Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

past the judges stand, and the Derby
Is over! There's nothing left for the
winner to do but carry away the floral
receives as the cameramen get busy.
X x x X
PACK to the jockeys room the riders
present their alibis and register their
kicks.
where did YOU finish?"
Fourth. Think"
Like he'll you didl Fourteenth, you
mean
And SO the badinage goes on.
You back?" This to late conner.
az didn't think you'd finish today. You
were going up and down in the same
place when passed you"
Lo there, Johnny, you back? What
detained YEP" This to me, rubbing 1t
in. the time finished last or nearly
last in the race.
Some remark that jars on loser
gets him sore and proyokes sharp
reply. In an instant there is an angry
wrangle, war of words. Threatening
gestures and verbal promises that ''T'l
get even with you next time" follow
war-much gesticulation, plenty Of
noise and no blows struck. The squab-
BILE quickly ends, It means little or
nothing; it is simply the safety valve
by which the riders allow the steam OF
their pent-up emotions to escape.
had been riding good many years
before I got my first mount in the
Derby of 1920 on a colt called Sterling,
owned and trained by Charlie Van
Meter. the well known Kentucky trainer.
When first breeZed Sterling I thought
pretty well Of him, but in subsequent
workouts he petered out badly.
Sterling didn't cut much ice IN that
Derby. But from his back had an
excellent view of the race, for I was last
or nearly last almost all the journey.
was interested in watching On Watch,
who was coupled with Donnacona as the
Loft entry. On Watch ran remarkably
good race. Left fiatfooted at the stsH.
he came from away back, and as <e
passed me his rider, Barrett. who vas
the Beau Brummel Of jockeydom at
that time. yelled: "Good-by; I'll see
you at the pay-off!"
saw On Watch pass horse after
horse in game effort to get to the
front, and I thought he would win for
sure. But the ground he had to make
up took too much out of him and the
best he could do was to finish third.
The Whitney stable was strongly
represented that year with three start
the only horse that ever
beat the great Man o. War; Wildair,
that had beaten the great Sir Barton In
his previous race, and Damask. winner
of the Louisiana Derby. But they were
all beaten by Paul Jones. an outsider.
owned by Raj Pa of Baltimore, and
ridden by Teddy Ritz.
to say, the Whitney entry
went out first favorite for the race
at the short price of $50 to 100. al
though II horses started-and that's
just five too many for a course such as
Churchill Downs, If all the horses are
to get fair chance
That Derby was very much of a two
horse race, as none of them, with the
exception Of Upset. could ever get near
the winner. Paul Jones was a fast
breaker and Rice shot him to the front
and kept him there from start to finish.
That feat was no easy job. for Joe
Rodriguez. riding Upset, got on even
terms with him at the turn into the
home stretch. Ted refused to drop
back and kept on driving the Baltimore
horse for all he was worth. beating the
favorits 81 lergtn.
Rice, in my opinion. was q f1rst-class
Jockey, better one than he got credit
kOE DGulS. he COuIQ use his Wtllp as
few riders-very few, nowadays-can,
without letting his horses head go or
throwing himself off balance in the
saddle. I can picture him now, his
head Sobbing and body swinging with
eve>.+ stride, bringing the fail down on
Paul Jones ribs in that desperate hand
'ide to the wire. Later on, in the Sub
Urban at Belmont Park. Paul Jones
showed his race was no fiuke by beating
Sir Barton. Exterminator and Upset.
There was rare collection of first
lass riders In Paul Jones' Derby and
I'm pretty sure their equals won't be
;een this coming Saturday. Let me
mention only a few of them. Eddie
Ambrose, Clarence Hummer, Lawrence
lyke. Laverne Fator, Andy Schuttinger,
Linus" McAtee and Mack Garner were
he leaders in the band-all high-class
rtists in the saddle. It will take q
ong time to find better bunch of
iders.
Not until six years later did get
mother mount in the Derby. That
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