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Show o!vm cfoclxrst sis Wa2s, leztyphsHoixs Glazr&Qiizx czzisl Ssssrcssrss. nSragrigszszKgsffd'ig-- , American Jockeys Abroad and Probable Incomes. Probable Country. Jockey. Earnings. $ 50. ouo "Danny" Maher, England 30.0W) Willie" Shaw, Germany LD.iiiift Fred Taral, Austria 2o,0n0 Johnny" Reift, France Lucien Lyne, England 15.00(1 H. Lewis, Austria 15,000 15.000 Skeets" Martin, Hungary 15,000 Tommy Burns, Germany N. Turner, France 15,000 J. Rausch, France 5,0o0 M. Henry, France 15,0o0 15, W0 Winnie OConnor, France H. Spencer, France 10,000 H. Cormaok, France lo.flno L. Spencer, Italy 10,000 J. Hoar, Russia 10,000 J. Winfield, Russia 1ft, 000 Ift.Oofl H. Berkenruth, Hungary 5 ooo H. Shields, France John Taral, Austria 5,000 W. McIntyre, France 5,000 M. Miles, Austria 5,010 J. Wiley, France 5,000 W. Gannon, Austria 5,000 5 WO F. Turner, Belgium B. Rigby, Ausliu 5,000 Total $240,000 New York. Thirty thousand eyes are focused upon a platform built at some elevation from the ground and supported by posts that are painted white. A solitary man stands upon the floor of the structure. He strides hack and forth and gesticulates violently. Sometimes he seems to appeal la supplication. At others his gestures are those of determined command. His lips are seen to move, but the sounds of his voice are drowned In ti din of the throng. Below him Is a field of Vnsitive, nervous and fractious thoroughbred horses. Mounted on them are mere wisps of boys, who jerk energetically at the bridle reins, kick with their heels and express their thoughts vehemently into the ears of the animals they are riding. With a snap and a strumming sound, like the vibration of a string of a double bass, the barrier is suddenly released by the man on the platform, and a dozen eager colts plant their hoofs firmly into the soft soil of the track, scrambling with the instinct of their natures, which education long and patient has developed, to reach a place Ji front, while the monkeylike boys on their backs, their sharp faces pushed forward eagerly into the wind, peer on both sides of them to discern an opening where they may get through and improve their chances to finish first in the race. Thirty thousand eyes, scanning intently the turn of the track, follow closely the running of the field, and 15,000 voices begin to croak, and Some are the scream, and babble. hysterical notes of a nervous woman who has wagered half her week's pin money upon the race. Some are the guttural roars of the touts, the stable followers and the hoarse criers of Some are the waies and edibles. cackle of superheated storekeepers and possibly their clerks. Cry for the Favorite. Through it all, and above it all, is (he note of personality, the cry for the popular jockey of the clay. It Is a i tieer phenomenon of a mighty sport. It is the slogan of the American for the individual who does things. The horses are racing. The horses are the motive for the struggle, the backbone of a pastime that was inaugurated centuries ago, but the inability of the vast mass congested within iron railings are shouting for the jockey. Afar down the course at the field Ftand one hears Come on. jou The exhortation increases in Miller! Volume, and all the field stand appears $ be shouting, "Come on, you Miller!" Lie thousands upon the lawn take up he refrain, the bookmakers and their jerks join in, if a Miller victory means x. victory for them, and at last tiiere is a Niagaralike thunder of appeal, Conic on. yon Miller! an anxious moment or two, then a wild screech of rush triumph, and the "Millerhes" sway to obtain their gains, if Miller happens to have won. There is barely a day that it Is possible to miss this queer chain of Incis dent at the race course, for the i rush with enthusiastic favor to the support of some jockey who, by his skill and his knowledge of men ami animals, heats his felhnv jockeys in the daily tumult of track spoil. Names Live Long in Memory. Time passes and boys grow old and heavy. The Idol of the pr'sent day will be only the memory of the past. Yet the names of the gn ut riders live with racegoers even longer than the names of statesmen who were s with them. The si nator from New Y'oik of n decade ago mav he forgotten by another decade, hut the mime of Tod Sloan will live Tor a century, uml maybe longer. The riding of Garrison served to enrich the phraseology of the Knglinh for a Gairlson finish is ap. pitcahle now to more things than a Ian se race. Waller Mlder, the leading rider of the Culled I ",es at tire high-spirite- ace-goer- eonteiii-poinneou- L pre.sent time, w ill be a memory of rac- ing and the theme of discussion among small boys when New York has expanded so that Belmont park shall scarcely be a suburb. For It was