Show N NI 1 r N I RACE f STARTER L HAS T TRYING WORK WO J r Ills His Job is Sol Not by Any Means Ieans a 1 Sinecure Earns All He lie Gets l THE WORK REQUIRES NERVE NERE t Getting Thoroughbreds Off OK Is No Soap Snap Jockeys Jocke and Horses Arc Are Often Stubborn born at Start d Thero There tire are ninny devotees of ot the tho racetrack race track who entertain tho the deluded no notion tion that the th starter has a pa sine nine sinecure but IJU In III this thoy they uro cure as It tt wire 1 decidedly mistaken That the Iho Job re rc requires n F quires n ti 1 mun man of more than ordinary physique Is III not generally understood tood ho he but such Is the case caN Otherwise could not stand the strain Incident to the work and Ami excitement ho he goes through It l IK by b no means a picnic to toto to say lay sIx r races every for lor several months especially where every torso horse hoe has practically nn on even u break The Tho ho money wagered ut lit the track In poolrooms In fact allover nil all over e tho the country It hard for tor the thet t tarter because ho he everybody to tot t L hn o a II deal deo and there hero Is 18 con responsibility rC resting on his A starter receives sometimes more moro than n II day for his work At tune tOme tracks he ho assistants out of off f thin amount Tho The mon men who rush with whips trying to get the liori H In lit their theil places receive 10 a aday adly aday day even though they run the tho dally dolly 1 rifle rI lt of being kicked to death The man mana a who echo looks otter tho mechanism of the tho burrier barrier receives a IL tike like salary BO so that if tho the whole Is 18 deducted from fromI j the tho allowance the starter receives from I 1 r UHf the race roce track It leaves him In III theto the to neighborhood of 60 a II day dRY for fOl himself If It ho works days In hr the tho year he het can command In w sal NIl l t nry 11 Yet ho earns every dollar of o it ll itIn ItIn p In to tho estimation of horsemen 1 Patrons of it the tho race trucks tracks should visit I ll the tiro post po t now and Dm then to find out for tor themselves what tho the trials and I Jl tribulations of the starter are arl It Is le leoften r often oft n tho the M C IO O that u II starter will work I himself Into H a 1 white heat over tho tM ho an antics al antics tics of the tile horses jockeys jockey before lie he cart can secure Couro a II alignment Yet ho 1111 la compelled to keep In mind from r s the moment ho mounts the rail that no Jill m favorites are to be played and that thit h all must receive tho the same kind of a II break A starter is 18 not supposed to know which horsy horca Is III favorite in lit tho the betting bolting for or whether n killing has been framed mp with nil all kinds of money down inthe In tn lup tho the ring and in the poolrooms He Ho simply sim simply ply lly receives tho the horses as OR they th Y are sent from the paddock J and Isle his assistant us as Thom them to the tho positions before the barrier previously p drawn by lot Rut Hut Rutn n the starter tarter has a 0 keen Idea just the 1 sumo name um ns nl to which horse has halt tho best hest b st I chance to win for tor the thc reason that ho hn cannot help being belli a II close student of form farni It rc requires unusual nerve to start strut a great ruse raw are always unruly at the post oat and the tho starter usually dreads races In which horses horlicK I of or this nee ago take lake part With n A Geld field of oC i l 20 0 o or more moro youngsters acing the gate and a 0 high prize the thc winner tho the starter cannot very ery well welt help real icing his hl responsibility The fhe most moot famous fa famous famous breeders breeder I the Iho ho richest In Inthe Inthe Inthe the land the tho best h t IiI the tho Amen Ameri American can an nn public represented nt lit the tho track by thousand of men mell and women aw nit the tho result A struggling straggling start defeat p perhaps for tho the favorite want who wan t carries n fortune In gold that has been wagered with the tho bookmakers The Tho starter Is III on his hili mettle Bo Ho o are arc nr 1 the Jockeys Their employer have In III Instructed Instructed I them to pt Jt from rain till tho ho post n nil as quickly as its possible Hume Koine of l their employers have ordered them perhaps p to 10 boot bent Ihu tho barrier bar Her and pay III IIIi i no attention to the i which will willbe l 1 he be made good goat The he boys bo 11 an ace hot hol hotheaded holit it R headed nervous Impatient nt j i They Thoy hoy know a futurity means to toI I tho the winning Jocks Jockey Perhaps ho will l receive 1000 in gold gold a RII as n a 1 present nail l 1 Ito hn Is III H sure to sit lilt In the tho floral tonal horsy horse horseshoe shoe while his picture will bo ho printed f f In tho the newspapers and columns writ written i f tin ten about him hits rand his hi fatally family N Nil No wonder therefore that the boys bo s In 1 1 gashing flashing silks are entirely forgetful fOIl of if tho th e strain lu on na the r he starters nerves j The thoroughbreds themselves are arc ex ox excited I I cited They seem cel to know what Is l uY ex u expected Y 1 tell of them and an Oil they thc hoar hear the thew w boys OI clucking or at feel the tho he spurs spurn nail I 4 t tugs nl at tho the bridles they thoy kick and whirl ti until chaos reigns supreme The start L n under AM Ile Uc II L n under AM Ile Uc II ors are arc pressure roars Instructions to first this thU boy bo then Ihen that Ho grows rod red rOl In III the tho tnie fn I and I his assistants work worl awny with their whips until their arms Till are tired Allbut All Allbut but two tun of the horses horns hor c are tiro faring facing tho thoo o barrier but one ono of tho the delinquents Is tho the favorite and the starter has hai to turn buck back the tho whole field Jq tr Three Jockeys jock 8 are ME singled t a out for to punishment They receive a n r 1 scorching lecture which is I s well ell dek de y k served nerved They make halfhearted replies 1 with nn an Injured nil air hut huh they thoy ore lire h hI I 1 ly h fined The starter Is tl thoroughly r 1 worked corked up tip and will stain no nonsense Yet he cannot hurry hurr matters because i too much Is III nt at stake 11 It In is his h duty duly to toil il get every horse homo In 11 motion before ho he springs the tho ho Kate gate Uy fly the tho time ho sue cur I reeds in this his hi patience In is exhausted nail when dash down the thc fu tu futurity course the tho starter clambers down dow downto II to 10 the tho turf mopping his hi forehead and peering after the th flying thoroughbreds It IN is a R relief for him to climb into his hi i carriage unit ride rdo back to the stewards stand tf tt the time start atari Is l good the starter receives no nn thanks In the tho way 11 of applause for tor Ills his hl work Is III forgotten by b the time Iliac the therace therace race mc Is t over oer Hut But If tho the favorite should bo bt loft left nt at the post t took look out for n a dom dam demonstration of disapproval Hisses and hoots hool havo been heard on Oil race raco tracks because became of unfortunate starts and on of onI wine occasions there thero havo have been bean small I sized riots Hut flat on nn this the great nt tracks there Is III never lIeler any trouble for Pinker i t I tons ton are on Oil the alert nl rl and per perc c pong ants Inclined to indulge in III boisterous ti f criticism are quickly rl lc h suppressed sed |