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SKETCH OF DALYS CAREER North Randall Starter Son of Famous Old "Father Bill" Daly. Began as a Jockey, Became Licensed Trainer and Finally a Starter — Family Connected With Racing. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 26— Thumbnail sketch of the career of William Carroll Daly, Jr., the start who is dispatching the first running horse field ever to race at North Randall on its way Saturday, May 27. A jockey at the age of 12. A licensed trainer at 16. A starter at 33. The son of a trainer. The nephew of a trainer. The cousin of a jockey. The brother of a starter. All of which should provide at least a hint that W. C. Daly will bring to Randall a rich turf background. Dalys father, known as "Father Bill" wherever thoroughbreds were raced, died four years ago at the age of 92. He was still an active trainer at the time of his death. It was from Daly Pere that one of the most expressive phrases in turf jargon derived. Each time the elder Daly boosted a jockey onto one of his horses, his parting admonition would be: "Son there is only one sure way to win. Get out in front and stay there." Today whenever a horse leads his field from flagfall to wire, turfwriters describe his effort by saying he "won on the Bill Daly." BODE FOR FATHER. Bill Daly, Jr., rode for his father on Canadian tracks in 1912 and 1913. Increasing weight forced him to abandon his riding ambitions. In 1916 he obtained a trainers license in New York and handled a division of his fathers stable. The following year he saddled a colt called Rockport, which won at the rich odds of 100-to-l. Even though he did not have a wager on the horse, Daly still says that Rockports triumph gave him the biggest thrill of his life. Back around the turn of the century Daly was one of the most formidable names on the American turf. His father owned a horse called Claude. He claimed him for ,560 and turned him over to his brother, Mike, to train. Claude, with Johnny Daly, Mikes son, in the pilot house, won no fewer than four Derbys in a single season. "Father Bill" Daly had a hand in the development of such renowned riders as Snapper Garrison, Jim McLaughlin, Winnie OConnor, Danny Maher and Henry "Daredevil" Austin. Young Bill Daly, however, is more interested in improving the quality of starts in running races. He is a strong supporter of the new style stall gate, which, when it is perfected, will permit "walk-up" starts. But more than any starting gate, Daly says, the caliber of the start of any race depends largely on the behavior of the jockeys. "Riders can make or ruin any start or any starter," Daly believes.
