The record-union., 1898-10-02
The Prolonged Drouth Has at Last
Been Broken.
Heavy Rains in the Western, Central and
Southern Counties.
London Also Treated to Refreshing
Showers-The Advent Of Sloan
and His Many Successes on the
English Turf Creates Jealousy
Among the British Jockeys.
copyrighted. 1888. by Associated Press.l

Copyrighted. 1888. by Associated Press.l
LONDON, Oct. 1.-The clerk of the
weather. has at last relented and Great
Britain has emerged from period Of
prolonged drought and general rejoic-
ings. The western, central and north
ern counties We're deluged on Thursday,
while London and the south We're treat
ed to refreshing showers. The Their
.moneter and the barometer fell to-
gether. Frosts are recorded in several
parts of the country. The change in
the weather promises to be lasting and
will fiji the reservoirs, which through
out the country had run very low.
Birmingham only had storage sufficient
for ten days, and villagers in many
parts were obliged to walk miles in
order to obtain water Many of the
fine patriarchial trees in Windsor Park
are dying.
The talk of the sporting world is the
incident Of Thursday, when, at New
market, two English rivals of Tod
Sloan, Sammy" Loates and NAT"
Robinson, tried to hustle the American
jockey out of the running in the Welter
handicap Mandorla finished first in
efgns, at seven furlongs, being a neck
aheadof Kirschwasser, ridden by Sloan.
But an objection was lodged against
Mandorla for boring, this being GUS
tanned, and the race awarded to the
horse ridden by the American jockey.
There is mo- doubt that bitter jealousy
has been aroused by Sloan among the
English Jockeys, who are aghast at his
phenomenal series of wins He started
on Thursday with eight wins out Of
sixteen mounts to his credit, and he
finished the day with eleven wins out
of twenty mounts as his record. The
attempt to GUST Sloan on Thursday
was made when he was descending the
Bushes hill. Robinson, who was riding
the favorite, Logan Hall, cautioned, on
Kirschwasser. Sloan kept his seat, but
Kirschwasser lost his balance and was
passed by Mandorla ridden by Sammy
Loates, who Immediately after, on the
home-run, swerved to the right, taking
Kirschwasser, who was close behind,
the result being that Kirschwasser lost
by neck. But Sloan was not yet
beaten, and his first words on return
ing to the weighing room were: Say,
where's the objection-room?''
The. upshot Of the matter was that
Loates and Robinson We're summoned
before the stewards of the Jockey Club,
who disqualified Mandorla and sus-
pended Loates from riding until the
Houghton meeting and cautioned Rob-
inson.
The sympathies of the British sport
ing men are all on the side of Tod
Sloan, and the English newspapers
warmly applaud the prompt action of
the Jockey Club. One paper says:
I'VE invite foreigners to enter their
horses in English races; we welcome
them on our different courses, and the
same generous hand should be extended
to the jockeys, no matter whence they
come 1t is gratifying to see that the
stewards will not wink at shady con-
duct upon the part of even a fashion
able jockey like Loates 1t would be
far better for some of our riders to imi-
tate to a certain extent Sloan's style
than to attempt by unfair means to
jockey him out of a WIN"
The admiration of sporting men and
the jealousy of the English Jockeys
We're further increased by the magnifi-
cent showing made on Friday by Sloan.
when his record showed for the New
market sixteen first in twenty-seven
mounts.
There is no exaggeration in saving
that this caused a genuine tempest of
surprise and admiration in sporting
circles. The mere fact that Sloan rides
a horse, however mediocre the animal
may be, gives it good odds in the bet
ting. In the selling plate yesterday
Sloan set the pace from the beginning,
and though Eau Gallie seemed an easy
winner, he only beat The Wake. rid
den by the American jockey, by a head.
The fates seemed against Sloan in the
Rous Memorial stakes yesterday. Land
rail bolted and got away badly, and it
looked like sure thing for Quassiel.
ridden in a confident manner. but the
American Jockey, on Landrail. man
aged to accomplish another sensational
finish and won the race.
The suggestion that English Jockeys
initiate Sloan's riding has already been
anticipated by leading English
jockey, Madden, who won the Trien-
NAL stakes on Thursday, in Sloan's
style, with the saddle placed we'll for
ward and finishing on his horses neck.
The successful North County jockey,
Weldon, Is also adopting the American
style Of riding.
The conference of the Miners FEEDER
alton in London decided to accept the
employers terms regulating wages I'M
til 1901. The miners get an immediate
advance of 21a per cent. and a refer
ence afterward to the Cancellation
board, who have given the minimum
and maximum wage. The decision
wards off threatened strikes involving
81 500 miners.
or Glasgow to be heightened.
The Madrid papers have unearthed
the baptismal certificate Of Adelina
Patti, which has finally settled the
question Of her discussed birth
place and birth date.
1t was taken from the register of the
Church of ST. Luis, Madrid, and SAYS
she was born at 4 o'clock on February
10, 1913
David Christie Murray, in a newspa-
per here, revives the suggestion that a
monument to George Washington be
erected in England
In the Chancery Division Of the High
Court of Justice, on Thursday last, the
DAILY Theater case was taken up and
the appointment of receiver was
agreed upon pending the action Of DAILY
VS.. George Edwardes for the possession
of the theater