Top American Jockey Dead

MIAMI.- Champion United States jockey Eddie Arcaro, who rode Whirlaway and Citation to Triple Crowns and won the Kentucky Derby five times, died on Friday at the age of 81. Nicknamed "The Master", Arcaro came into prominence as a rider in the mid-1930s and continued near the top of hi

The Master's Last Ride

CHAMPION United States jockey Eddie Arcaro, who rode Whirlaway and Citation to Triple Crowns and won the Kentucky Derby five times, died on Friday at the age of 81. "The Master", born in Cincinnati, the son of an Italian immigrant cab driver, quit school at 13 to work at the tracks.