Show KEEN RIVALRY AMONG I JACKSONVILLE RIDERS I Butwell Powers and Burns Show Fin Form im Crow Ring Bing Not Po ular Jacksonville Jan Butwell leads the winning list of racetrack riders Although Altho gh he arrived three days after the began he soon caught and passed I all rivals for the saddle honors fairly redo Musgrave ve out of his i position as lea leader er In popular favor with the tho here tp p to ap appearance Musgrave was the bright particular particular ular star among the pigskin pilots But soon Musgrave In Inthe inthe the favor of trainers and from the start James R Keenes fine rider found em employment nt in ne nearly every race HIs alert alertness alertness ness at the post Ills his good judgment ot pace and his strength to hold d a tired horse together In a driving finish caused him to be eagerly sought after by horse horsemen horsemen men Vincent Powers regarded by st generallY as greatest rIval la is lafar far down on the list of Jockeys but It Is only a question of a few tew days until he will be fighting the leadership out with Butwell During the early stages of the meeting Powers found It a hard task to reduce His long suspension proved nearly fatal to him as a rider for he accumulated ao ac cumulated so BO much flesh that he could scarcely train down to rIding weight Guy Burns has been riding In good form and Is considered in no wise Inferior to Butwell In a driving finish The one fault that Burns seems to possess Is lack of patience He Is a rider from start to finish s that were Inoculated him by the persuasive hand of Pat Dal Daly his In the riding game and Guy has never been able to overcome e the injunction of his tutor to get home quick son Ono One or of the best It if not nott actually the leader among the lIghtweights Is J Reid This youngster rides at less than 90 pounds He has fine hands a good seat and Is as cool as the proverbial cucumber her ber during the or of a finish He can whip a horse severely If necessary necessary sary bUt he depends more on his hands knees and heels to urge a horse to Its best efforts For that reason he is regarded re regarded with favor faor by own owners rs who have hl nervous horses The establishment of Ute the Jim Crow betting ring Is not relished by the negro division of the Willie Sims the Jockey who went abroad with the American invasion headed by Rl Richard hard Croker and the late M 31 F Dwyer Is loud loudIn In his complaint against being segregated In a reservation for the blacks J I never realized In the north the be betWeen between tWeen the white and black races forI for Iwas I Iwas was always welcome anywhere on a race racetrack racetrack track around New York In England or France But here It seems Its different All of the colored clocker brigade go to the track early to obtain the workouts of the horses and then slip to the city where they remain durIng the progress of the racing If they wish to make any bets they confide their money to friends to place for them They balk at the Jim Crow |