Evening star., 1923-10-20
BY STEVE DONOGHUE,
EngIand's Greatest Jockey
CAS- Told to o. H. P. Garrett of II
New York World.0

| CAS- Told to o. H. p Garrett of the
New York WORLDLY
NEW YORK, October 20-I am
| M glad Zev is to run. Without
passing judgment on either
of the horses-I have never seen
Zev or Ny Own-I feel that the race
will be better for having as the
American representative the horse
originally selected. If My Own had
been substituted there would have
been the feeling on my part that |
was riding against an alternate,
whether or not he is as good or a
better horse. And | am glad Sande
| is to ride him. I've met Sande. He's
a very nice lad.
am glad that Zev'S condition will
permit him to make a real race. l
realize from what | have been told
that Zev is good, fine mudder, and
| that this will help him. But Papyrus
is a good horse, and needs no special
condition of the track to help him.
Our English tracks are turf. They
are slower than your American
tracks. Papyrus is used to slow go
| ing and he can run on a fast, dry
| track, too.
/ Today will be the biggest day of my
! twenty years of racing as jockey: l
! have heard thousands of people milo.
| ly excited yelling Come on. Steve.
on the tracks at home. l have ridden
! and won on foreign tracks where that
yell would come to me faintly from
| only one or two. ! have been in lit
/ orally thousands of races-6OO THIS
year But I always get a thrill-the
| thrill that comes in any combat, ana
/ added to it the knowledge that there
i are thousands backing you to win
| and desperately cheering you on.
! Thrills Comes After Race.
! Today l may be racing before 1Oo,-
! 600 people. If your American crowds
are anything like ours at home it will
! be exciting enough in the stands.
Think of what it must be to the
| jockey.
! To me the thrilling moment is when
you canter down to the barrier and
hear the roar of the crowd 1t al
ways reminds me of the sea bounding
against our English shore. 1t seems
to hold not only encouragement Dut a
bit of threat-the threat of indlner-
ence for the jockey who is up on
loser.
But at the break my excitement
leaves me. / am so completely in
the race that l forget the crowds. My
horse and I talk together. We don't
hear any one else. Sometimes on the
stretch when we've been out in front
and finish eased up l have caught
the YELL Come on, Steve" But during
most of my races I hear 1t only DULY
almost not at all. 1t is after the
race-when I've won-that l get the
biggest thrill. 1t is then the cheers
of the crowd make me very happy.
Even when l lose there is a thrill in
that moment for me. 1 don't mind
hearing crowds cheer the other lad.
I've had my share.
Believes I'm His Mount.
When l get the leg up and Papyrus
canters down to the barrier 1 will
he ready for the greatest race of my
life. l believe in Papyrus. We're
old friends. We know each other
bit. He talks to me and talk to him.
l think he was glad to see me when
l gave him his workout.
Papyrus will give me all he has.
That will be enough, / think. 1t is
all any horse can do. And / believe
he will win. probably by coming from
behind. That Is the way he has won
most of his races.
Copyright (New York World) Press Publish
ing Company, 1923.