Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
ENGLISH CHEER TOD SLOANE
THE AMERICAN JOCKEY MAKES A
GREAT HIT ACROSS THE WATER.
His Desk LIS Piled High With Tele-
grams and Letters From Prom
fnent HOrsemen Asking Him
to Ride-His Earnings

London. Nov. 27.-At to-day's racing of
the Manchester November meeting, ]. b.
Leigh's 3-year-old bay colt Manxman, by
The Deemster. out of Lady Blanche. rid
den by Sloane, won the Farewell weller
handicap plate of 103 sovereigns. There
were fourteen starters; distance. six fur
longs.
Sloane. riding Mr.. David Cooper's Q
year-old chestnut. LeJavelot. by Forager.
out OF Dolly Agnes, again finished first in
the race for the Stand plate, worth 500.
Nine horses ran. Distance. five furlongs.
Mr.. A. A~Iexander's brown colt, Ravelaw
Castle, ridden by Sloane, won the final
plate, worth $3.50. Eight horses ran. Dis
lance. one mile and a quarter.
Marther ", with Sloane up, won the
Saturday weller handicap plate of lO3 SOW
ereigns. Twenty-one horses ran; distance.
five furlongs.
The November handicap was won!by Sir
Henry FarQuhar's 3-year-old chestnut filly,
Astoria, and the LoriIlard-B eresford sta
bles' 5-year-old chestnut horse, keenan,,
ridden by Sloane, was second. This race
Is Of 1.5O sovereigns. for 3-year-olds and
upwards. Thirteen horses ran over the
Cup course; distance. one mile and six fur
longs.
Sloane is a great favorite at the Man
chester meeting. He was cheered when
ever he appeared after his two victories to-
day. and betting on the horses he is to ride
No American celebrity has appeared in
London In recent years who has cut q
larger figure In the public eye than thai
OF Tod Sloane, the jockey, who continues
to pile up a phenomenal record of victories,
often winning on dark horses. 1t is
even more than his rare track achieve
ments which inspire comment among the
British sporting gentry, not to mention the
The little jockey lives at the Great Cecil
hotel in almost the luxury of a bimetallic
commissioner. He has chartered a suite OF
pensive in this very expensive establish
ment, and here, surrounded by his pictures.
his expensive outfit of trunks. and the re-
are always willing to share the earnings of
success and attended by his valet. he
maintains a style greater than is assumed
by half a dozen Continental princes who are
sheltered under the same roof.
His desk is piling up daily this week with
kilograms from the most prominent horse
their horses for every race 80 that he finds
81 impossible TO accept half the engage
ments offered him during his stay in En-
ficins here about the first of January. will
indulge In a few days shooting in the
country, then go to Paris for a visit, thence
TO Monte Carlo for a few days. then home
snd to the Pacific coast for the winter rae
Ing.
OF his English experiences and his recep-
ti0n by British sportsmen the American
Jockey talks most enthusiastically. He
does not, however. indorse Mr.. Pierre Lor-
illard's verdict that sport is cleaner and
more straightforward in England than in
the United States.
81 do not see any difference between sport
in England and the United States,' he said
to a representative of the Associated Press.
Most men in both countries go in to win.
while there are. 1 suppose, horsemen in
both countries who may take advantage of
tricks IL they saw their way clear to do
20. To say that turfmen of England are
more honest as a class than those Of Amer
lea is a mistake. Probably Mr.. Lorillard
felt bound to say what he did because he
Is racing in England. II he was racing in
the United States he would probably talk
the other way"
The complaints of English papers that
Sloane was setting a bad example by bet
ting on the races. he declared were merely
attempts Of English sporting writers to get
him into trouble because he was a foreign
er. Sloane's style has been fiercely CRITICS.
ed in England because he leans far forward
on the horse instead of sitting straight as
do the British riders. He asserts he varies
his style with each horse which he rides,
and that he cares more for results than for
style. Financially. Sloane says that Amer
lea is q better field than England. assert
ing that he can max Sl5. 000 a year at home,
while his earnings here are not up to that
figure.