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DONOGHUE SEES FIRST RACE English Rider Tells of Sensations While Watching Contest Running of Chester Cup Which He Wit ¬ nessed Quickened His Ambition to Be ¬ come a Jockey Details of Great Day Steve Donoghue following his momentous interview with John Porter recounted re ¬ cently in the Daily Jlacing Form continues his reminiscences in the London Sunday Ex ¬ press with an account of his sensations while watching the first horse race he ever saw The article follows I then turned my steps toward the race course following the vast crowds making their way to see f Coop I soon found myself perched at the top of the famous old city wall that overlooks the basinshaped race course with vast crowds seething around and below me meAs As the horses paraded for the Cup my childs heart was nearly bursting at the realization of my dreams and at seeing for the first time real race horses real jockeys and real racing racingUOTTLED UOTTLED UP EXCITEMENT EXCITEMENTAs As they flashed past me on the way to the post my excitement all bottled up was almost unbearable unbearableThe The favorite was Galashiels ridden by Tod Sloan and a kindly man sitting next me told me his name and the colors and 1 picked him out at the post and watched him breathlessly throughout the race I was crazy with excitement too at seeing Sloan riding him himThe The start was a good one and my horse as I mentally dubbed him lay nicely up about fourth fourthThe The pace was very good At least it seemed to me they flew and they were quickly round for the second time timeJust Just as they came abreast of me again my horse alas faltered and lost his place and a big chestnut that had been going well just behind him came sweeping to the front frontSHOUTS SHOUTS OF THE CROWD CROWDThe The favorites baat Batt wins no Oar natum wins no whats that going up Its an outsider Uncle Mac hes won it And into the frame went the number of the big chestnut animal that I had noticed going so well just behind the favorite Uncle Mac had won with Batt trained by John Porter second and Carnatum third thirdMy My one disappoinlment was that I did not see Tod Sloan win a race that day dayThe The rest of my impressions of the meeting are now practically a blank but bewildered though I was by all the new and glorious experiences I remember that I left the race course with one wish one ambition fixed firmly in my boyish mind that I should one day ride the winner of the Chester Cup CupHow How that ambition was afterward ful ¬ filled is now ancient turf history After twice being second in the race I won it on Hare Hill in 1015
