Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-18
ATCHISON'S
ANGLE
by LEWIS s ATCHISON
Grant Eyes Ridinq Record
BY LEWIS F. ATcHIsoN


Lee and Grant rode the winning daily double horses at
Charles Town Lincons birthday last February But
few realized how much talk Howard Grant
would cause later on with saddle feats that leading
some to think he could develop into another Willie Hartack
Willie Shoemaker
After riding five winners Tuesday, the 1S-year-od
from Cincinnati had booted home AZ winners in 1856
mounts at Monmouth Park and taking dead aim on
Sammy Boulmetis New Jersey record of 81
days. He made it 40 yesterday with two winners
out of eight mounts The 105-pound apprentice has
current slightly above Is per and
riding days in which to get the 80 winners needed
break Boumets' record.
The Grant saga began little differently than
OF racingS yarns. He showed up at home day with
a couple Of small tattoo designs his arm that upset
both parents His father the story goes blew his stack
and grmly threatened Howard with trip to the reform
school he didn't stop the nonsense and settle down like
good little schoolboy.
IT WASN'T LONG AFTER the was Is and finished with
grammar SCHOOL, that Howard got job cooling out horses
at River Downs Not much of job, paying so cents
hour but the youngser betterthan- average hot
walker George Strbling veteran trainer on the Ohio
circuit watched day Grant Gained skttsh horse
and Strengthened him out.
You want to be jockey KIDD" George asked
He didn't have to repeat the question kittiSh horse
and there are hundreds around the tracks and
trainer who proved to be good Judge of humans well
as horse flesh, gave Grant his chance.
His first exercise mount was an elderly but sly mare
On their first couple of trips she behaved nicely as
Victorian grandmother Then when things appeared to
be going smoothly the old girl stopped short ducked her
head and spilled Howard the track He emerged from
that with bruised bottom and another wel-learned
lesson From then he rode deucy with the right
strrup or inches shorter than the left.
Eddie Arcaro rides the way, but Howard didn't
know it. He'd never seen Arcaro ride until the other day
$3.50
GRANT A NICE-LooKING BOY with 'greenish-gray
and wavy brown hair comes by his slight frame
honestly enough His father scales 14O pounds and his
mother a dainty SO.
Howard made his racing debut at Wheeling Downs
last September and his first October at Gran
wood Park in Ohio 8year-old ELS Marshall 1t wasn't
much of race but Kentucky Derby winner never got
a bigger thrill.
Moving to Charles Town. where tourists still hear of
Willie HarackS feats Howard rode "a winners and led
the meeting At Bowie his first time on a major track
he caught the eye of Daverne Emery trainer of Irving
Krschbaums Carolyn X Stable Emery was so impressed
he persuaded Kirschbaum to fork over $4,000 for the
lads contract.
This boy better than Hartack in lot of ways at
this stage of his career" Emery said and he was a
Hartack booster.
IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL combination Emery a
former rider, is good coach and Grant an apt pupil
Emery also insists that Howard slash away chunk of
the 1000 he averages week in pay checks
Grant likes good time but fishing is his big hobby
He likes to drive motor but doesn't expect to buy
one until next autumn And it won't be Snazzy block
long job because he doesn't his pals to think he
swell head
Evidently he also has convinced his parents that he's
found his proper niche in life and that life around race
track not fraugh with peril for een-ager In fact
he's persuaded nom and pop to let his year-od brother
JIM lusty 65pounder join him this summer and get a
few pointers riding horses.