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I TIINK' of a boy scarcely, ougaf hi;

__ _ , teens earning a salary, four/lime, as

much. as the Presideni§of,1the»Um`ted

'smngfirrd fliers- th'nk ofl aiearhk Ilnmgjlflu lad" it i I m r _an one oy_

I §Vhile 'Mr. Roosevelt has ltoczuork *hard 'a most every workin d y 1:/ , d 'lang hours at that, fog hi? $_f;)g,‘ool§, 5zeeZ’e»`b(;ry; ,who receive much more hwvefto work many fewe;‘days_¢n a year,l;znd mu;.'l1-islgorrtir how-_:_ V at time actua emp aye , t

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gill i‘r}x;_~:I;:)1;¢;el‘o do is toi`hold lhetreinsfof t iTfey are the. eat jockeys-George

'l'lI4ZuntainR, W alter Ielriller, Danni; Maher, ' o may ei and others of their c ass- ho can be relief upon nearly always to win. Wzen

i;ohr£tyhRey]Cree;ni1y won the English Derby or ic ar' ro er his name and am were 'flashed around the zizorld. e

No other people-hardly excepting the

,greailitars .who are paid fabulous prices for

£31315” 5122:;-goers a few minute: a day- |, iThoy are flue/inanclal=*king.r of the time.

N’ George Mountain, after o. successful career-

ln the South, tackled the East recently and

' rode Gloriiler to victory in a 810.000 raco at New

York, it was openly believed that ho would re-

ceive A bonus of probably half that amount for his tent- liiil in addition to his regular retainer.

For he had taken a horse once “down and out." but

lately patched up by J. H._ McCormick as a possible "°Olll0t." and had beaten the old standbys upon which tho ben Judges in New Yom usa isvissss their sets.

It was a fest that set the racing fraternity by the

earl. and the incalculabla amount of money tied up in

Vg! t t rand i t this that channel explains N treiiilegdous jalyment.

srtduontly. in the event o a Jockey winninl tt race

white A large amount of money is at stake, he is show-

wl h,&'aaenta'frorn fortunate winners. although this

*wt done throu h the owner ot tho horse and ,lin eg" bn of the track detectives, to guard 1% gave been man instances in the chronicles

! B in tho 'U'nitet{Btates of jockeys rising in a.

:tv lessons from poverty to atliuonoe, just as Mountain

,and Hiller are goin .now. I itil in anffhowsvor, that the jockey is a real

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Droe 'L 'lgare I1 wb 'rod Sloan for a number of years re-

v an noome tlmsted at from 3100000 to 8200.000 a

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has this appreciation' taken a monetary guise-it has been shown,_by such marks of affection as tho kissing of the American boy jockeys by English women.

When it is considered that many thousands of people

B'|'1d|Y DB5' $10 to see these boys race, it may be con- ceived what a l'irl'n hold they have got on the British ¥{°PU|“°@. MH! Why they are ablo to pull in sums of f°°n°Y i0 make even a prince of Wales open his eyes.

Last Your Danny Maher was the idol of British aris-

tocracy. And with good retison. For in one race he

Berformed such s. feat as England has seldom seen on

erby Day.

T ers were pitted against him twenty-one of the best

riders in England mounted on horses which had records,

801110 of thcm, fullxlas ggod as his own. He rode Spear- mint. owned by li éor ustaco Loder.

At ilrst it was eeided that Loder would enter Ad-

mirablo Crichton in the race, but a week or two bcforo Derby Dzkv this horse go out of sorts and a change had to be ma e. Next the year-old filly Flair was picked for she had just won a great raco at Newmarket, and 'vas believed to hold great, osslhilities.

But. .lust s. few days beiizre the Derby, the astound-

ing fact became known that Flair had "fallen down" under thu severe training and that in all the well-stocked

stables there was not a horse to take her lplace.

In this emergency lt_was tlecided to gvo Epcarmlnt

a chanco. The racing experts thought little of the horse. Odds were all on the other entries.

But behold, when the dust cleared after the ilnal

spurt, it was seen that Danny Maher on Spcnrmlnt was in the load. Just how much Maher got in presents for this feat it would be hard to estimate. but it probably ran wcll toward $50,000.

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Only in 1905 he had taken Lord 1toscl>nry'a Cicero

past the post a half length ahead of the nonrest com- petitor. and thus earned the gratitude of the dukes and duchvsses to an extent scarcely ever paralleled by any one else.

These things account for the lionizing of Maher in

London last year and this year,'J.vhlch has caused Eng- lish writers to say that their country is a paradise for American Jockeys who are able to ride horses to win.

