A LUCRATIVE LIVELIHOOD.

NZ Truth, Issue 87, 16 February 1907, Page 2

A LUCRATIVE LIVELIHOOD.

Those who imagine that the crack New Zealand jockey,: Hewitt, has a rattling good engagement . m Eng-; land at £1000 a, year as a retainer,, are Wide of the mark, ; for .three and four thousand is"pftehVpaid ? to firstclass jockeys thei*e, -and m other important racing. 7 centres abroad. 1 Shaw, one of Anieripa^.s leading joe-, keys, only recently: accepted an offer of £3000 andall expense's to ride as first mount for ,£. ' Wemberg, , .of Germany, and this ,is, only for the season. Furthermore, W v ember,g possesses the best string -of 'horses m 'Germany, and last seasoii a; score of his horses Won him ,53 races, the value of the prizes amounting to nearly £40,000. Should' the'- German sportsman be as successful this season, £3000 to be given Shaw as a retainer will be an infinitesimal amount compared to what he 'will' receive per medium of the, bittpjnix, as German sportsmen are .credited with ."."being-, very liberal m laying jockeys money m the event or iheitf mounts w-m---irin/5.