Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1909 — Jockey Taral's Retirement. [ARTICLE]

Jockey Taral's Retirement.

After twenty-seven years of almost continuous riding in the saddle Fred Taral, the former successful Jockey, has decided to qUifthe tnrf. Taral is forty-eight years old. He returned to this country recently from Germany, where he was contracted for the racing season, and when asked of his future Intentions one time great Jockey said that he had ridden his last mount. He attributed the cause of his forsaking the game to the fact that he could not get down to weighbTaral wanted to ride at 118 pounds, and when .he went abroad last season he weighed 128 pounds. He trained down to UTVj. and after the finish of his first race he fainted away. He was weakened in making the low weight. He said that his days as a Jockey were over, Taral has an excellent record. He has never been accused of throwing a race or of being connected with any plot concerning the horses he rode.