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MCLAUGHLINS TALE OF THE TURF Former Great American Riders Story of His Work in tho Saddle in the Old Days Recently Jimmy McLatighlin was enticed Into telling something of Ills remarkable career as a rider in the period from 1875 to 1S91 and told this interesting tale taleI I rode my first race in Hartford in 1S75 on Father Bill Dalys mare Loreuo against Kadi with Hughes one of the leading jockeys in the saddle and he won both heats After that I rode a few races at the fairs around Hartford and in Massa ¬ chusetts From there Daly took a rotter a pacer and a runner to a winter meeting at Madison Square Garden 1 weighed only seventyfive pounds I rode against Itcnner Maie and Murphy noted trotting horsemen I did not lose a race on Lorcno at hat meeting and I also won with the trotter and pacer pacerI I rcmcmlwr one night I had to ride six heats to win the pacing race There were three dead heats and I won the last three heats In 1877 we went to Jerome Park and I rode my first race on a metropolitan track on Lady Salyers owned by Col McDaniel At that meeting I won a number of RICCS on Princeton That same year I rode jumpers at Banning BanningI I won on Dandy a mile heat race over hurdles beating Deadhead with Nolan up and Problem with tho late Jim McCormick up In 1878 I rode the same horse at Saratoga mile heats over hurdles winning Ixith heats Dandy carried 140 IHMinds I weighed eightyfive itoundM my saddle fifteen pounds and I had to carry forty pounds of lead 1 rode the same horse in a steeplechase at Jerome Park That fall I rode Lizzie 1 i a steeplechase at Pimlico and also rode Wild Oats two miles over hurdles at Saratoga SaratogaHIS HIS FIRST RACE FOR DWYER BROS BROSThe The same day I rode my first race for the Dwyer Brothers on Rhadmanthus lie plater that founded the fortunes of the brothers beating 8ns iiehanna with Hayward up The Dwyors made arrangements with Daly to take me to Louisville to ride Bramble hi the Stallion Stakes which I won Mr Rove went with the Dwycr Brothers in 1878 taking the place of E Snedeker one of the leading trainers of his time Snedeker had said that Bramble would never go over a mile and I won five straight cup races with him in 1S71 each at two miles and a quarter quarterIn In my opinion Luke Blackburn was the Inst horse I ever rode and Tremont the best twoyear old The latter won thirteen straight races and never was touched with the whip or spurs He did not race after his twoyearold form having developed a ringlioiie I rode for the Dwyers ten years during which time I was the leading jockey I went with the Chicago Stable in 18S but put on flesh BO rapidly that I found it difficult to keep down to riding weight weightThe The same year I came east from Chicago to ride Salvator in the Realization for Mr Haggin and Torso for AV L Scott in the Double Event win ¬ ning botli Rices Salvator beating Tunny in the Realization The same night I returned to Chicago and engaged Itob Drew who now drops the timers flag to reduce my weight weightThe The next day I had to ride Huntress 122 pounds and in the morning I had to take three long walks to make the weight In 1891 I rode His Highness in the Futurity and Avon His High ¬ ness carrying 130 pounds The field made sixteen false starts and I made one break and that was the start My weight kept me from riding after that thatIn In 1SS7 Richard K Fox of New York offered a diamond whip to the jockey winning the most racea that year At the time Garrison was eighteen races ahead of me and I beat him by eighteen at the end of the year I have the whip now and I have a son thirteen years old who I think is tlie best boy I ever saw on a horse
