The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-29

young American Jockey who has been
clectrifying all England by his wonder
fuI hcrsernanship, knows he rs the best
dressed character on the turf.
Ii IS said that this young man-now
about % years of age-carries with him
all the way from one 10 three dozen
suits OF clothes. When he was riding in
America. he generally had to pay sew
craI dollars for excess baggage. Sloane
lives high. but not fast. When in Amer
fca. he always puts up at the best ho-
tells and occupies a costly suit OF rooms.
I'm London, at the present time, he has
the best and most expensive suit in
the fashionable Hotel Cecil, and all of
sporting England is talking and telling
wonderful tales of his expensive tastes
and habits.
In the evening he is immaculate in
the latest cut Of dress suit--a very
glass OF fashion. He is very fond of two
things-pretty girls and cigars-and
when not engaged in riding he is very
seldom seen without a big black cigar
between his lips.
Sloane has studied dress as closely as
ne has horses, and that is saying a good
deal. OF course he has a valet i'm con-
stant attendance. There isn't swell
in London who dresses better or lives in
better style. On pleasant days he drives
In the park. Now and then he takes
walk, but not often, for walking places
him at a disadvantage. He has adopt
ed the English fashion of giving 5
O'Clock teas, and Ii is really wonderful
how many well known people are glad
TO partake of his hospitality.
I'm the evening he goes to the theater
~-always seated in a boX-or to one of
the clubs.
One thing that did him n lot OF good
socially in London is the reiteration of
n story that is said to be perfectly true.
The story runs that once on an Amer
tcan track Tod was handed $500 by a
big gambler. Tod carelessly handed
hack the money and said. Thank you
very much. but don't accept tips
IT is said that when Jimmy Michael
the diminutive little welshman who
has been showing his heels to all sorts
and sizes OF bicycle riders in the United
States these last few months. heard of
the dash that Tod Sloane was cutting
with his high silk hat and fashionable
clothes in London, he Immediately be-
came jealous and resolved TO become n
rival in that line. Michael is about 5
feet inch in height and OF slender
uSuIcs Ills tldfld sel says tnal WOndef-
full suits of clothes, from the easy
iounging. half undress golf suit. with its
picturesque stockings, to the most inn
lnacuate of afternoon suits, have been
ordered for Michaels use. When TO
these are added the wonderful ties and
chokcr collars that go with them. Ii is
eaid that Michael cuts a great dash and
is no end OF swell. When all his en-
gagements have been finished I'm Amer
Sca for the winter. Michael is going 20
take some rest. and then will be the
time, II is stated. that these wonderful
suits will be sprung on the world.
Kid Mccoy. the promising young
pugilist who recently attracted atten-
tion by defeating Dan Creedon i'm the
ring. may be spoken of as the Beau
Brummel of the pugilistic world His
sObriquet OF the kid" scarcely justi-
Sics McCoy's appearance. for he looks
big enough when in ring attire to fight
any man In the world and strong
enough 20 wrestle with n Ssndow. But
put Mccoy into citizens dress and. as
he himself has said. he looks every bit
like a gentlemanly lounger on Broad
way or some well dressed and well
groomcd young man of fashion. lie oc-
cupies apartments at the Vendome
hotel when in New York and is very
fond OF exhibiting himself in his fine
clothes.
Followers OF baseball will surely grant