. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 186 ^V mje gveeb&c atib ^ppxt&man* LAuqust 19,1893 Jockey " Bob " Smith's Superstition. F. H. Stafford, one of the owners of the bay gelding Viceroy, who has dumped the talent at the track here on one or two occasions, tells an interesting story concerning " Bob" Smith, the popular jockey who has so often carried the Kirkendall colors to victory, and who has had more winning mounts at the Butte meet- ing than any two other jockeys. Bob's hon- esty and ability are now so well established, in fact, that some of the heaviest speculators
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 186 ^V mje gveeb&c atib ^ppxt&man* LAuqust 19,1893 Jockey " Bob " Smith's Superstition. F. H. Stafford, one of the owners of the bay gelding Viceroy, who has dumped the talent at the track here on one or two occasions, tells an interesting story concerning " Bob" Smith, the popular jockey who has so often carried the Kirkendall colors to victory, and who has had more winning mounts at the Butte meet- ing than any two other jockeys. Bob's hon- esty and ability are now so well established, in fact, that some of the heaviest speculators at the track frequently put their money up on him without being particularly well posted on his mount, knowing full well that they will get a run for their money, with the odds all in their favor, says the Anaconda Standard. In common with nearly all racing men Bob Smith is just a little superstitious, and it was due to his superstition that the owners of a horse which he rode a couple of years ago made one of the biggest " killings" in the history of the track. The one thing about which Bob is superstitious is a file, and if he finds one of these three-cornered instruments lying around loose on a race track, it is a sure harbinger of good luck, as he has already proven. In the season of 1889 Mclntyre & â Stafford had a gelding named Kenwood at the Helena meeting, and Bob Smith rode the horse in the Helena Derby, winning the race easily. From there the horse was taken to the Garfield Park track in Chicago and en- tered in a mile and an eighth handicap. Brookwood was a stroDg favorite for the race at 4 to 5, while Kenwood, who was not ex- pected by anyone to come in either one, two or six, was quoted at 60 to 1 to win, 20 to 1 for place and 10 to 1 to show. â On the morning of the race, while Bob Smith was cooling Kenwood out, he picked up a three-cornered file on the walking track. Dick Crawford, the trainer, was with him at the time, and turning to him and sho
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