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j J 0 ~ " : . : . : : i JOCKEY MILLERS ENGAGEMENTS. Traiuer H. E. Rowell of the Thomas H. Williams stable at Oakland, has become- somewhat soured I on the proposition of making outside riding en gagements for the stable rider. Walter Miller, whe has taken a slump in his work during the past few week.*. The followers and admirers of the marvel ous jockey are impoverished in pocket and most of them have eliminated him as the controlling fac-; tor in their systems of selecting winners. Even Millers mother, who is said to consistently back all of his mounts, has lost heavily of late, suffici ently to cause her to back only those horses seemingly having a chance to win regardless of the rider. Rowell says but for his deference to the wishes of his employer, he would have long ago delegated to some one else the task of securing mounts for Miller. "If I could pick four or five winners a day and could get Miller on them it would be all right." says Rowell, "but when it comes to asking an ownei who wants the boy all about his horse, I balk. 1 would not do that, for Miller or any other jockey. My son-in-law was a first-class rider himself, and was right at the top of the list when he rode in England, and he never wanted to know all about a horse before he would accept a mount. He was not riding against dubs either, but secured his standing against boys like Tod Sloan. Maher, Spen ccr and they certainly would class up with Miller. With him it was first come, first served, and he just laughs at the idea of a jockey wanting somi kind of assurance that a horse has a winning chance before he will accept a mount." From which it may be interred that Miller is a bit overparticular about the engagements made for him.
