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Show : ii rosrniKES Three little lads, none over 18 yearn of age, will earn from $20,000 to 35,000 each during the coming- season on the pastern rs,ce tracks, which opened at Banning. These boys, with trust official offi-cial Incomes, are Jockeys Flerman Radtke, Lee Sewell and David Nlcol. they range in weight from 95 to 105 pounds. '.What the steering gear Is to a ship the Jockey Is to a racehorse. A single rriscalculation, a too sudden pull on a m or a lack of Judgment In regard to , ice may make defeat certain and Lackers of the horse will lose thousands of dollars. If a Jockey is not competent compe-tent enough to elude all of the "pockets" "pock-ets" In which his rivals try to ensnare him all the speed of the horse goes for naught. 'Oftentimes $200,000 depends upon the ' ' ' ' ... fleetness of foot of a thoroughbred. In order that the beet horse may not lose where he is able to win, wealthy turfmen turf-men pay. from $10,00. to $20,000 to little . lads who have demonstrated that they can think quickly, grasp an opportunity and land the fastest horse the winner. The fleetest horse Is often beaten.- A bad start, a "pocket," a Jockey's lack of Judgment or interference, one or all of these things, may prevent the best horse from winning. Radtke, Sewell and Nlcol fill all the requirements of a flrst-class Jockey. For a year they have displayed skill, courage, alertness and strength to such a remarkable degree that they are at the top of the ladder. Radtke probably is the greatest of-the of-the three. He was so successful this winter that '"Bub"' May, trainer for Paul Ralney, the young millionaire owner of the Tippah farm stable, offered of-fered $27,000 for the lad's release. Radtke will ride this summer, for "Jack'.'.Keene, who will come East with a big string of horses. In all his races Radtke has displayed the utmost coolness cool-ness and courage. His friends say he does not know what fear means. He is a whirlwind finisher and has often won a race at the post when his friends had given up all hope of earning their bets. Sewell came East last summer. He quickly rose from an apprentice' boy to a flrst-class Jockey. W. H. Rowe, owner own-er Colonial Olrl, that beat Hermls In the $50,000 World's Fair handicap, soon discovered that Sewell had great ability, abili-ty, and he engaged him at a big salary. The boy went to New Orleans this winter, and at the fair grounds track soon rode .so many winners that in spite of an illness of several weeks he managed to hold the lead among the riders at that track. Nlcol Jumped Into prominence last season as the pilot of Sysonby. He rode that horse In the majority of his races. James R. Keene was so Impressed with the way he rode the champion that twice he paid him $1000 to come from the West to guide his favorite in big races .on the local tracks. During the winter Nlcol went to New Orleans, and t' the-City 'Park track soon was the leading Jockey. |