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Show MILLER MAKES RECORD. Has Had a Very Successful Year on the Race Track in East. Trlbuno -Special Sporting Service. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. S. Jockey Miller has just finished a wonderful won-derful record on the ICnstcrn tracks, and has won all kinds of money, lie is now riding on the California tracks, with as much success as he had 011 the Eastern tracks, having won his first race by beating the favorite out in the finish by two full lengths. Ho knows how to nurse a horse and how to gut the most, out of him with the least effort. Following aro some interesting statistics; Late in tho wck the .jockey's booking book-ing agent, .1. Fit.siinmons. figured out somo interesting statistics. for instance, in-stance, Miller rode races since January Jan-uary 1, 1J105, at Sun Francisco, Cal., up to lust Saturday, which hi itself is a world's racing record. But more important im-portant than this ahd also another world's mark is tho fact that Miller rode just U32 winners, ?51" seeondB and 210 thirds, finishing out of the money just 57S times. In New York a figure fieud went all through the "dope" up to November 1, betting an imaginary .5 noto on every one of the "Marvelous One's" mounts, straight, and place. He reckoned reck-oned a net winning of just .$2845. surely a fine return for so small an investment. At one time the followers fol-lowers of Miller would have been .$8r out, but a winning rally on the rider's part late at Saratoga more than recouped re-couped the loss. Thousands of race players nbout New York blindly followed fol-lowed Miller all through the summer, and. of course, made splendid money. Miller will ride through tho winter at Oakland, Gal., fpr Thomas II. Williams, Wil-liams, president of the California Jockey club, and will return East to this city early next March, where he will again accept service in the Newcastle New-castle stable. Undoubtedly Miller stands forth as the most interesting development of the racing season just closed. Up to the end of the Aqueduct meeting early in November, Miller's earnings on the year were approximated at a fit.tle over $56,000, which is considerably more than President Roosevelt draws down as the chief magistrate of the country and more than the best half-dozen baseball base-ball pitchers together earned in 1906. Miller's parents wero nnid $10,000 for first call on his services by W. A. Staunton of New York, owner of Em-poror Em-poror of India, while the Newcastle stable, headed by Andrew Miller, steward stew-ard of the jockey club and a coterie of Pittsburg. Pa., millionaires gave up $6000 for second call. Rcallj' the New-castlo New-castlo stable enjoyed the first call ser vices from Miller, as Staunton called upon the lad but three times all season. sea-son. But ho could afford to pay Miller $10,000 a year, as ho sold his contract for second call for $25,000 cash. Horses ridden by Miller won something some-thing like $74,000 for the Newcastle stable alone. Miller is but IS years of age aud toda' weighs in his street clothes not more than 105 pounds, which means that the prodigy has sev-eraj sev-eraj promising years before him in which he may make enough money to far outshine the glittering talc of' the incomes achieved by "Tod" Sloane in his palmy days 'and that now accredited ac-credited io "Danny" Maher abroad. Careful husbanding of the revenues accruing from his riding next season and the season after that should make Miller a wonderfully rich young man and in a position to retire from the turf to a life of leisuro and assurily. |