From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Bryant, Clarence W.
(born: 1878 - died: 1899)Clarence W. Bryant, born in Covington, KY, was a famous winning jockey who rode for well-known turfman Byron McClelland (1855-1897) from Lexington, KY.
Bryant's family entry in the 1880 U.S. Federal Census indicates he was the son of William and Mary Bryant. Bryant was a young man when he died of heart disease at 92 Race Street in Lexington on April 21, 1899, according to his death certificate.
For more see "One Famous Jockey Dead," The Marble Rock Weekly, 4/27/1899, p. 2. For more see the Byron McClelland entry in vol. 3 of History of Kentucky, by Kerr, Connelley, and Coulter, p. 375 [available online at Google Books].