Miller, the boy with the who rode more than flying start, all 387 winners in 1896 and broke records that had been heard of in this country or any other. It is a marvelous thing, so racing men think, to be able to bring various horses first to the wire more than 300 times in a season of summer and winter sport. Considering the different dispositions of all the horses that the jockey must ride, their moods, their likes and dislikes for thoroughbreds are quite as notional as jietted belles of fashion it is no childs play for an boy to beat his rivals so successfully. Not old enough to vote, but with the shrewdness of a man of years, it is estimated that Miller will earn by his riding this year $60,000, and jockeys are not paid so handsomely as they were five or six years ago. Services in Great Demand. From whom does he receive it? The Newcastle stable, for which Thomas Welch is the trainer, has the first call on his services. That is, he must ride for the Newcastle stable if it has entered a horse for a certain race. Janies R. Keene has second call for his services. He is the jockey for the Keene stable, therefore, whenever Mr. Keene is racing a horse in some contest in which the Newcastle stable If neither of the is not competing. stables has a horse for a race and another owner desires to secure the services of Miller he may do so. Hence it is possible that the youth may ride in every race in each afternoon of sport at the metropolitan tracks. When the season is finished in and about New Y'oik he may engage himself to ride in California or in the south, wherever he chooses to locate, bo that he is confident of engagements the year around if he cares to pursue his vocation without rest. Walter Miller was born in Brooklyn, of German-Hebreparentage. It has been asserted that he is a Russian Hebrew. His mother, a small, delicately featured woman, with snapping black eyes and a musical voice, resents this. My boy, said she, is of German blood. We came from Baden, Germany. He came by his love of the horse naturally, for all my family are devotedly fond of horses. I had a brother, a daring man, who was expert with horses, could handle them in all their moods and train them perfectly. I, too, am fond of horses. There is no surprise to me that Walter knows them so well. His father, she continued, is not so much of a horseman, but he is proud of Walters success. He likes to see his boy do so well." Physical Characteristics. Miller is a small, well knit, delicate boned boy, who at first gives the Irr A pression of being undersized. closer inspection of his physique inclines one to correct the idea. Looking him over carefully from head to heels, he seems to be compactly built for his age, and his flesh is distributed evenly over the framework of bones. His racial characteristics are deineated in his facial features. His height and weight and moderate manner of walk give the Impression of delicacy, but there is none of it in hardness his grasp nor in the steel-likof his biceps. His hands are wonderfully strong and feel sensitive and full of vitality to the touch. Perhaps ids hands ae the most wonderful part of him physically. If nature had intended to create a joekey to order it would have been hard to equip one wr. th a pair of hands that seem so alive as those of this youngster. Possibly it Is through his hands that he gets in such close ti ih with his mounts. His f..ime is small and that of a youth, but his face is that of a man of the thirties in some of its moods. His eyes show daring and the power of calculation, while the corners of ills mouth close with the spirit of determination. He is a money maker, lie went into the business of riding lace horses fir a living because he wanted to acquire a fortune. He is rapidly building oie up. lie presented his mother with a beautiful home In the Flaibiisli section of Brooklyn. It is in Westminster road, and cost $10,000. It is handsomely furnished and splendidly main tained. Takes Care of His Money. He began wilh the first money he received to take I is money to his mother. He is not a spendthrift, a fid he eares little for the luxuries of soeiely. His mother took his earnings and Invested them. They wore Invested so well that she is proud of her woik and admits that his income has been considotubly Increased by her prudent q and for' 'chi. Of late Miller has advised with her as to the placng of some of his earnings, and she is as happy as the boy that he has shown good judgment and business intelliwhere certain gence In suggesting sums could be invested to good advantage. There is little reason to doubt that his ambition to acquire a fortune by his efforts ia the saddle will be realized and realized handsomely. Scores of boys try every j ear to beMost of come successful jockeys. them fail. Why