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JOCKEYS UNDER IMPARTIAL DISCIPLINE. Leader Garner One of the First Punished for Rough Riding — Promising Two-Year-Olds. New Orleans, La., January S. — With the first Week of the local race- meeting gone-, it has been thoroughly demonstrated that the winter period or the sport at the Fair Grounds will eclipse that of last year in everv respect. Thus far the attendance has been all thai conld lie de-sired and showed a big Increase which kept up steadily all week. Never before in the history of rui-ing in this city has the out-of-town delegation been as large as it is this year and. in addition to this, the local people are enthusiastic about the sport. Discipline al arty cost was the motto of Judge Joseph A. Murphy right from the he-ginning and la the- first three days five jockeys felt the weight of his rulings for riding rough. Among those set down was jockey Mack earner, leading jockey of tin- country in 1915. He was suspended the first day. Regardless of who the rider may be. eer whose rider he is. Judge Murphy is going to stop him fposa rough riding, and the example he set the lirst few days had a tendency to curtail this practice. To date Gilford A. Cochran, wealthy eastern turfman, has made the- beat showing with two-year-olds and trainer William Midgely has the juveniles in rare condition. Tin- Cochran stable well the lirst two-year-old race of 1910 with Norumbega, and a few days later it furnished a filly to lower the track record for three-eighths. This was Flights Fancy, a chestnut filly by Star SlHot — Mamie Worth and her initial performance- stamps her a speedy racer. The- Cochran youngsters are perfectly schooled and leave the barrier in a flash. They also run around the turns well and on the whole they are-the- best trained band here. Mr. Cochran has many more thoroughbreds, chiefly young hemes, in the east ami those which lie is racing he-re are practilly all of them by Star Shoeet. Trainer Midgely disposed of a two-year-old by Ogden since the meeting opened. in addition to the Cochran youngsters, there are many more good two-year-olds, especially in the burns of the Kentucky horsemen, and thi-y will all be seen in action scam, now that the; track is in good condition. Dan Scott, totem sheriff of Fay-ettee County. Ky.. was the first of the Kentucky delegation to win a two-year-old race, his filly Mie-o Girl by Handsel -Niko turning the trick. This filly ran a smart race and trniner Perkins is of the opinion that she- will develop into a useful racer. Geo. C. Love, a brother to Ed Crniup. b.v Peep e " Day — Fvaline. is another juvenile of Which much :s expected and he will undoubtedly show to better aelvHtitage on a fast track than in the mud. His tirst start was on a muddy track, and at that he linished second to Norumliega. He is named after the mayor of Memphis. Tenn., and his brother. Fel Crump, at the time he was named, was also named after a mayor of Memphis. Many new Jockeys have- crapped out at this meeting thus far and it is expected that out of the list a few high-class riders may be developed. However, the most pleasing thing about the riding colony here is the manner in which jockey Teddy Koerner "e-ame back." Koerner was out of the ■-allelic since hurt winter at Havana and previous to that he had not ridden a race for a long while. At the- meeting at Oriental Park last winter he rcede- several winners and seemed to have no difficulty in keeping down to weight, but when he ranched Kentucky in Hie- spring he grew heavy rapidly. He was to have ridden for Maj. Thomas C. McDowell on the blue grass circuit, but was forced to give up his efforts to ride. This winte-r he is not having any trouble in keeping down to 100 pounds and he is in demand by the horsemen because of his experience, his good judge of pace and his ability to put up a rousing finish. His first effort to "tome back was a winniug one on Chilton King, the first race run in lftlli, anil the following day he rode Al Pierce to victory. This satisfied the horsemen that he had lost little of his old-time ability. Another rider who has shown to advantage is Albert Mott. contract jockey for P. M. Civill. Mott rode the first part of the winter at Juarez, but left there the latter part of last month to come here to ride for bis contract employer. This lad has improved wonderfully in the past ye-ar and bids fair to become one of the leading riders of the country in 1910. Jockey Walter Andress is another pigskin artist who has shown good form and. although helloes not get many mounts because of his weight. he meets with marked success iu getting his horses down to the wire- in front. There are other good riders here, including Jimmy P.utwell. Tommy anil Johnny McTaggart. Frank Keogh. Mack Garner, Paul Iowder and Clyde Van Dnsea, and all of them have broken into the winning ranks. The innovation of Judge Murphy in having one man look after all of the jockeys engagements at the- Fair Grounds, has proven a success so far. and Herman Conkling. who holds the position of jockeys agent as well as patrol judge, has things so sys-tessatined that he is having no trouble in keeping the riders affairs straight. Oyvners holding contracts on joe-keys naturally have first call on them, but after the- person holding second call releases them ami their mounts pass into Conklings hands, be- takes gooel care of them anil they are pleased with the new arrangement. No call beyond the second is recognized.
