Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-04
BOY IS TURF SENSATION
Paul Louder, Aged Sixteen Years,
Is Hero of the Gotham Track
Followers.
JOCKEY OF MANY TRIUMPEs

! NEW YORK. June S--The sensation Of
the turf this season is a l6-year-old ap-
prentice jockey named Paul 8. Louder,
one OF the brainiest. gamest and tiniest
kids that ever straddled q pony. He
looks more like II than 10. weights only
eighty-four pounds. and although he 10
still in the apprentice class was sold the
other day for $780,
w. X. Karrick had an option on his
services, but he sold that option to James
Rowe, who was acting for Al Thomp
son, tho lessee of the Whitney stables
Louder has been q consistent winner
ever since he mounted n racing pony two
years ago. and he has performed in sensa-
tional style every time out His most
notable achievement was at Pimlico when
he brought osary Maid. a t2r7 to % shot,
home head of a big field. Riding at the
Jamaica and Belmont tracks he has con-
sIstently brought long shot horses into
the money.
Louder. during the Belmont meet. was
left at the post on Fenmouse because the
horse whirled just as the barrier went up.
Before he got the filly Strengthened
around the leaders were at least ten
lengths to the good. II was a fast field.
but Louder, driving Fenmouse to her
limit. caught up with the procession as
It swept into the stretch and then swept
Fenmouse over the line a winner by
three lengths.
Louder mounted Dolly Madison q rank
outsider, at Jamaica, and brought Dolly
homo In second place, n neck behind the
/ winner. II he hadn't been pocketed early
in the race he would have won by wide
margin.
Those who have been betting on the
ponies on the New York race tracks re-
Gently have been plunging on Louders
mount, no matter what kind Of horse
he rides and that faction is ahead OF
the game.
/ Unupoiled by Much Praise.
Louder Is O likeable youngster totally
unspoiled by the praise showered upon
him at the different tracks and he's
learning more about tho riding game
every day He was brought up with
lhorses on a Texas ranch and no knows
their whms and ways better than jockeys
who have been I'm the game for years,
| Luoder rarely uses the whip. He be-
i lieves he can get better results by coax
/ ing than by beating.
Louder is wonderful at getting his
ihorses away 20 a good start. but he's
even more wonderful in the stretch. Time
and again be has rounded for home
/ seemingly beaten but in his uncanny way
he worked his mount for It's maximum
speed and finished within the money
and generally first, IL his horse was not
loutclassed.
put Louder on a real racehorse and
lhe'i beat any horse-Jockey combination
in the country" says Louders friends.
Louder rode in five races at Belmont
early in the month. He won two, fin
IIshed second In two others, and third In
the other, which Is quite showing for
a l6-year-old kid, who was pitted against
some of the most famous Jockeys In the
country.
Louders home is in Terrell. Tex. When
! he was Il, his riding OF the worst acting
horses on his fathers ranch became the
talk OF the town. r. J. Allison, a race
! horse owner, heard some OF that talk.
Later he saw Louder ride. Gaining the
consent of Louder's father. Allison took
the kid to Butte. Mont, put him on a
horse named Yip-Hy-Hay. Louder's
horse was beaten by a nose. But Allison
J decided the kid would do,
Leads at Juares.
Later Louder went 70 Juarez Tor the
> 19i4-l5 winter meeting. He won thirty
one races and finished in the money in
bunch OF other races while riding fol-
the Hogan-Navalcamp stables. At Bowie
I Nd. Louder won six races. Al Pimlico
he won two. At both Maryland tracks
he didn't do much riding-hence his low
winning percentage.
Then he went to Havre de Grace FOL
: a few races. moving in to the New YorE
tracks. where he has added 20 his fame
by his wonderful work.
Louder. as an apprentice has showI
more promise than any one that eveI
pointed a ponys nose toward the finish
line. and II he continues TO improve HI
may some day be heralded as the great