The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-17
Odds Were Against the American
ter than the English Jockeys.
TEN FAST HORSES STARTED
BUT ONLY ONE PUSHED THE SON OF
IRoaUoIs AND DUCHESS.
The Americans Well Pleased with
Reception in Observation-Disclosures
at Roby and other Tracks.

NEWMARKET. England. April 16--An
American horse won the big race of the
opening day here. Richard Cookers Eau
De Galle. formerly Trojan and Utica"
captured the rich Crawford plate handicap.
The conditions of the race were:
The Crawford plate handicap. of Is SOW
ereigns. each, ten forfeit. or five only if de-
clared by April 9, both forfets to the fund,
with 800 sovereigns added; the second horse
to receive so sovereigns out Of the stakes;
for three-year-olds and upward; winners
after publication of the weights, five
Of handeap pounds Of
pounds extra; Bretby stakes course; six
furlongs; twenty-six subscribers.
Ten horses ran. Eau De Gallie finished
first; Estar, four years old, carrying six
stone eight pounds. the property
of Sir J. Blundel Maple, was
carrying seven stone twelve pounds.
the property of Captain Machell, was third.
The starting prices were to 1 against Eau
De Gallie, to 1 against Estar, and to
against Erin Willie Simms was Eau De
Gallie and made the running throughout.
The boy rode in a mastery style and won
with comparative ease. At the drop OF the
flag Simms was first away and was never
headed. Erin, the favorite, ran almost even
with the American horse, and the latter
seemed to tire a bit coming up the hill,
and towards the finish it looked dangerous
for the son Of Iroquois, but Simms applied
the whip just in time. Eau De Gallie re-
sponded gamely fairly jumping ahead, and
captured the prize.
The cheers which arose on all sides as
the American horse won could not have
been lleartier If an English horse had come
In ahead. Messrs Croker and Dwyer and
Hardy Campbell, their trainer, were con-
graduated on all sides. When Simms rode
into the paddock after the race, the cheer
ing was renewed and the unsaddling was
witnessed by a great crowd Of people, the
majority passing favorable comment on
both horse and rider. Simms then went to
the weighing rooms and sat on the historic
jockey club scales and soon the reassuring
'.all right was called, announcement
which met with another cheer from the
crowd.
In the Jockeys dressing room Smms met
with another reception, the famous jockeys
crowding around him and shaking hands
interview Silnms said: ''Yes, we have made
great beginning and l only hope We can
Keep It up got on f We ana kept one wen t nn
that Erin might prove dangerous as my
mount found the hill firing, but Eau De
The '' courses are certainly very different
from what have been accustomed to, but
was plenty of room and it was all straight
running to-day. want to say WORD ABOUT
the way i nave been treated mere. NOthlnS
could be kinder than the way the English
jockeys have acted towards me-"
Il can only say o that ,ta am +,s greatly
Eve really did not know how our horses
would show up under such different condi-
tions greatly f yhs kin we b awe
been treated by all hands. u..
The saddling of Eau De Gallie was
watched by crowd of distinguished sports
who was accompanied by the, Duchess, of
Devonshire, Mr. and Mrs. Croker and Mr..
F. Dwyer. simms's appearance was eagerly
commented on and when he mounted Eau
De Gallie, the great difference in the length
of his stirrups and in the length of those
of the English jockeys was noticed. Simms's
stirrups were far shorter than those Of the
the regularity of Simms's seat was much
remarked. Mr.. Croker and his family and
Mr.. Dwyer were given the entree of the
A well-known sportsman said: IT never
saw more cordial reception than that
to-day Even the Prince of Wales never
had a better reception"
something of which Englishmen may be
proud to be able to say that the british
turf has never peen e sneus o,,r STANDARD it
became necessary to drop age and weight
allowances. But. although the Derby has
gone both to France and America and
many other victories have gone abroad,
that has in way altered free-trade rae
ing, as In other trades, though it's benefits
have not always been refrigerated. for
Fnglish-bre horses are still valueless to
run in France and such Of our breeders err.
the disposal of blood stock are not likely
to repeat the experiment It was with such
feelings that we welcomed the American
Stud We are now very pleased to con-
gratulate the owner of Eau De Gallie on
his brilliant beginning. 1t was speed
test with a fairly good representative field.
IF our American friends have other horses
possessing anything like the merit of Eau
De Gallie they will win plenty of races.
II was a novelty for Newmarket racegoers
TO see a colored jockey. The winner had
nIenty of weight for a three-year-old. 1t
was a right down good performance to give
Estar twelve pounds.
uJTtica.s" Races in This Country.
NEW YORK, April 16.-Eau De Gallie
more generally known in this country as
rr+ica 10 a three-year-old colt by Iroquois
To