The sun., 1919-11-02

bowling the mout." as he calls It, ra ther
than deprive them of their earnings
With the owners and trainers of frac-
tious and unruly horses he also Is lien
lent. His schooling list" is the small
est in the country. He doesn't believe in
depriving a poor horseman of an oppor-
tunity of racing his horses. Even when
they are on the black list he will take
them of II he is assured that the owner
and trainer are truthful when they say
the horse will act better and has a
chance to win a purse.
Named After God of War.
Mr. Cassidy was born fifty-fve years
ago on farm in Virginia, and since he
was able to toddle about he loved a
horse. His father was a farmer and
| owned many horses and Mars virtually
grew up with them. When a young man
Mars became interested in trotters.
From them he turned to the thorough
bred.
He was born Just as his father re-
turned from the civil war and was
named Mars after the god Of war.
He began starting at Alexandria Island,
Va, in 1894. and since then has started
horses In all parts of this country, Can
ada and Mexico.
ficial whose hard work and integrity has
made him known and honored by every
one connected with the turf He Is al
ways working for the best interests of
the sport and is a bitter enemy of all
things crooked. He knows every angle
of the sport and during the Empire CITY
meetings, where he is general manager
and steward. is ever on the move. He
investigates everything and every one
Nf.VnVN a wwrte
the least bit shady.
Mr.. Fitzgerald was a reporter on THE
SUN when he was invited to start the
horses at the spring meeting of the
Ontario Jockey Club at Toronto. An
engagement at st. Asaph, Va. near
Alexandria, followed In 1891, and the
same year he was appointed patrol Judge
by the board of control. He was made
clerk of the scales in 1894, and in the
interim started horses at Milwaukee and
Baltimore.
Starter at New Orleans.
In 1895 he was appointed starter for
the Crescent City Jockey Club at New
Orleans, and remained with that organi-
cation through ten winters.
The Jockey Club asked him to take the
flag on the New York course In 1898, and
he Allied that position until 1904, when
he resigned tn accept the presidency of
the Brighton Beach Racing Association,
place he held until the passage of the
Agnew-Hart law, when the track was
closed. He also was managing director
Of the Montreal Jockey Club for two
years. This job he resigned to become
presiding judge OF the Jockey Club for
the short season OF 1910. He was
out OF racing until 1914, when ne became
AFFILIATED VITA the breeding bureau of the
Jockey Club, and also accepted the posi-
ton Of the .Cuba-American Jockey Club
at Havana.
For the last five years he also has
been the representative of the Hartford
Fair and Agricultural Association in the
stewards stand at Havre de Grace.
In the autumn of 1913 James Butler
engaged him as general manager of the
Empire City Racing Association, and the
meetings over the Yonkers course since
then have been under his direction A
few days ago Mr.. Fitzgerald was re-
appointed presiding steward for the Ha-
vana season of 1919-1920.
Fred Rehberger, Walter Edwards and
Il. A. Mel. Earlocker are other officials
whose work has helped to make the
sport a big success. Mr. Rehberger is
secretary Of the Queens County Jockey
Club, which owns the Aqueduct track.
He is one OF the most popular men on
the turf. He knows the wishes of all
the horsemen and his programmes meet
with the approval of all owners and
trainers.
Mr.. Earlocker has two jobs. He is
secretary of the Westchester Racing AS
ISOLATION belmont Park and the Sara
toga Association. He does his work we'll
and pleases the public and owners and
trainers as we'll as his employers.
Mr.. Edwards holds down the job of
racing secretary of the Metropolitan
Racing Association, which holds its
meetings at Jamaica. He was formerly
a newspaper man and knows every an
gle Of the sport and produces excellent
programmes.