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; 1 i • I ; , • : 1 . ■ . i . ■ ■ . I i . I STORY OF JOCKEY H. WHITE How Young Rider Thought He Had Won Coffroth Handicap With Roycrofter. How a jockey, virtually left at the post in one of the richest races run on the American turf, refused to accept defeat and took after his opponents to pass one after another until, finally, he was clear of them all, as he figured, and not know until he returned to the judges stand that, despite his herculean efforts and wonderful racing of his mount, victory had eluded him, was the experience of jockey H. White in the Coffroth Handicap according to G. F. Croissant, owner of Boy-f crofter, which was ridden by White and finished second in Tijuanas most valuable fixture. G. F. Croissant, the Chicago sportsman and owner of one of the largest racing stables in the Middle West, has just returned from his trip to Tijuana to see Boycrofter and Kentucky Cardinal carry his colors in the Coffroth Handicap. Mr. Croissant is fully convinced that he secured a real race horse when he paid 5.100 to Pat Knebelkamp for Boycrofter. This smashing good son of High Time — Oncra has already won ,000 of the |W.H to the credit of the Croissant stable thus far this year. Mr. Croissant won a total of B,081 in i:»2o, his first year on the turf, and it is expected that even that fine record will be excelled this year. But let Mr. Croissant tell the story of jockey H. White and Boycrofter in the Coffroth Handicap. "As you know I switched jockeys at the eleventh hour in the Coffroth and gave the mount on Boycrofter to H. White. As Boy- crofter is a front runner, White was instructed to run at top speed from the rise of the barrier and make Carlaris extend himself, as we thought Kentucky Cardinal would thereby take Carlaris in the stretch run. Boycrofter had position four, Carlaris three and Princess Doreen five. When the barrier went up the Princess, with Sand aboard, propped in front of Boycrofter and practically turned him sideways. White, when he got righted, felt like pulling Boycrofter up, but decided to ride him out anyhow. After they had gone three-quarters of a mile. White finally caught up with his nearest horse and then started to ride in real wild west fashion. head down and, believe me, he started to pass horses. "White said he started to count them as he went by, and when he had passed the fourth horse and, using the inside track on the rail all the time, he ran against a snag on encountering Dr. Clark and Princess Horeen. Dr. Clark, with Peternell up, was on the rail and the Princess was on the outside. White knew he would lose to much ground by going around, so as he knew B. Peternell was a left-handed whipper, he yelled at him to whip his horse, figuring that this would cause Dr. Clark to bear out a bit from the rail. Sure enough his judgment was right. "That left him third and past two more horses. Finally he hit the last part of his long journey and he passed the last two .horses in the field as he thought, he then sighed a breath of relief and decided be had won the Coffroth after being practically left at the post. He looked up and, lo and behold, about a half dozen lengths in front of him was another horse and a rider. He thought something was wrong and, in fact, really didnt believe that horse belonged in the race. He didnt know that he hadnt won the Coffroth until he returned to the judges stand."