Leasing an expensive house, as Tod Sloiln had done

before. Maher set up u lordly establishment, entertaining in a style befitting 1 feudal baron, with llvcried servants waiting on his every heck and nod and :ls such us-

io it is stalled by ltliosle who lem/edent;1cq¢?\to both his ome an t e roya pa ace at n ser- Ki Ed- ward would not permit to be placed on fiiigntablgf they are so extravs ant.

A conservative estimate of l\lahcr's income st (present

is $200,000. but there are those among his frien s who

ssyl tha:h$2o0l.}Yl0 woiulg gona xclogfr giilssila. H

n o er nes o n s vo, sa ores noun y cmne

with years. Not so the jockey-Ee is apt to be making tho biggest money of his life before he ln out of his it-cns.

61743' iiistu!r'iico},| when lgthurritediern was lihyer;rs old

an anny a er was , a ow cars ago, e ormer was making 340.000 and the latter S3%.000 ln a season.

Nor are those isolated cases. When Johnny Rolf!

Iwo; 15 years old ho was making $25,000 is your in Eng- an

lie weighed, then, only |sevcnty~two pounds, nnd was the

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beaten Tod Sloan, who was unable to follow the high life of London and keep his flesh down-the difference in weight of thirty pounds and in ass of ten years threw the balance of possibility on the side of the Ohio youth

So spectacular was his success that the prince of

Wales and the ducheas of Marlborough and other prom inent people sought his acquaintance-or, rather, became his patrons, for hs 'was not. even in actions, any morn than a child.

Not only childish, but bashful. This was illustrated

once when the English women tried to I-Iobsonlzo him. It all started one day when Johnny had nnnie a vic- torious finish with Uncle Mac, a notorious ho.eo which all but killed several riders.

Pincklly, on this occasion, the boy fought: with the

beast, cowed it, and. although others of its competitors had won a considerable loud. brought it in ahead.

Slipping easily from the back of the Winner, Johnny

walabout to get int; n robe and run to the stables.

. From the crow rushed a magnificently dressed

woman, who, before the boy knew what she was about. cleaned him in her arms and gave him a resounding smaclr right on the lips. He struggled tree, ond, blush- ing violently, made his escape..

Big the fad was started, and for a season or two-

untll e beoamermors of s, man-Johnny lcd a miserable existence trying t keep away from the klssers.

When he won its first race on Mary Block at Wash-

ington Park truck, noar Chicago, in 1898, he woiglivtl but

llfiy-eight Rounds. nnd.th6 women said he looked _like a baby on t s back '.of "the great stsed. But he was ut the threshold of the most paying vocation open to an American youth. _ql

PROVIDED FOR THETR PARENTS

When Johnny' Rei!! and his olderflbrother. I/ester.

returned to the nited States in .1900 after a very pront-

able season in England, tht-y Ilrat..,bo,ught a heme for their parents at Cygnst, Ohio, limi. decured that their father must retire from business.

During that season -Johnny had' rldlli-n the crunk

mounts of Sir Wllllnm Beresford. receiving us his regular remuneration S260 foreach race; and sonletinics. he rnlio four races-.ii day, making his duy's wages $1000, to .say nothing of ,extra presents.

How does such a tremendous salary affect an Ameri-

can boy iackby's relations with royn y7

For il \llltration_ here is Johnny Re fi!’s own story of

what took lace one day on the truck.

"I wad i)uli about to mount Knickerbocker when tha

duchess of Marlborough. whom I had met before, carrie

ur and said she wanted to introduce me to the prince o \Vnles. s ,

" 'This is little Reiff. your royal highness.’ she said. "Tho prince said. ‘I nm pleased to see you.” and

shook hands with me just like any American might do. He than naked me what my weight was, I totl him sixty-four ounds.

"Next iiie prince asked me my ago and some other

uestions, which I answered. But it was getting time gor me to get into that race, and I couldn't writ any longer, even for the prince of Wales. So I hopped on lo Knickerbocker und was off."

Writing home from England to his mother, one sca-

son Johnny told of winning a race for the Prince of Wales sta ss, worth 350000. and addedv "I expect. to

get adpresent of at least |5000 for winning the race."

ln eed presents of that amount never surprised him.

And nll.thls in addition to his enormous salary,

When Queen Victoria died, Johnny cabled from Ohio

his Criiidolenco to the man.wh|\ is now Etl\'.'i\ril VII and

received llc( cable n reply in which lhc king l\tltlr<>s:<¢\rl hlin as " y dear little Johnny," and subscribed hiinsnlf.

"Your frlerd and comrade in the old dan."

One dey in July 1900 Johnny rode four hor-las to

victory in aa many big events, and his brother tha same day won one rnce Bo it ls little wonder that Enlinnd showerid thuniul and money on them.

