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- v, : ; z77 i ONE "CRITIC" WHO IS OUT OF LINE. Master "Walter Miller does not take a . brace speedily be is. not going to hare as much success . ac Belmont Park, Aqueduct and Jamaica, this fall hit roe. had last spring, and he .will Hot go into yinter quarter with the reputation of being the greatest rider of the season," says a writer in the Morning Telegraph. "His work at Gravesend was below his standard. He seemed to have lost the address which marked his earlier efforts and his Judgment in distance races was abominable. . "Unless he got away from the barrier flying he was almost invariably beaten, lie would not take chances to get to the front by the short route home. HI? Inland passage had no attractions for him. He almost invariably took to the Outside. No one likes to criticize this boy harshly, because he is such d well-meaning, willing little chap and so unfailingly honest. But he must brace up. Timidity gets nothing at the racetrack and the courageous boy is not injured oftener than the faint-hearted one. Jockeys are paid big fees to take chances. It is as much their duty to run risks as it is the duty ofsoldicrs." This"? pencil pusher may be a "critic," but he is not" a! student of racing. Otherwise he would have known that Millers riding at Gravesend was a shade better than his average. Ills general percentage M winners ridden this year is .20. Ills percentage at Gravesend was .27. It is, everything considered, trulv remarkable that this more child has been able to retain his form through nine months of such strenuosity as has been his. Riding 1.07S races in nine months 3s work that few Jockevs in the history; of the turf have done. Here is va record of Millers riding to and including the raclug-of October -I. . . Meetings; Mis. 1st. P.C. Ascot Park 290 OS .2.. Benrilngs .7ft 2ft .15 1 Aqtiednet 43 4 Jamaica ..... ....... 32 11 .2, BeJmotit Park first spring -13 11 .SI Oakkvnd ........ .... 7 2 .20 Gravesend fllrst spring Z" 11 .: Belmont Park second spring . . 40 10 .:.3 Grivesenrt. second spring 07 14 .21 Slieepsjiead Bay spring SO 2S .;t:5 BrJghtpn Behsh spring i t 21 .28 Sirratctfa . 18 20 . Sheepshead Bay fall .-. 01 TI .1 Gravesend. fall 02 17 .27 Brighton Beacli fall .7 "18 -1 Total ..............1073 2S1 .20
