1882 Derby -- black jockeys gang up on favorite -- sandbagging trainer cashes big bet

[Calzone Lord]

I was surprised how educated Babe Hurd sounds in his quotes ... he sounds a lot smarter than 90% of todays jockeys and you're talking about a black guy who grew up in 1860's Texas and made his living in Kentucky.

At the time -- the motto of the Jockey Club and the racing associations was "a square deal for all...no matter color or creed" That would change overtime...by the early 1900's black jocks were routinely intimidated off the track and fouled on it.

Here is a funny piece on one of the top black jockeys who wasn't very bright.






This was obviously the era that a racing show like Luck should have focused on.

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

This was obviously the era that a racing show like Luck should have focused on.

I laughed!

Hurd, if the quote is accurate, sounds a great deal more articulate than trainer Morris.

As for Hamilton, they didn't mince words, did they. Amazing article. I wonder how many pro athletes today have done much the same with their money?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by OldDog

I laughed!

Hurd, if the quote is accurate, sounds a great deal more articulate than trainer Morris.

As for Hamilton, they didn't mince words, did they. Amazing article. I wonder how many pro athletes today have done much the same with their money?

Either that... or Green B. Morris is Mortimer.

Yeah, that was pretty brutal what he wrote about Hamilton. "Perhaps the most stupid and uninteresting person that ever passed through the gates of a race course"