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Show JOCKEY MUXES PLUCKY RIDE Blinded and weakened with a fever wnich rendered him almost helplejs in mind and body, little Frankie Anderson, Ander-son, tho Jockey, rode his mount Treoauru Seoker, to victory In tho fifth raco Thursday at tho Fair Grounds. The game knight of tho pigskin had to be lifted from tho Baddle of the horse after the race, and practically practi-cally carried to tho jockeys' room, where he was rushed in an Automobile Automo-bile to tho homo of his employer, Harry Mack, and placed under a physician's phy-sician's care. Anderson's gatnenes has never beta equaled on the American turf. Dizzy from tho ravishes of the fever which racked his youthful frame, he pluckily mounted the horse, with his cap filled with ice, to allay the fever, and, rode the horso first past the wire. It was the gamest exhibition of horsemanship ever displayed on a raco track. Little Frankie is under the care of two physicians tonight, with a temperature tem-perature of 105 degrees. Ho declared that he will fulfill his engagement to rido his employer's horse, Fancy, in the fourth race today. The doctors who are attending htm said that his pluck will pull him through, aud ho will be able to throw his leg over the Mack horse through sheer force of will. Anderson is a IocaI product. His grandfather lives at 100 Washington avenue in this city, and hii undo is CJ. H. Tribe, the well known liquor merchant on Twenty-fourth street. He has been employed by Harry Mack, a brother of Roy Shumway, tho well known and popular fight promoter here, for moro than five years. The little jockey Is regarded by Mr. Mack bb a member of his family and has been so treated eineo he came under his wing. Frankie had the mount on Treasure Seeker Thursday afternoon. He went to tho track feeling anything but well. He rode Ketchel in tho flr3t race, but finished out of tho money. With inherent pluck he concealed his real condition from Mr. Mack because be-cause he know it would be difficult for the owner of the horpe to aecure another an-other Jockey to ride his horso at 6hort notice. The groom of the jockeys' room bathed tho game little fellow's head with ice water during the interval between be-tween the first race and the fifth. As he was leaving the Jockey's room he requested that they park his jockey's cap with ice. His temperature then registered about 103 degrees, but hi determined to ride tho race. "This man is a poor owner,"" he ald to his valet as he started for the scales to weigh In, "and I can't 6ec him lose." The rost of the story is history. Little Frankie, who is. known as one of tho most honest race riders on the turf today, went to the post and rode one of the best Judged races of bis Mack's horces, at Vancouver, made in 190'). Frankie told the physicians attending attend-ing him last night that he would ride Mr. Mack's Fancy in the fourth race today. career. His mount got off third, and he held that position until the near turn was made, where he moved up to tho leaders. As he rounded the stretch turn one of the jockeys who knew his weakened weak-ened condition shouted to him: "Look out, Frankie; you'll fall off! "Bet your life I won't!" responded the game little fellow, and he urged Lis mount to second place, Down the stretch the flying horses came with Treasure Seeker and Frankie Fran-kie on the rail. Cabin, the equal favorite fa-vorite with. Treasure Seoker, began to tire. The jockeys on the other horses all went to the whip. It was hammer and tongs down the stretch to the wire. Little Frankio. his dl-rninutivo dl-rninutivo frame racked with a consuming con-suming fever, never faltered. He crouched lower on his mount, and in a weakened voice called: "Come on, Treasure Seeker." As If In sympathy with tho game little boy on his back, the horse quickened quick-ened his stride and inch by Incn climbed up on the fleeing Cabin and gradually wore down hla lead. At tho paddock gate Frankie had biougut Treasure Seeker's nose In front. Anderson lifted his mount across the wire a winner by nearly a length. When the horse and rider returned to the stand Frankie had to be lifted from the saddle by his ever-watchful employer, Mr. Mack. His condition condi-tion was recognized immediately and ho was rushed to the homo of Mr. Mack at once. Anderson is only 17 years old and has been with 'Mr. Mack for flvo years. He broke hid maiden on Apru 13, 1009, on Mattle Mack, and holds three records on Fancy, one of Mr. |