is it, then, that Miller is a success? Is it because of his seat in the saddle, his short stirrups, or some other typical accessory to the equipment of his mount? This question has been asked time and again. Tom Welch places little credit in any of these details. Advantage in Method. Miller says he perches himself well up on a horses neck and rides with short stirrups because he has a greater leverage on the horse's head and can guide him moie perfectly. I can feel the temper of the horse through his mouth when I have a stiff rein on him over his neck, said the If I were to ride in the old jockey. fashioned English seat the horse's head would get away from me, and the chances are that I would miss some good opportunities in the race to gain distance. It wras Tod Sloan wrho originated the idea of riding forward. Possibly Miller carries it more to an extreme than some jockeys, hut he is light, strong and has perfect confidence in himself. For two years there has been great rivalry between Miller and Radtke. The latter has been less successful, but is nevertheless considered to be one of the best boys who ride professionally in the United States. Radtke is of different temperament than Miller. He is a somewhat fiery His little chap and rather sharp replies earned him punishment In 1906, but this year he has exercised better control over himself and fewer words of caution have had to be administered to him. He is considered to be very clever in making a strong finish. Like Miller, he is possessed of much physical power in his arms, and when a horse is tiring in the last strides of a hard-fougrace, Radtke fairly lifts him along, as he holds up his head and gives him encouragement to make the three or four final leaps that may win a stake worth thousands of dollars. Good Judges of Pace, Koerner and E. Dugan are two clever lightweights w'ho are skilful in judging pace and placing their horses to good advantage in a field of many starters. Both are able to rate the speed at which they are moving by constant association of intervals of self-wille- ace heavier. post They usually I i little trouble in obtaining employ number of them are abroad t n year. There is Danny" Maher, for ' instance, In England. He is one of the best American jockeys who ever lett his native land to ride for foreign stables. lie has been phenomenally successful in England so much so that the richest owners are eager to obtain him. He is riding his second season for Lord Derby. Maher is the only jockey now riding w ho has won three English de'ibies. Of itself that is a feat of sufficient importance to establish his reputation in the turf world It is estimated that lie will earn 000 fn the saddle this year. He com uiands a high price, ani owners are as wiliing to pay it to him as they are to Miller, for they know that they are securing a competent hoy and one upon whom every reliance may ho placed. Other Successful Jockeys. Lucien Lyne, a jockey much admired in New Y'oik when lie was in the heydey of his success, is riding in England. Possibly his earnings will amount to $15,000. The English turfmen are willing to pay handsomely a smart American hoy. Fred Taral, whom everybody knows in America who knows about race horses, has been riding in Austria w'ith remarkable success for the last three or four years, and is over there again. Skeets Maitin rides in Hungary W'ith a probable income of $15,000 for the year, and Tommy Burns has been engaged by a German stable and' is likely to receive not less than $15,-00-0 for the season's work. France lias a fine lot of America; jockeys, and ail of them fairly successful. Spencer is one, Turner another, and then there are Rausch, O'Connor, Johnny Reiff, Cormack, Henry, Shields, McIntyre and Wiley. Prizes of Success. The successful jockey who likes to see his reflection in mirrors, who revels in the girls and is fascinated by the glare of the myriad lamps that bum after dark, will not lack of hospitality. There will be a hundred hosts to entertain him every night it he hut says the word. The hell of a trainer's cottage at Sheepshead bay rang timorously, and the trainer went to the door. A mile of a boy with his cap dangling fiom his fingers looked sideI'd like ta long at the man and said: see Mr. Flanner. Im Mr. Flanner, was the reply What is it, son? Please, sir, I'd like to get a posithi, with you as jockey. My folks Vill Iri well-know- me. Do you know what you will do? said the trainer. To, Lav-t- til TO BE PATCHED UP-TREASURY BUILDING TO UNDERGO ALTERATIONS. Sandstone Pillars and Walls All That Remain of the Structure Built by Andrew Jackson To Torn Out. Be Uncle Sam's strong box at Washington is to undergo another restoration. The last congress appropriated $362,-00to be expended in replacing the sandstone pillars