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EDDIE JONES AN OAKLAND ATTACHE ATTACHEThere There has been a familiar face missing from the paddock gate at the Oakland track this season It is that of Eddie Jones the once crackerjack jockey after whom the wellknown stallion Eddie Jones is named Eddie is still with the game but he has been taken off the gate and has IMCII assigned as a ticket seller which is an easier berth With Eddie Jones dealing out tickets from his lw x at the Em ¬ eryville entrance nowadays a touching comparison can be made by going back to the day the Emery ¬ ville track threw oiien its gates in 1897 On thai day Eddie rode four winners including the wlnue of the Opening Handicap and he was the hero of the occasion Now he is totally forgotten except by a handful of loyal oldtimers Well such is lif they say up today and down tomorrow hut Eddie must often wonder and wish as he sees the younger jockeys receive the salvos of applause which were once his hisEddie Eddie Jones was the victim of an unfortunate accident and is able to get around ouly with the aid of a caue He was riding in a handicap at Brussels Belgium four years ago when his mount foil and smother horse fell on him injuring bis spine Kddie was laid up lu a hospital for months but he fouid bis way back to the fields of his former triumphs and he declares that he is at Emeryville to stav and the Jockey Club has been kind ejumgh lo supply he Hie fellow with employment San Francisco Chronicle
