Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-06-14 | Page 13 | [Illegible] Fool's Story, as Told by Himself

FOOt'S' STORY, AS TOLD BY HIMSELF IfchllOKKtV IOHNSON WON FAMF mh a w t L 1 fllHllt- IN A MONTH; 1 ' 1 ,i" y ai. vw I I rjl ' B.lth ucath or niutL liwl .,11 lii 1 T. tl'- vi I riding ho W ' n- OVu I' -,l-',J ifc r I"'1'"' ' ' ' ' L 0 bis daredevlltr -how 1 r. 1 ' CiBrr talk of tho 1 't l Mr' ' WOrlC' mrtfbor.-i i- - .'iem .yB-i j !"''"-' """'i '! iM-t.i-$ I" town jrj&u, ;. 1 . flf,. of 4 Jockey xiiitd John in, '.'When I was is, Stuart Polk, the racing owner, offered mo a Job with hia table. srablt UUB,U 10 have seen m i "I worked like a slave aa atablf j boy. keeping my eyes and ears opee .so as to learn tl tricks of the game. Li'060,' but 1 a Proud punk' nen 1 got my first mount. hv.n prouder than when I won tpe Derby with Morvlch, "But don't vhink thai a jock ha a cinch, especially as you get oldei iund brisin to pick up weight-- weight-- "It means hard work and lots ot it to keep down to rldiiiK welfbt "A ffllow can't bit the high spott and keep fit. j "You've got to diet and do road 'WOW, nn. I la) 0 the bright lights. And tills constunt training sure j sets on your nerves "A prizefighter gets grouchy with only a few weeks of training, but uj fellows an- training for months, j "The jock s room becomes a regular regu-lar battle ground toward the end ol the season. VERVE8? SURE! "Nerves! Everybody gets 'em. The best horse I ever rodo ." uoryieh. undoubted!) i thins he la the Bame kind of a wonder horse as Man 0" War. but this season's records rec-ords will tell. "But over a distance there never Was B grander horse than ICxtermin-ator. ICxtermin-ator. They don't breed them any gamer. 'And H's that sameness that even a plug will show that makes a man' love a boree1 "It's (HO thing that holds mo tight! to tho track, and It will sure bo a "sad day for mo when I get too I heavj to ride, "But l hope that day Is a long I way off "