No more serious problem confronts owners of ftlt

horses each your than that of getting competent Jocks!! to ride them. ~

The Jockey usually grows up in the liable. lt br-

comeis second nature for him to cling to the bsek of .Q speeding horse while other speeding horses are all aboin'» him, apt to mangle him to pieces l! he should (AIU Then. (00. the viclousness of the horjpe he ll alltod to ride often requires that he have the courage of u lion.

He must be wide awake, watching all that is goin]

on about him, and his Judgment must be taultloss. He must decide and do in the brief space that it taken I horse to make one leap.

And -'our top-liner jockey. llltc the Ralf! boys Mid

Mahi-r, must have u certain delicacy of touch-it is ine herltod, not zlcquirt-d-whiuit gains for him the lym-

pntliy of tht- horse he is riding.

e must kno-,v horse nature like a book, must know

when to whip a horse up, when and how to conserve hll force for the llnlsh.

In th-~ u<:c of the whip he must be an artist. And

with ull lite training in the world, unless he loves horsolt he will not be n big success.

Itucliig nicn su' thot tln- Jocke earns his big salary

-that no other llfyo is so hnrd unti trying.

lin must list- onrly to ride exercise or trials, ga

matter wlntt thc weather ls. Then ho iiustles about a. rides nil the afternoon ln lllnzlng sun, or pounding rain, probnbly with un empty stomach.

He must nt :til times he very careful of what he eat!

and drinks-little is nllowed hiin. lf he bs naturally thin, this is not so hard, but there are Joekeyl who cal

keep down flesh only by* virtually stmwing themselves. Even this is not onoug at times, and 8 mud batli must be constantly resorted to.

One Jock:-_v, Fred Archer. spont so much time in Turl-

iahlbatlis pri-pairing for n rncn that he became sick and

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i<`ivn _vvnrn :uni Tull Sloan had saved ‘(00,000 out of nil

tlirl money, :tml while ln- was living Ike ii prince at ihnt. li-» lost I: nil, ns ho himself says "through false

lrlvntls and .cpl-eull\tlon."

"lt mme iuti curly," said Sloan, in discussing his van-

ished weaiiit a few weeks ago. "That is the curse of

it, lt would have been better for me if my day hadnx come so soon, for 1 got the big head. and that settle

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"I hnvo never boon strong on arithmetic, but m

receipts heitvt-.4-n 1890 and liJJ2 were not far from $1.000.00¢{ counting 1~vt-ry s:nirt»c of revenue, In 1900. for instance.

I l1:\tl nearly $.'lllf\,|i0il lninkuil ln cnsh.

"llriw tht- mont-y did ilow into my tllll There woo

tho tlino. for ln.-tunm-_ when King hdward gave me I

Xglliw/0 retainer to give him ilrst call lor the season or

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Anrl this was more than the British prime minister

rr-<‘t-lves-alinost ns much ns the Lord Chief Justice get!

per your.

As tc the pnv of tho ordinary jockey Sloan said:

“A crack jockey will i\\'r»rngi: four mounts a day, and

.tho rc-.usnn n\'cri\|it-:i nlmut 217 llnys, That means B68 mounts. Ortlinnrl y n _ioclwy gots, besides his retainer fer, $25 for cvory wlnnlni' mount und $10 for every losing

mount.

"lt' nll were losing ones, the jockey wquld get 88880.

Prolinbly one-ilfih ni' them, however, will be winnorti. Oi' say 175 n rmlnil numln»rs, At $25 each, this means $4375. Adil in this int- ft-on for inning mounts, and one sell !il.Ili».'l flu :|\~t;|i_~l nlllnr- :luring the season, exclusive of llnniisvs. \\'ll.- il rzlngv Irvin Silic in ¥2.'l\l0. according to tho

iiu1nn'i:-.|\t-.- of il\i~ l-.ini nnll thc size of the purse."

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“ ‘F WHAT uso are snakcsl" is n qnr~1-

tion often asked by the students of nature. -

They do not gratify tho esthetic

sense, as other useless creatures dn; but arc loath- somo and often pernicious.

Every other croatcd thing views them with

horror--men and monkeys, boasts of prey and birds. Indeed. many species of birds-owls, kites, crows. ravens and others--have a bitter sntipsthy

to the snake race, and kill the wriggling reptiles wherever found, oven though they may no. a way: devour the mangled remains.

There are b rd: that gain their livelihood by

aulduoualy seeking and slaying poiconous ser

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_lx the Australian oaloniat, which of the mr ,

queer birtil;_,tlAt adorn his primitive torasts _.1 holds in must upset, and he win instantly mu-ni a ia als; J su, as in cans um giant sing.

da% till n re miie a donkeys brain

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din. in tv o ar cont aunt is inconveniontly rich.

he Verlag; o at cuz r lizards. espscaily von.

