The evening world. Newspaper, March 18, 1908, Page 4

MARCH 18, 190 OF THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, Hard Knocks in the Making of a Great Jockey Get Into a Small Stable and Study; Horses, Tod Sloan Advises in Re- lating Experiences Which Led to His Success. Copyright, 108, by the Press Publishing Co! ny, New York World.) BY J. TOD SLOAN. No. 4. Ambition to become a jocke: men these days and I receive so many letters asking my advice that 1 think this is a good time for me to answer them all at once, so to speak, | through The Evening World. These letters, at least a majority of them, | (Higa apariees show such a complete ignorance of the game that the writers are SO} jatvre ‘on a ee ae indress which |No. 6 West Nonety-eighth street, of ti anxious to enter that it is only just that they be told in advance of the a hardships and the difficulties attending the education and development) ¢. of a successful rider. The public sees only the rosy side of the jockey’s life. They hear about him when he wins, and they see him wearing good clothes and | is read in the papers about his big contracts and the presents he gets from | ce, but only the men who| 2 anything about his life | owners when he rides the winner in a big are “in the know” in the racing business rea and what he has to go through to become a succe: now of n ig I could wr rat | back. 1 was @ould give a clearer idea of the way & colt to exercise gir ts developed than an acco my own experiences. I knew abs throwing me against a tree and nea ‘0 general among boys and young yi a little chestnut | m, but he threw up| q is tail and ran away into the woods, | t ferrets out things for himself. I was a bundle of nerves in those days. ani many a little trick did 1 find out on my own hook. For instance. I areed at Ingleside track at San Francisco that a horse runs better In a poe ithoust wis is hard on the nerves » rider, He breathes in a space where sat come to him in a rusi rider has to do is to wate silp through when he . time has come. He wil is fresher and quicke! rt than the others. red (hat no matter how OWEN LONE | HURT BY FAL THE SLBNAY Bowery Boy, Author, Play- ackett, Carhait E@ Broadway at Thirteenth Street. A Great Variety of the New Fabrics in Fashionable Colors Tailored Suits for convinced the ce, nur how hard it may be fr his rider to keep his position. the mi ute the es an opening in front pf hi on new energy 1 go through the & ew whether it be between two other hort is ghe Of the ost remarkanie casero! | wright, Taken to Hospital Women and Misses Where Owners Err. as Unknown. at $25 Ejzht Particularly Effective Models Invisible stripe serge suit, plain tailored, patch pockets, slot seam back, stripe taffeta ! ning. It is wrong to let riding @ good th rider thinks he is on & Owen Kildare, playwrtent athlete and solder of fortune, ts lying serlously injured at the New York Hos- pital, having silpped and fallen on the into the subway at author, surety an a nice | against 1 | ness of J won ono} nlngs in 0 y jockey Ik steps whil Times Squ Cutaway front serge suit, coliar and cuffs of Ttwo-tone stripe tafieta. igh and get onditions, and oftel t after the thea at Epsom. cked up tified, He was unconscious when veral hours Was un id he and for one of that Tees. failipaenes te Se a thet sets Fancy braided French serge coat suit, collarless effect, Deevousnest pene pant rC ua fs vestee of silk and embroidered soutache. to have cone on and won, | on } i Mrs, Kildare was told at her nome, French serge coat suit, bound with taffeta and finished with embroidered soutache, vestee in Persiin em- broidery. Another tin a boy named Mc- | the |acaident to her husband by an Even’ World reporter, She suid she had been to the theatre with him and had had Taced for Lord Carnarvon, in of Nice reat race," I! at Fiose,” but he ar ; did use I said that to supper afterward, Hair-line stripe worsted, fitte 1 model, long shiw1 coilar o! him. Ts erely have said: "You're sy A Pee g one aoe RcICL Andie) as <8 bme." she sald “and Owe satin, *, tucked sleeve, broad cuff of satin. chance st t m right.’ e friends and sald he ee A ntyre iq his h I heard nothing f n : ; te ¢ : wfiret. halt’ mile, ‘an ea CE ea Gt Demi Empire cutaway suit in black and white checks, tould have blue and black serges, collar and cuffs of merveilieux. ely for the ge suit having ra‘ah collar and cufis finished ping of silk and giit buttons. Semi-fitting with braid, ct most in teresting characters in the writ! ft oe ternity of New York. His latest venture um- | was the dramatization of his first book, a » Rose,” which was large! . and in an aday Blazer suit of serge, ves: of rajah, piped in contrasting color taffeta, the same on collar and cuffs. gets a import d give a poy rome a jockey where there are not In thin way > no: ing about horses. For a vreaking * k. When I came t je to 1] joa ground 1 ° . 