Tex Cauthen

Among the sports celebrities of 1977 were schoolboys and girls, a ninth-grader who was the toast of Forest Hills, an 8-year-old who made Frank Shorter blink, a playground star who led grown men a merry dance. Their...

Steve Cauthen turned 16 on Derby Day and hit New York at the end of November. Since then, in 21 days of riding, the apprentice jockey has won 29 races and $375,000 in purses and has been called the next Shoemaker