The sun., 1895-05-19
ENGLAND'S OPEN RACING.
AN ENGLISH CRITIC GITEs HIS
VIEWS ON THE sUBJEC1.

Mr.. Dwyer's Visit Discussed, and the Sys-
ten OF HnndicnppinE Explained -Dwyer
Did Nothing More Than AbirRto, Baird
and others MA Before Hin-Bnnquet OF
No Further Uss. However, as Platter.
Almost from tlmo immemorable English races
| Have been open to foreign and colonial horses;
In fact, at ono time so anxious were the English
| to induce strange horses to come over and COM
| pete with them that an allowance OF Ave pounds
was made to any horse or mare not foaled in
| England in weight for age races. The rapid
Improvement. especially of the French thor
| oughbreds, caused the Jockey Club to rescind.
| however. this allowance. Hervine and Mon
argue were the first to teach tho I,rtishers that
Jack was "a good as his master. II was not,
however, till Gladiateur the so-callcd avenger OF
Waterloo, came over and swept the board OF all
| Englsnd's three-year-old classic events. 1000
| Guineas, Derby. and ST. Leger, that an outcry
arose In England that, while the English Of
fered free competition for every race to all. the
French. except for the Grand Prix de Paris,
| black balled foreign horses from competing on
| French soil for any other event. Even Admiral
| Rous Joined the malcontonts. and argued that.
| II France shut English horses out. England
| should shut French horses out.
| The good sense Of the Jockey Club, and the
national insular desire 10 see the best horse
| win, no matter where foaled. overruled the pro-
| tcct;onist plea, aud England has ever continued
| to leave every prize open to every entry prop
| erly made no matter what country the horse
may hail from. So far from English racing
| folks objecting to foreign or colonial thorough
| bred visitors. nothing delights them more than
| when the entries for any race assume cosmo-
| politan character. But what the English do
| like 10 to see strangers come over to compete
| either in the big weight forage races or the
leading handcaps. Major Egerton. the chief
official Handicapped has orders TO ascertain from
| reliable local sources Continental true form as
far Is 1t can be CLEANED. and to handicap accord
ingly. Any horse that has run his races straight
! out on the Continent is sure to be heavily
| handicapped, and wherever possible line is
| endeavored to be drawn collaterally through
English form. The victories Of strangers, II
| they pursue an honest, sportsmanike course Of
| conduct, are Invariably welcomed and cheered.
| Years ago there were no more popular colors on
| Giadiateur was idoliEed because he was good
snd''@ and carried ca back the Goodwood Cup. Who
s ka4 @ the ss Of Of The s sde se he
Hungarian stud, where he was foaled-was not
BY s e0wd oSd With
auois to unsaddle in the small enclosure ad.
|
s'se fsr a, ~ sntariy %anSisappns foreign horses.
starters their average Of winning in big hnndl:
Among e z other Invasive Victories in handicap,
that flash through the writer's mint are
sss sna sqa snoe NSd sad osRa
witch and Camhr hridgeshirel from America,
dual GssF pEs ana
Cam bridg dgeshire heroines like FoxhalD,. and
.e.S f s; Tns%sh se fnsn %s oHy
srasss
may' ali continentai @ and American hofsrs Has
old Eng gland or Ireland. America has to thank
England for Glencoe. the great ancestor Of
swarming with English importations. tracing
back in some instances to the last century.
ps9 All M rules rules of the Jockey
based with the object Of preventing chicanery.
and thanks g the intense n ear earn.stTesr n OF such
Lord Ribbesqaie. LORD Marsh. the Duke OF
berry. and multitudinous others, much has been
done to cleanse the Augean stable; Nowadays
one never hears OF old horses being rung In
biiity Of Lord George .Bentinck and Sir sr
Marten atterwaId Baron Mar5en. @ the Knnning
conslu.ivsIy to be a four-year.oid: he was.
alter lenethened litigation; disqIalifled and
Who hs faEG finished Ar%s second. This was in '1 1872
About the same time another smilaa
of cH Yea den2ed II e Mih
ever, rounding Tallenham corner. broke
leg Is tns aseden nna na
evening shortly after the race some ,rollcking
friends at EPSON. after imb bine freely. made q
| midnight pilgrimage to unearth l.eaEder and
send his head for examination. Sure enough it
proved. as suspected. by the teeth to be AN
| nefariOus band tor the Derby was in lSi9. when
.hs Flying pqsehman Won @ T. The wrong wrong one
there is no doubt that Messrs. Dwyer q
British racing public. and it would be sraining
at Gnat 70 swallow camel fone said the Eng;
fae IS Mr. Michael keo hsr
headed man OF the world he has visited Eng:
with no idea Of capturing n gold % cups and
has gone after doiiars; he has studied the game
and has come to the conclusion. as long
Sir George Cheiwynd. Harry Htasman. the
Marquis Of Hastings, joe punson. and others.
in plating company. il you have him fit and well.
and have a substantial balancea at your back.
Banquet WAS Just the stamp for this venture.
Aged. he really met four ,i and hve-year-oids yea at
moreovsr' mo'% " roua choose his fsv%rite "" dis.
%o"Ssr and Mr with bavsr al hit the "" @
head. But it ia a risky and nazardons pursuit
In the second race Of BanGuets Mr. Dwyer must.
tho entered selling price. have hacked his horse
for some thousand. ds.rnm9r say, his commits.
$1,000. Recollect, however. the boot might
have been on the other leg. and then not only
the bookmakers. hut Mr.. Dwyer would have lost
| his cast-iron favoiite for f400, as he could have
| been claimed for that sum, the same Stone
| nell was claimed by Tom Hoodless. n small
book maker. who evidently had his eye ON the
, way the American horse ran.
| Simms's riding has been sevely criticised by
| the London sporting press. Some few assert le
| was dodging about so that his employers might
get on a further pile in running This he may
have done In the first race. hut in the second he
| was all ont. Both Sir James Miller and the
| Jockey Club were fortunate to get such a hand
some surplus as 1,2 10 guineas TO divide between
hs say Myefh pS1nHd %od fbsHps boz
prevarication of the truth. but II cannot be said
| because he has beaten the Britsllers at their
| own game that he should come into any Oupro-