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Bob Swim was with Dr. Weldon at St. Louis. Then 

 he secured employment with Price McGrath, where he had 

 the mounts on Aristides, Tom Blowline and Calvin when 

 they won such remarkable victories. There was a time 

 when Bobby drove cattle through the streets of St. Louis, 

 and Dr. Weldon noticed him riding- through the city and 

 took a fancy to him. That is how he became a jockey, and 

 when he won the Kentucky Derby with the "little red 

 horse," Aristrides, for Price McGrath he was the idol of all 

 Kentucky. 



Frank Jordan's career was a short one, but it was emi- 

 nently successful. He started in at riding quarter horses 

 down in the Indian Nation, and then drifted into the legiti- 

 mate turf. When he went to St. Louis he became noted as 

 one of the best riders that ever threw a leg over a horse. 

 He bears the distinction of having paid one of the biggest 

 fines ever assessed on the American turf. It was produced 

 by alleged disobedience at the post, although the general 

 opinion is that he was fined because he was breaking all the 

 books at the track. So well did the lad manage his mounts 

 that all the public wanted to know was what horse Jordan 

 was riding, and then they would put their money down on his 

 chances without regard to form. Little Jordan walked de- 

 liberately into the stand where the judges were standing and 

 counted out the money without a word of comment. It was 

 afterward recovered ; but the lad showed he was game to a 

 wonderful degree, and the public fairly idolized him. He 

 rode Queenie Trowbridge in a race in New York and won 

 $200,000 for McCafferty & Wishard. They had arranged 

 for a grand killing, and they certainly made it. 



Tommy Burns started in with Tom Hearn and was very 

 successful, but he has always had a hard time getting along 

 with the owners for whom he rode. Afterward he rode for 

 John Schorr and Burns & Waterhouse. A good judge of 

 pace and a careful general, he has won many races and is a 

 most useful lad. 



Charley Thorpe is a good jockey and is noted for his 

 honesty to his employers. One may always depend that he 

 will do his best. He is now riding in Australia. Originally 

 he came from the wilds of Nebraska, and the first good 

 horse he ever rode was Belle K. Several owners had fixed 