which make the east front of tlie treasury building with solid granite columns, and in veneering the toppling sandstone walls with outer walls of granite. Tints passes iway the last of the treasury building, which was erected alter much acrimonious controversy in 1840. The imposing looking edifice which obstructs the avenue and prevents an uninterrupted view of the grand boulevard from the White House to the capitol is now- - entirely made of additions. The treasury building proper, in its renovated state, represents a total expenditure of almost $10,000,000, and if tlie future is to he judged by the past, the end is not yet, nor soon. The treasury is one of the stormy petrels in the list of government buildings and with the exception of the capitol, it has passed thiough more vicissitudes than any other. So far as boasting of multiplied changes in the building and the site, tlie treasury ranks before the capitol. Tlie department founded so securely with Alexander Hamilton as its first executive, was, after the transition of the seat to of government from Philadelphia Washington in 1800, established In a frame building at the northeast corner of the present site, with main entrance on Fifteenth street. The treasury department proper dales from tlie act of congress of September 2, 1789. An Englishman, George Hatfield, designed the modest Washington home, and when some criticism was expressed about the size and meager accommodations, he remarked that it would be large, enough and strong so enough to answer all purposes long as the United States need a separate treasury. The English, passing through Washington in 1814, after the battle of Bladersburg seemed to wish to place their countryman in the right, for they fired and almost annihilated the building. reMr. Hatfields treasury was stored, but again was destroyed by fire in 1833, this time being wiped out of existence. Then came a long period of waiting. Congress seemed discouraged about ever getting a fireproof treasury, and it delayed and delayed, until the irascible executive, Andrew JacKson, got in a great heat. Mr. Mills made very ambitious plans, but congress looked with ter 0 ror on spending so much money, and when he had used all of $1,500,000, just five times more than is now required to replace the pillars, a halt was called. Woodbury became restless, for he was a man, and realized the futility of building in a i.iggardly way. Finally, in 1840, the first stone treasury was ready for use. In the jear of our land 1907, all of this work has piacticully disintegrated, and fhe last of the third treasury vanishes. In 1855, it was found necessary to extend the premises and fur the fii st time Maine granite, of which the entire structure is now composed, appeared in the estimates. All of the magnificent porticos, southwest and north, were added at this time under supervision of Thomas U. Walter, architect of the capitol. In 1 SS I the and basements and much reno g sub-eella- vating taised the cost of the treasury to nearly $7,000,000. At that time the present proportions were reached; 468 feet from north to south, 264 from east to west and Including the steps and porticos on all four sides it reaches the imposing proportions of 582 by 300, one of the largest and most ornate treasury buildings in the wot id. The 30 fonlc pillars which were the pride Of Millrf heart, and which we rain Imitation of the temple of Pallas Athene, will be reproduced in detail in gianite by a Philadelphia firm of Uncle Sam never condecontractors. scends to attend to such trivialities. Contracts ate asked, all over the country, and in this case the successful bidder put in an offer for nearly $100,-00less than the appropriation. All the work must be of granite which composes the remainder of the building, and the pillars must be hand wrought. This is necessary from the fact that hand work has been used on the treasury always and that the pillars, which must be a faithful reproduction of the stone, bulge a little in the center and no machine could produce tlie same proportions. 0 NEW GOULD PALACE GEORGE TO PUT $1,000,000 PALATIAL HOME. INTO Will Be Erected on the Site of the Old Building Which Is Now Being Torn Down Will Be of Granite Seven Stories High. stairs, which will lead from opposite the main entrance to the second floor, are to be one of the most extravagant items in the expense list, for they are to be of marble and unusually elabor- ate, adding to the impressive appearance of the foyer. The second floor will consist of a large foyer hall 00 feet long, 23 feet The old New York residence of wide,beand 33 feet high. Tlie ballroom on the will of this floor, while George J, Gould is fast yielding to the tlie salon is on right the left. sturdy strokes of wreckers to make The third floor, which