The Washington herald., 1922-12-26
LADS PREFER
JOCKEY LIFE
AS VACATION
1. Johnson Earns More Than
$4,000 in One Years Work
as Pilot of naus.

as Pilot Of Hags.
By FRANK G. MENKE.
Ccopyrisht. 1s,a. by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
A LOT of bozos in the dim dis
~ tant days preferred being
- right TO being President Of
the United States Of America But
times have changed. They'd rather
Be jockeys now. And not without
reason
The very youthS1l A. johnson
earned beyond $4,000 In the sea-
son just agone. And he got II al
in about seven months, during
which his real workday averaged
from three to ten minutes.
Just how much johnson ADDED
to that total through winning way
ers on his mounts 10 guess Work.
But it's more or less certain that
he cashed in anywhere from 800
900 to $50. 900 on his little hiers.
johnson was the riding sensation
of the year, as far an purse earn
ines are concerned. He gathered
in close to $500 900 for the owners
Of the horses he piloted. He rode
Norwich 70 a s6s 900 victory In the
Kentucky Derby: he rode Exter-
minator in practically all OF the
great geiding's triumphs. He vas
aboard Sally's Alley when she won
the Belmont Futurity and one &c
ton Of the Pimlioo.
johnson got a retainer from his
employers-also q percentage OF the
purse winnings. All combined made
the income Of the boy greater than
Warren @. Harding receives for an
entire year Of presidenting In these
United States.
NOT FAR BEHIND.
Earl Sande wasn't far behind
johnson in wages received Sanos
did most of the riding for the pow
erfui Rancocas Stable. but rode
free lance quite often and picked
up neat sums in that way. Sanoss
earnings. plus his winning wAsers.
are said to have gone wei over
the SI25, 900 mark in 1879.
Clarence Turner received $4,000
for steering the horses Of ]. X
L. Ross. In addition he got . Per
cenetaee OF the money won IN
stake races. He did some free lance
riding, too. and perhaps added 5000
to 81 500 TO his hank account in
that way.
I A season or 80 ago Lavrenee
LIKE lived IN the most golden OF
golden hours for him. That was
when he was jockeying for z. X.
Bradley, the turfmsn who raced
his horses mainly on Kentucky
tracks.
expenses. Also he WAS given 10
per cent Of all the money his mounts
won. In addition TO that he re
ceived 10 per cent of all the money
Bradley won betting on the horsee
which Lyke shooed along over the
highways and the byways OF the
racecourses.
HIT 100000 MARK.
II was estimated that Lyke was
paid over 100000 in. q single sea-
son under this arrangement with
Bradley. How much more he won
! in wagers Is something ne alone
can answer. But the sum perhaps
slithered along above the N.Ooo.ooo
mark.
Lyke isn't earning such money
now Success went to his head.
He had some sort Of disagreement
with Bradley. And SO out went
Lvke 10 seek Jobs which have PAID
him but a piccance in comparison
with Bradley's donations.
Iaverne Fator. second string
} ,ockey for Rancocss in 1929, earned
. enough in 1922 10 enable him TO
loaf the rest of his days-h he 90
desired-and not worry about any
wolves yapping on his front porch,
McAtee and Clarence Hummer
also took large gobs OF cash dollars
: nnto Themselves. Keogh. FAR.
brother. schuttinger and Nsrineili
acre others who increased the oank'
roll TO bulging proportions last sea
son.
/. MANY EARN s5.eoe.
of course, all jockeys are not so
s richly awarded. Many. inciudint
. veterans. dub around all year sno
: never earn more than 10000 oi
$ $40 900. And the youngsters o.
: mediocre ability, who rarely car
!. drive a nag in front, must oe con
tent with $4,000 TO s+.Ooo Tor
y seasons work. .,,,
But, all things considered tner
no form of labor a boy can an
J. dulee in which will bring 20 MIN
such speedy and huge financial en-
richment as jockeyship--proVsoe
II. r.. the hrains the courage ene
4 81. n.,Ive ability to lift himself
o shova the common hords and be
9 come a star Of stars. =.
! For where. in all the world.
o ,here q trade or a profession. whicf
s VII nav a boy of q. p or y
unv,ro, Of $4,000 for tev
minute, work a day-with the worS
. season extending only from April &c