2 was the worst rider in the wo was | ‘a atalitonyonelot |! ground u d tall on o: the at-| har ere are not so AUES A ren fhe cs eof the) at-) Band, are not 9a) many Extreme Reductions in @harged with conceit, I enjoyed great | f nUDan ver ) get n @uccess. to Kansas City on ae lines. i O ns ie tie first place, T want to say ice cai Ceils Ae PRESIDENTS oe OUR COUNTRY, ke ADen ES! peices ee WV the meteoric jockey who sp u ike] first 1 Timounted Wars 7 | they, who wes the lead error eee Iatianie (retain hls |/eole dashed Viking, Deena ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE, | a ie eey $4975 form. «ie ¢ h pected a good deal of, but Sait n in the n his early very y deal of, but probably Re RONDATE FY WoRLD da 6 i hi ‘ me he | MOS . DAYS & FRIDAYS, Cae ee to be of no account, Te| ff ¥ou have miseed the. back Value $35 2 cas y AB Horse Anahi can dbtain. samme by. inclonl 7 ; ‘ my horsemanship by | cramp for each number te the € French batiste Princess dress; skirt with border-of pastel mes afraid killed, anu that t @n ens to the pl ute I got on didn’t e and & quarter fn-. I went th Les Poe Gees a certain pertod ! ed him. Campbei > Dr. Janeway's offic my lungs and heart examined until he had 3 | Department, Evening World, embroidery; waist trimmed with dainty Val. lace and A bands of embroidery. In ali pastel shades. . Value $25 Demi Empire dress of chiffon Panama, with self color em- hadn't kept out of his wa bellev face-track. I never thought of havi @ would have choked the lite eut ot nula of Dr. Wm, Brandreth ‘ @ese examinations bet I began to| m EE As la of Dr. Wm. Brandreth. broidery. ‘% length sleeve. muaeeniercy Riera NDiD FOR SLE z v elder Cassius, me into! pee ears FT Bot my first mount . . My elder b assius, got me into’ J: was in New ori y Princess dress o! rajah Panarna; trimmed with bands of the rac Our the he got me into thé game through run- 2 rode stable. Lovelace for the Be ans, Feb. 5, 1884, and wyek He finished tnird, and 1 rode| Lillian Barth four other races in New Orleans, bu Grecian embroidery. Plunges Froin t Rajah. Striped and checked taffeta in the Princess and two- ninga mile ortwo down a railroad track | giant win a xf , at me Sante | adn ny. I didn't 1 , a Hl . i Litas NOE ey when he| Prove at all—in fact, 1 was so bad until Fifth Story to the ee Roe rt arte piece model, daintily trimmed, with under guimpes of lace was table of horses. | MS, that ft was by-word Sidewalk. and fine tucked net. Wanted to Be an Aeronaut. want hi ‘ - When I was twelve years old I came) him (phe ' y' very newly b snaut. I ran{I was a syfclent Upp e bye CONAN DOSED Se neuen ac’ a 0 ’ ' sold, ‘o the window to-day at No z bot, who w made of m vhen “By" Inet o t country fairs, and | H sig en iy District | ors zB es e greatest man In |track at } . sald "i 4 around and | Holly mus: baer e ‘ea oe | . and sometimes | because of 3 I used to|aaken to an engagen wear, {net t as a/ died shortl | at a fair we would make the 1 i | balloons for children, and I 1894 1 . Alt ' & if die them. e been at sville Fatr, and T the stage, 11 courage for {t— When a lawyer. named Charley Ha ash’ tiat he who had taken quite an intere: a ey of a sta- persuaded me to stl {1 wanizl to|War really the t sass r. and I ¢ balloon: |lon and to after “Cash.” a jockey’s I ca and tral Under Rose’ dyine horacs, study that 1 beca Then Began to Study ing busines; My first life I start fs due to th successful belonged “stable” to Tracy & Levy, of St. Louis, and consisted of} y. two horses, Biddy Bowling snd We arrivec ing, and ¥ near Foresi of i way I should aT AN IMPORTANT SALE OF ' 25,000 YDS. OF COLORED TAFFETA SILK WILL BE HELD, COMMENCING TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), MARCH 19th. WORCESTER ADJUSTO coRSETS For Stout Womer Trree Things That a Stout Woman Must § lave ina Corset— t must decrease the tigure symmetrically — 0 improving one part at the expense of inother; t must create as correct a figure for stout women as any corset for the woman of wverage : must support and brace the form com- wrtably, standing a hard wearing test. | GLACE, DARK, MEDIUM AND EVENING SHADES, ALSO WHITE AND BLACK, at 58c. USUAL PRICE 85c. PER YARD 0 Andes uy 4 stride seemed more free, and ich a corset is the me haateees He it was easier tor me. I had see: | aa ee eer Staten that, | Harry Grifin riding with short stirrups ADJUSTO } inatead (Or doing «/horsalany. xood, ty andes the one fashionably cut, serviceable, comfort- | pokey of SILK CHIFFON VOILE | art of after walk could scarcely nour astrad of Lis legs in a st . my swam 1 will ride. It was at Kansas City and pounds and was t was told to mount head never day Bowling and let her ¥ around the track, I haves” often wondered what was in that mare's! mind w for, ayy what my be, she made bs oO ta & SS Ww a yn 7 ments, and 1 walked back to t « She went back, too, but she beat me to It My next move was to join the stabl Through to 22d. of Col. Chari Johnson, who owne Jim Douglas, firat © exercise ah e in Pu miben they 5 on Jim. 17% hands high, and a horse; und when he felt 17 he started to walk, then trot and final) eon came runnin made old Jim on until he came to which he shed me, a himself to be quictly stall. Bo they decided that I was not cut 1 led back to his | Stripes, Light Brown, out for a hors I was just a , at that conclusion my and t cthers hae satin collars and cuffs, made me cook. I could har’ t Entire Garments made by the top of t but Ir : fry baoon. make coffee and cook eggs for the bunch. Cash lost his position with Johnson and in the spring t tol where he got a job w named Hank Combs. In misheps, I still ad an learn to ride, and leara than any got on a hors». Actor’s Life Inviting. May Gedut mm Denver was anctber set- serye.. {qwo-toned 2 5-00 m VAVAVAVAVAV, VAVANAVAVAVAVAVAVAY, A be some * QVAVATAVAVAVAVA Vs AVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVAVATAVAVAN SVAVS : bd 23d St. West Pbilipsb orn Through to a i An Attractive Value in the New Suits for Women Perhaps no better ({lustration or more conbincing demonstration can be gthenof the attraciibe values that prevail in popular priced suits than this offering at $17.50. Coat Models of excellent quaitty, plain Worsted and Wool Suitings, Black and White Checks. Plain Panamas and Serges in G ays, Navy, Blact, Tan, Copenhagen and Blact. 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