is (he main room for the magnificent sleeping floor, will comprise tlie suite palace of granite which is to lie erect- of Mr. and Mrs. Gould, consisting of ed in its place, and which tlie con- bedroom, boudoir and baths. Two tractors declare will be complete and guest chambers, each with bathrooms, ready for occupancy within 18 months are also planned for this floor. On the fourtu floor are a boys' room, from the time building operations beseven-stor- gin. Mr. Guild is bound to have one pPSA,'.. a sitting room, and dining room, two children's rooms and one for the governess. There will lie three baths on this floor. The top floor will contain 11 ser vants' roi mis and one bath, together with linen and sewing rooms. In (he basement will he found the lanmliy and kitchen, elaborately fitted wdih tlie latest steam and electrical inventions for qu:k work. The ser vants' dining room, the mens sleep ing a i at tments, pantries, and store e rooms will ail uva'l.ilde sp toe. ill tlie collar will lie found th vv.u rooms, trim!'- oom, and stolen cm ; The house will he 111 foot 1, y 13 loot wide. The rooms, with the exit pi leu of the principal ones, winch will lie moie rnstly, are to lie finished in ink. All the metal woik, the main cc: nlies oil tlie exterior, with be of con-um- 4? tT) s ,i i- - 5-- y v n - , ' I .jfoinsrtfrjz coppi time with the distance posts on the track. There have been harness horse drivers who were able to tell almost lo the fraction of a second the speed at which they were driving. So it Is with some of the jockeys. Constant devotion to their work lias enabled them to gather relative ideas of time and motion, and It la a gnat aid to a jockey to he uhie so to rate his hoise as to have some icsiivc strength and power left for the fiui-h- . oe to have your homo, come to tn to live, and for a long, lung time you will have to he just a stable boy, getting ip) voiy early in the morning ll and riding horses and doing other things that are iiecessmy about a racing sialde." Yes, so'. I'll do it. I want to can a loi of money a ml lie as rich ns Was ter Vila-1-- ' "Ail ; t my hoy: give rue you I'Atoo a ol I v El send ior you at thij fil si vat alley. " Aie the e many sim!i?" was a, kid . Heavyweights Go Abroad. Lightweight jockeys are so much fait ( moie in demand in the United Stais Many? Ill hit that a day doesnt than they are abroad that it is iixual'y go bv E at don't ave a call ft on a mailer of but a few jeats before the s ol'e who wants to he a vouiitr d M'l'rr. i ) e! biters poor wight gives up in despair, as he so by almost Ilmls that nature has insisted iion a rieiv iiroi u.,k!ag foi (daces in my posing more flesh over Ids skeleton s'aV and I k sow i .i l.i i s mu avuv f ii a b than he can possibly rid hlmseit of (o c .no a: J around When that happens many of the ti'e ho Whin I f, the iot'ej t American jockeys go to the true ks of k lid Tel tie:,) tti j, y;tj foreign lands, where the weight Pu toi la!, 111- - I 1 1 ( ln-- The New Gould Palace. hack the moi-- t complete mansions whhh is possible to build, and lie has put aside a million dollars from ids 1 at ids hopes may lie realized. Till I oic-- e w hit h tlie an iiiti-- ts have plan l will present a haml-om- e (eilor, hut will in Hceordame wiiii Mr. Gould's (Xpress wish he spigiihuly lice from ostentatious clalxii at iim in (lie way of ornamentation. Tlie building, which will lie seven stories in height, im lading tlie cellar ami lisse-in- i til, is to lie of gianite to the level of Ihe ground lloor. while lnlirnn limestone will lie used for tlie remaining iloers. Tlie roof will tie of tiles. e Tlie m, da enti'inre of tlie Gould will be on SUty sevinlli street au.J here will lie a of maiestle prlei. sinus, a small reception room, wit1 tin dining room to tin il.dit of it it foyer and the t ry to the le t. Th-- ' of it foi-tun- i n.-.- pal-ne- ht-1- 1 I I - i . Tiling will lie extensively used in tinwalls and floors. The h.isement h II, liuniry, kitcinn, pantry linker, and t! e h tihn mu on the ti p floor will have (bed Homs. Tlie i U h vi, serv-i:i,-- r roi in. and i.iumliy will in tiled both as to flours uml walls. The bathrooms mi all except the maids' flour t!l have mnriiie wain-rets seuu lent l.'h. The lloin i, ten, u.i po r.t mu , He. The Inutility whhh will lie vvon riimploio. with uptodite eentriv am e tint money .an punha-.e- , lollies diye'j of hot air, will lave luiindiy stove., and ho A winked hv eleitili it , it limit In the .!!. ami an ice hint whhh proridcs all lie lor home consumption and wtch is manipulated by menus of ;m rely turning an ehctilc switch. A diming a pi status tun bv eleetimlty will lie xt pinned In the cellar. Tins will elimiutite the broom uml i at pet svvccpci tin! m t!.e t lie homsemnnU ihitii s very i asy nuj lil-ei- i |