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xaéesl Ab utgvgler had. bsensraxnpingt tmuah almolat

aaaaa ua oraom ur. on a lnrsoss. he ut is its shadow on a |§rl tru truiiit-iii! in mesa is almost tha only on of Auottiagan trna that ooo not turn t a edge og its lxavea to a lun-l Iégtrtnhinagxxnto for the ou cus a ado aalnela of the

soasosiy in' inhale a si; irinffinlsf in ons of ts.

trcea oopoa te. He was sitting mo ionleas, as his Amari. can namesake may be nan frequently over ond or ‘mil 'li°°'.i' th b its ora D

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prodiwto login!! i? it: on algo: mcinzy 'i‘h:~ zgzlledtilip

mania! 0! tim Nptii: form!! n projecting mans on till .hr abreast at wal fully vlallto rr\.\.i whom the trav-

litw the 'tenor' bac ma we iw »»apturls;__

and i\rs~p.'\i‘lf1i: tim siniito to notice thc man, though he sat within tm: ynr<.l:=_ The banquet done, however, the bird mlnght si'l\l of lin- it-lr:in;;t-r. ruilicd up his feathers rl--rrvly limi with u .shriek compounded of laugh, groan and hrny. ilcw off uolsiiy to digest his capture.

As thc lnltslinnl ti-nrt of the laughing Jackman ll

slmri. tlii4\‘.~'tif».l is not :i li-nglliy process. Consequently he villa nl`t~»n. :uni iwm tlnwn to dusk is industrlously after siiiiltes, lr»l\.;; on tinit nl-couitt ilrst favorite of the womls with :=<|-.mill r null liusliniun, who protect tho bird from nvcry p'l-l\|in\<-r.

The Ansirnilnn nintzple, nr singing crow, is also n

ru-rp-~nt killvi-, :ls is ilu- native crane and several others. Thr- crow, ln\v.ismn»~_ livr-ly nnd clever, is known from Sydney tt. i<‘r.---zn:lnili- lor his black and white coat and si:irili|r,: llivl of ceiliipolli-.»;, ncorplons niitl poisonous siiltllon.

llc. too, ilrst kills his pircy, throws it into th» air with

n .ming of trlun.ph, -intl i on disposes of lt nt l.-isuro.

Thi- "native t~on|p.'\nion.” as the Australian crano Il

cnllvll, is no mr in not lgmlist or the snake race. of which

it ill-eirllva llum ri-lin f-' thousands. its method of killing is pct-iilil-r, for ii stumps on the reptile with the ful

iorro of its lcir_ tlr.\wn up to lhe body, and then propelled .iownwnrd like .\ pinion rod with al the bird's atrsnilth.

To mnlm nsmirllnco doubly sure. the crane strikes A

-luick succession or blows that crushes the last vestiso nl' liln nut oi ihc- |nnn_g|i:d reptile, which il than lwli- lnwcd with no more ndo.

Another snake outer is th? secretary bird of South

Africa. More than once trnvc ers have van this curloue creature, half vulture and half falcon, w th 5 lllllrltlon of the crunc, twkllng a big snake just as the natl\e compiinion of Australia does; that il to lay. never iouoh-

ing ii with herilt or wing, but always ltamplni on the squirming folds with its powerful lefa dlaabirs the rcptiln nt the ilrst bluw und finally dsiocatlng l thl

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Bhould the snake show tight, the at-crstary bird seems

to tighten all itn feathers a out ig hopping briskly have and there, with all the "footwor " of the veteran pu- gllist, so al to nvold the desperate onslaught.

Buch contests can and only one way, and ths orushrii.

serpent is soon reposinl harmlesaly in its living tomb.

Another Australian bird, known as Jan‘llns'a harrier.

la a serpent ltiilsr or great ablllt . specially endowed by

nature with legs of great length, mailed with strnnf, yellow scales. impervious to snake teeth. it also kil °

and esta froigl. iilardl and other raptilaa.

The harr er, besides the pled crow and the iau|hin|

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lt leell for snaima on the wing, hawking at no ,req

distance from the [round over th; hot and stony pac/ roquantog by them. With a au dan sweep. the sept: il (ral by the neck with one warful foo; an lx the barrier aoara hilh into tha ruaénd kills Ita rep: 51;; lay dro?p|inf‘i{ on rocks or . sun-baked cart

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The fading adilxutanta and cranes or all kinds, lan-

ehurian ani’ utc an ala anvo hunters. lnseed in xnaia ts- a mm la mot wit as muon eoaai nation as the sacred monkeys of Hanlnuo. Woe betida the lnaxgstienced tourist or visitor w tries to ahooroso of t eu our ous birds.

'riitn there ra the burrew1a|`ovi ot the lmithk Amari.

can pampas. w ten oi-sys “pon “young rattlasna aa. ° - lowing the orcatursl in c t air wh ciao. These l-(rx

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