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Career of a Nebraska Jockey - - , : ; .;;: ; " .7 - ,. ' J l r t V ; ;'..- - v: ' y ' . ........ ; - - - I . ; IMC V ' f V-iT- "'' r THORPE JUST AFTER WINNING THE FRENCH DERBY AT PARIS LAST SEASON. O HAVE ridden on the trncks for packed with people, and as we pas3td itj twenty-tw- o years, In six different the first time, all In a bunch, with tho countries, and In till of his career favorite leading, a roar went up from the X crowd. When we passed tha sec- to have never fallen foul of the the stand steward, or be in any way ac ond time I was neck and neck with the cused of dirhuncst or dirty work, is a favorite, and there was hardly a sound. I reputation few Jockeys can lay claim to, went past the Judges' stand a bare Inch and one of thoso few is Charles Thorpe, ahead, beiujr one of the closest races I have Nebraska product. Apart from the usual ever won. I was riding against some of custom of tho men of his profession, who tho best horses and best Jockeys in Eng- rido Into popularity by a series of sensa- land, and besides my mount was never a tional wins, and ufter a season or two favorite by any means. The new style of explro la a whirlwind of extravagance, tho riding caught on and since that time it nd of his career sees him with (i substan- hus been copied all over Europe." tial bank account and a line farm at Lust year Thorje rodo for Viscount Geneva, Neb., where he intends to pass d'Arcourt, a French r.obleman, and suc- tho rest of his days. Hy hard und con- ceeded in winning the French derby for scientious work ho has risen, step by step, him at the Longchamps course, besides every year making lilm more popular with many other minor races. While racing In owners. From his first race, which Paris last season his mount slipped and the STEEPLECHASERS.- - be won Omaha twenty-tw- o years ago, to came down with him, placing him in the THORPE, iriS MASCOT, TRAINER AND TWO AMERICAN in From a Photo Made at Newmarket. his final brilliant running last season In dangerous position as can be seen in the Purls, hnrd work ami tlio strictest hon- illustration. After lying four weeks in bed Gus Harte by only one bird, but succeeded. the general public as a polo player, yachts- esty been his methods und theso a Frenchman approuched him ond gave In company with McDonald, in beating man, race horse owner, automoblllst and haro t. methods are the secret of his success. him the snapshot taken of the acc!d-r- Harte and Townsend a short time after- general sportsman, but he has other quali- story Thorpe first came Into prominence by A good Is told of Thorpe and Tod ward at a shoot. ties. F.an-cisc- o. Is not unnccustomed to manage- Winning seventeen consecutive races on Sloan while they were riding in San When asked if ho intended to raise racers Ho the was was rep'.lod ment of largo Investments. When he mar- property Mr. Tucker, It at the time when Sloan on his farm at Geneva, Neb., he in Hello K., tho of a height glory; won every are over, ried Miss Vanderbllt eight years ago his twenty yours tho races being at the of his he the negative. Ills racing days about uko, race ho rode in and the followers of lio time the father settled a sum upon him sufficient Iowa Ncbruska. Shortly that has heard for the last shout run In and ufter the game hud come to look upon him as crowds proclaiming him victor, snd to support him In fine style and placed a race at St. Ixiuis In a of the be captured bin Invincible, an opinion that Sloan Is said has finished with the dust and tha dash of tho money absolutely In his care. sensational manner on a horse culled ll, to have had himself. One of the big races the track, and finished with it altegether. The elder Whitney also gave him out- mid whs In turn himself captured which he was booked to rlda seerr.ed to him In no manner does he Intend to associate right the mansion at tho southwest corner by tho eastern sportsmen. a pretty sure thing, and as Anna Held and himself with the turf now, and thinks of Fifty-sevent- h street and Fifth avenue, Though his name Is well known on the her company of girls were In the city at there is more profit in hogs than horses, which has been the family home during American turf, bis greatest successes have the time, he Invited them to see tho race During the last few weeks both Mr. and the lifetime of the first Mrs. Whitney. been In Europe; tho French Derby, . tho and Incidentally seo him win. For their Mrs. Thorpe have been In Omaha cn ac- When tho late Cornelius Vanderbllt died m four-in-han- Payne Whitney came Into Liverpool Cup, a place in the English convenience he hired a smart d count of the latter's but they Mrs. Harry $8,6CO,O00, being ot Derby, and Important races In Helglum, turn-ou- t, und in fact provided for every- intend leaving for .their farm home as soon fortune of her share captured her father's estate. For several years Italy and Germany, have been thing In that .royal way which has made as she recovers. management by him. He has ridden before many of him as famous as his riding. When tho young Whitney has had the crowned heads of Europe, and more race, was over Sloan found himself beaten of this large property and for the last the New Head of Family assum- once come uhead of private and saw bevy of girls spoiling their three years he hus been gradually than their the management portions horses. Together with Sloan, Thorpe in- gloves in honor of Thorpe, who hud won. Harry Payne Whitney has been care- ing the of different responsibilities wealth. troduced tho American stylo of riding In Through his Thorpe has been fully trained to meet the of his father's all travels upon by will. children, the eldest being Knglund. From an artistic point of view accompanied by Thorpe and a white thrust him his father's He has three Mrs. Whitney la placed In Payne, named for his mother. She stylo Is not pretty; short stirrups being bulldog mascot. "The dog brings me The whole estate Flora the as a conse- 7 years In July next. .William body rider .being well race his hands for management and will be old osed and tho of the luck," ho taid laughingly. "I win the young on Whitney Is 5 years old, and Thorpe's first end quently Whitney from this time Vanderbllt over the horse's neck. and Mrs. Thorpe sees to the financial part In Is girl baby not yet a year .old. England was Worklngham reason is Is destined to take an active the there a in at of the proposition, and the last financial community. When Robert A. Van Wyck was elected u race which figures prominently why I am able- - to to a nice farm." Handicap, retire Young Whitney Is In his thirty-secon- d Mayor appointed young Whitney a to he In tho racing calendars. As ho rode One of the greatest difficulties he has ex- year. Ever since his graduation from Yale, of municipal statistics. It derision commissioner tho post a roar of laughter and perienced in his racing career has been his In 194, his father has schooled him In was an honorary position, with few duties greeted him from the English crowd, tho trouble In training down to the requisite finance and the management of largo and no salary. Young Whitney tired of It 40 1, even betting dropped down to to and standards. Weighing 102 pounds normally, affairs. In little more than a year and resigned. at that low llgure few besides his em- it has been only by the hardest kind of It was originally the elder Whitney's The new head of the Whitney family Is ployer, E. Corrlgan, an American sports- work that he managed to satisfy the Intention to make a lawyer of the young a good looking young man of medium, man, desired to pluee any money on him. stewards. man, and after leaving Yale young Whit- height, rather slender in build, but hardy The result of that race came as a shock Apart from his profession, Thorpe Is a ney was sent to tho Columbia Law school. and strong. Ills clean-shave- n face Is rather to the English racing public nnd the shouts thorough sportsman. A keen hunter, he He did not finish the course, his marriage boyish. He Is democratic In manner. that greeted him at tho end of the race enjoys nothing more than to wait in tha to Miss Gertrude Vanderbllt, the eldest He Is as fond of fine horses as was his were not of derision. reeds of a windy morning for the flying daughter of the late Cornelius Vanderbllt, father, and his knowledge of horses Is "I will always remember that race," said duck or participate in a trap shoot. In the on August 6, 1896, cutting short his study considerable. He Is one of the best ama- Thorpe, smiling. "We had to travel round last respect he la almost as well known as of the law.

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