{"product_id":"danny-maher-1881-1916-jockey-pastel-watercolour-caricature-portrait-by-nap","title":"Danny Maher (1881-1916) Jockey Pastel Watercolour Caricature Portrait by NAP","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eArt Sz: 14\"H x 7\"W\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrame Sz: 20 3\/4\"H x 13 3\/4\"W\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMedium: watercolour and bodycolour on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDaniel Aloysius Maher (October 29, 1881 – November 9, 1916) was an American Hall of Fame jockey who also became a Champion jockey in Great Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eU.S. riding career\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDaniel Aloysius \"Danny\" Maher commenced his career at the age of 14, weighing 65 pounds. He served his apprenticeship under Bill Daly, a well-known developer of jockey talent. Three years later, in 1898, he topped America's jockey's list. Maher was best known in the United States for winning the Metropolitan Handicap on Ethelbert (1900), the Brooklyn Handicap and Toboggan Handicap on Banaster (1899), the Champagne Stakes on Lothario (1898), and the Ladies Handicap on Oneck Queen (1900). Maher was America's leading jockey in 1898.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Hart–Agnew Law anti-gambling legislation forced Maher and numerous other jockeys and trainers to leave America for Europe where they quickly made a mark on European racing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEnglish riding career\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMaher caricatured by Ao for Vanity Fair, 1903\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn England, Maher won 1,421 races with 25 percent of his mounts. He won his first English Classic on Aida in the 1901 1,000 Guineas and later that year won the Chester Cup on the colt David Garrick, owned by American Pierre Lorillard IV. In 1903, Maher won two-thirds of England's Triple Crown with Rock Sand. He also won The Derby three times (1903, 1905, 1906), five Eclipse Stakes (1902, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910), and was a two-time winner of the Ascot Gold Cup (1906, 1909). In 1907 Maher's wins included the King's Gold Vase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMaher was Britain's leading jockey in 1908 and 1913, the year he obtained British citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMaher died in 1916, at the age of 35, of consumption. He is buried in Paddington Cemetery, Mill Hill, London, England\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Cary Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022472659142,"sku":"46000","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0210\/6626\/files\/DSC_0001_5e1ee3e0-4eca-4035-9b87-32086268ab61.jpg?v=1788182416","url":"https:\/\/thecarycollection.com\/products\/danny-maher-1881-1916-jockey-pastel-watercolour-caricature-portrait-by-nap","provider":"The Cary Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}