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DANNY MAHERS POPULARITY. That famous American jockey, Danny Maher. is immensely popular in England, where he has been riding with great distinction for many a year. "Syce" of the Loudon Tattler, a sporting authority, writes of him: . ... "That finest of jockeys and best of good fellows. Dannv Maher. completed his thirty-second year in October. Danny is a great power on the turf today and the more acquaintance you have with the inner circles of racing the more reason have you for believing this to be so. There is not a stable in existence that is not anxious to secure his services a fancied horse has to meet an important ""Hebas won three Derbys. on Rock Sand. Cicero and Spearmint: he has won the St. Leger on Rock Sand and Bayardo. and he has ridden winners of the Gold Cup at Ascot. He is the hero of that epigrammatic definition for foul riding and milling. One. he told Mr.,, Justice Darling and the jury. Ms robberv with violence. I chanced to be Iu court when that evidence waS.giveu and after the epigram had been launched thejudge, who himself excites so much laughter in others,swung round in his seat, his humorous face bathed fn smiles, and promptly adjusted his glasses the betterto take stock of -i iockey who could spontaneously deliver himself of a "remark so smart and witty. Justice Darling and Maher became great friends from that moment. "He has never been iu trouble with the stewards of the Jockey Club for any offense, however trivial. I think this is a wonderful thing to be able to say of a jockey who has been riding so long and so brilliantly as Maher. You have to remember that lots of causes can help to get a jockey in trouble, of which he may be quite innocent the jealousy of others, a hanging-bad-mouthed horse, and a scrimmage, for instance. Once the Leicester stewards reported Danny to the stewards of the Jockey Club for alleged pulling of a horse called Sallust, the property of Lord Rosebery. What a grotesque and ludicrous blunder they made. The horse in question was one that had never won a race of any kind and that was known to be the worst rogue in training. This was the creature, if you please, that caused the local stewards to act In a dreadfully unfair way toward one with such a fine and honest record as Malier. "The accused one was greatly perturbed and he will never forget or forgive, even though the Jockey Club stewards promptly vindicated the jeekey. while Lord Rosebery showed his indignation with the local accusers and his warm appreciation of Malier in a way peculiarly characteristic of him. Mahers record is without a stain. I think it is a great thing in a career so long and interesting."
