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Show iSragef f or George hearst MuuMer Moss of Lyric TKeater Talks of Days When He Was Jockey. Although he Is tiot now In the heavyweight heavy-weight class, judging by his propb" - I tlons -one would hardly Judge that W. j S. Mo3S, manager of the Lyric theater I was once a "successful Jockey. ' Mr. . Moss Is nearly six feet In height and weighs probably 160 pounds. "When I was a boy." said Mr. Moss, I rode race horses and made more or less of a success of the occupation. "I was In one race once that will always stick in my memory, as it will be recalled by others with differing emotions. The race probably marked the trir-lngr point in the fortunes of the J lte George Hearst, father of William I it. Hearst, the newspaper man at present pres-ent running for Mayor of New York. "This was before the day when " Hearst became one of the mining king3 of the West and bought the San Fran-i.Ipco Fran-i.Ipco Examiner, now owned by his . eon. "Hearst was fond of horses and had r"-n- fast ones. I was riding for him When a match was made between t rse. Thad Stevens, and one I, 'Lucky' Baldwin's nags. I was to riOf Thad Stevens. Hearst had up a) tout every cent he was worth on the race and winning It meant a lot to him, I can tell you. "A week before the race a man purporting pur-porting to come from Baldwin saw me - and offered me $10,000 to 'throw' the race. I reported the matter to my trainer. The trainer kept a double watch on me and the horse after that, clear u until the horses were called into the paddock. "The result, was that Thad Stevens won the race and Hearst won all sorts of monfy. Maybe there wasn't a gay old tlnAe afterwards. I was literally covered with flowers and Hearst openCa barrel or two of champagne. "George Hearst was one of the best men f ever kaew and he never forgot a frnd, even in the days of his pros,. pery.7 |