Evening star., 1954-04-30

tackled Shoemaker in the Kentucky Hotel lobby the other
night and shaking his head Il don't need type
writer he complained What got from Willie can engrave
the head of pin"
HARRY SILBER IS DIFFERENT Harry thck-set
OF 49, who in Brooklyn hung around tracks since
he kid and Shoemakers agent and voice After
he tucks his 22yearod saddle genius in bed at Sber
is available for interviews.
II a punk kid in 1882" siber begins "but
agent for Jockeys too walked the hots and hdded around
the barns. This is at the start And later handled the
book for Sammy Renick and Lester Boaski.
II thought they pretty good riders Then, day
in 1949 this kid in California He has been walking
about Willie Shoemaker who about 6 old at the
time, he was under contract to Thelma Sneed.
Miss maybe Missus, Sneed had contract with Willie,
running wanted him to sign for
ve years. which isn't practical and the Shoe
bought her out for 10000 bucks Willie put $500 and
put up $250O."
AN AGENT FOR JOCKEY is one who operates the
fringe Nobody knows him. important person.
For instance Agent br has all the to what horses
Shoemaker rides.
"The minute the kid in siber said ct knew this
was special guy He was like he is now not saying much but
he weighed only SO pounds his hands strong"
"a jock needs strong hands?" somebody asked
Wen" Siber sad "only in this sense. Normally, his
touch should be light light strength
rider ought to be able to it Arcaro, Workman
all the good strong Anyway" Sber
shoemaker out of town right next to Ell Paso Tex,
and him dropped everybody else. If you
agent know limited to how many jockeys
handle One old rider and bug apprentice,
to you is all.
"I don't anybody else" Harry said with pride Bill
Silent Shoe, newspaper guys call him is enough.
You'd have to hurt Others had Others you'd hurt
the kid"
sILBER KNOCKING AROUND on the West Coast really
latched to something special in Shoemaker Incidentally
Harry my kid Irish all the mother and father
Where the Shoemaker don't know.
BILL had two brothers and three sep-brohers and when
first him he mite with the biggest set of teeth
Some 50-cen dentist must have put them
of people have asked about Bills socaed Oriental look
His eyes slant a little and with those teeth
when Bill kid or years old, maybe he fell
his face and lost his teeth that
him. 1t nothing like that Just lately, Bill got
of choppers. Doesn't make him look Oriental"
THERE IS NO TRUTH popular report Sber says
Shoemaker metal when he rides why should
he wear vest Sber demands HE weighs only 98 pounds
Sunny Jim FtzSmmonS and others would laugh
report He'll and the vest if he had one
struck the ground the way? 1t would have taken
his head
What Shoemaker has proved is that in the saddle
bags very little There used to people
thought that lightweight jockey handicap The theory
was that live weight was better than lead in saddle
On pridefu noe Siber concluded Bill Willie that
Is. helped to bust that theory wide open."
THIRTY-Two YEARS AGO Norwich won the Derby first
and only California horse to do This
does it, it only will be horse but rider from
the Far West Shoemaker who will be welcomed the
ner's circle.
Slber dresses we'll and there is good deal of him to
dress But Harry the agent it to be without
steak money, with Shoemaker.
when he out get $4 says "In an ordinary
raceovernght claiming allowance get ST If Bill rides
a winner"
asked.
News for you I've got" sber retorted "1 get 20 per
cent of Shoemaker and after the Handicap Florida
Derby and Wood Memorial happy Fort Knox like
Willie Shoemaker I like better"
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