies more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
TOD SLOAN DISCOVERED BY
PITTSBURGH PHIL"

James Todhunter Sloan, rated by
many OF the shrewdest American ana
English horsemen the most skilful
Jockey that ever lived. the same who
popularized the short stirrups used first
in this country by Henry Griffin, and
who by reason Of his uneXampled sue
cess with them revolutionized the style
of race riding the world over, accumu-
lated more money in FIVE years than
Maher has earned in eighteen. but nc
did not keep it, Sloan, Makers senior
hy seven or eight years, came into
prominence in this country in the COS
principally through the patronage Of
that unCommonly successful turf bet
tor. Pittsburgh Phil" who discovered
and developed him. After making and
squandering 5000 600 in a few years in
The United States Sloan decided in the
autumn Of 1895 that England offered
more profitable field for the exploita-
ton Of his wonderful abilities. and be-
took himself across the Atlantic.
Shrewd and incomparably self-suffi-
cient. Sloan shouldered his way through
the icy crust of English reserve in
one season, and, by demonstrating
quickly that he always rode to win,
won a vogue no other jockey ever en-
ioyed. SO many were the opportunities
that came 10 him and so ready was
he 10 avail himself of them that he &C
cumulated more than a million dollars
in three seasons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
WALDEN, TRAINER FOR "PRlNcE
GEORGE"

LittIeReld ana Wyndham Walden, a.
OF Lexington and Lecompte. They
were successful jockeys while the war
ragged. Walden graduated as trainer
under George Lorillard - Prince
and had astonishing success After
the death of Mr.. Lorillard he became
the trainer of the stable OF the Louisi-
ana lottery magnate, John \. Morris
and after the death of Morris he
trained for his sons. For twenty years
the -year-ods of Walden were in
vincible Earning fortune of $500
600 as a trainer. this wartime Jockey
bought a farm in his native state Of
Maryland, became a successful breeder
end, dying, left his children and grand
children a fortune Of nearly half "A
million and third interest i'm Pimlico
one Of the best paying racing prop
critics in the United States to-day
Lakeland remembered by oldtimers
as a jockey in the 10's for Colonel
Cockrill, OF Mobile. took up training as
soon as he became too heavy To ride
and made national reputation in the
9O's by his successful handling Of Dom
mo. Domino was on the verge of
breaking down when the late James Il.
keene turned him over To Lakeland as
a ycarling, yet such was Lakelands
patience and skill that the famous
black horse stood up through three
seasons and earned more than $500
600 Ia money. the biggest amount ever
earned by an American horse. Not
even Colin, Domino's grandson. who re-
tired i'm 1908 with fifteen consecutive
victories in the richest American two
yesr-old and three year old stakes t.
his credit and not one defeat chalked
up against him. cqualled Dominos
winning record.
Later Colonel Cockrills Tough and.
ready cxjockcy. whose favoritc bed
through the 10's was pile of hay In
thc stable feed room, trained Hamburg
and ogden for the millionaire Montana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
SAD END OF SOME HIGHLY PAIN
RIDERS.

Earning in mere retaining fees sur.
that would have taken tway the breath
Of Pincus, Walden. Littlefeld Row.
and Hayward i'm their riding days they
spent their money as fast as they msis
it. Patsy McCue, who rode the oddIy
named Kinley Mack to victory in the
Brooklyn and Suburban handcaps a,
1900. pronounced Rowe the best mar.
ural rider that ever bestrode oorss
made more than 100000 in three sea.
sons. which he wasted as fast as II
came in and died in 1906 destitut. IN
Washington Clawson, LAloue,tss
rider i'm the Futurity Of 1884, sue.
cumbed to consumption few vea-;
ago in Arizona and Tommy Burns.
for years the most successful jockey in
the West was killed by an elevated
railroad train in Brooklyn last Far
His money was gone.
Grover Cleveland Fuller Jockey ~
the McCue type. manned in an accider,
at Jamaica in 1905. Of which he him.
self was the cause, accumulated and
spent 100000 in three seasons. and Is
now living off the charity OF his friends
Arthur Redfern. the rider Of Hermls
in the Brighton cup of 1893, and, in
the Suburban and Test hsndicaps in
1904. the cleverest Jockey we have had
over distance Of ground since Issa.
Murphy. is a chauffeur Vincent Pow
ers, Archibald. Willie Dugan, Perkins
Clayton, Simms. Bulman, Mitchell
Rauch and Hildebrsnd each star in
his day and a money maker, have
dropped out OF sight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

Pincus won the ST. Leger with him.
The conditions OF racing during the
last half of the last century did not
permit Of the accumulation by jockeys
IL such fortunes as Sloan made and
squandered and as Maher has made
and will keep. But the school Of dis
cipline in which the contemporaries OF
Pincus and Littlefeld and their success
sors for thirty years learned developed
hardheaded men Of business, many. of
whom afterward made fortunes at
training and breeding horses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19

early and rise early, and failure to OBJ
serve this ironclad rule led not infre-
quently to arguments between the
jockey and his managing trainer, in
which the trainer often called into ac-
ton the useful balestick and the delin-
quent jockey invariably won the BOBBY
prize.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
DOWN I'VE STRETCH WITH GREAT JOCKEYS VF luxe
How Maher, Sloan
Rove and Tarol
Reaped Harpests
of Money and
PIaudit

fatter times have flashed like ms,.o..
and disappeared. They came on in -.
days Of automobiles, after the old,m.
discipline had relaxed to live at HE,
priced hotels and get out on the t,,o.
in time for the first race Of the ato,
noon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-19
The AHer-Story OF
Noted Riders Who
Made Fortunes
Reaching Up to
a Million.
sy o'NEIL SEWER.

@ANNY MAHER, who has just an
nounced his retirement from the
turf after eighteen years WORK
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-10-22
WHAT FARMERS SHOULD BE.

In the fac-simile reproduction of the
front page of the first issue of the
Herald in 1850. as distributed during
the Fall Festival was an article
headed What Farmers Should Be. -
Years have failed to weaken the force
of the argument, and the article is
herewith reprinted by request of sew.
eral readers. who say the item is as
true to-day as it was "a years ago,
The item follows:
"A farmer should be well instruct
ed in chemistry generally, more par
! ticularly as applied to agriculture;
he should be well versed in mineral
ogy, geology, botany and in the ply
siology of seeds, plants, trees and
animals, including the species of bi,
mana; he should learn geometry
mensuration. etc. he should study
political economy so as to have q
clear conception of the sources OF
wealth and prosperity.
In our republican government he
should be instructed in his constitu
tional rights, and taught to yindicate
them by terse and condensed eloCu
ton. It will be a happy event for our
country when our farmers, SO edu
Gated, shall have the ascendancy in
,our halls of legislation, and thereby
put a stop to the fallacious special
pleadings OF damagogues, who have
already reduced our country, possess
ing ali means of prosperity in a pre-
eminent degree, to a most pitiable
condition, by their miserable legisIa
tion,-North American armer.