The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-11
SACKCLOTH AND ASHES
Tod Sloan Goes Down to Defeat
in Two Races.
WASN'T IN 1T WITH C0NLEY
A "Darktown" Jockey With Rank Out
slider Leaves the English Turf Vic
tor Far in the Lurch-He Is
Out of Training.


| Special Dispatch to the Standard
San Francisco. Feb. 10.-Tod Sloan Is
| clad in sackcloth and ashes. The Dark
town" racing brigade is filled with a
| naughty touch me-not-or-you-perish spir-
it, Tod made his California debut for '9s
| at Oakland in the fifth race this after
! noon. He had the mount on Wawona,
who was an to ) favorte at post time.
| The grand stand was packed with thons-
ands, who shouted themselves hoarse
when Tod came out on his mount, Tor
had he not thrown dust in the eyes of
the crack English knights of the saddle
and returned from campaign abroad
laden with honors and his pockets bulg-
ing with British gold?
Tod was decked for the occasion I'm Il
black silk shirt with white sash draped
artistically over his shoulder. HIS Jockey
boots were of the latest English pattern,
and as the ladies in the grand stand eN-
pressed II. TOD looked just too sweet
for any thing" young coon named
Conley had the mount on nag dubbed
by his owner Our Climate He was a rank
outsider in the betting. 40 to ] being OBJ
tainable on his chances at post time Con-
ley had blood in his eyes when he ap-
pearcd on his mount, and Long John, y
an elongated 'nigger'' who thinks Conley
the greatest jockey since the days of
Isaac Murphy. called the attention of his
moneyed friends to the circumstance and
at last predicted aloud that dat air mig
ger Conley was ies gwine to clipse dat
air white trash Sloan
Bookmakers and the public gave John
the ha, ha, but the laugh was all on the
other. side when Tods star disappeared
behind a dark cloud at the end of the
fifth race and Conley on Our Climate
came sailing in winner by two and "A
half lengths.
Just wait till the next race; Tod won't
do n thing to that nigger," said the
staunch partisans of the great light
weigh. Tod had the mount on Duncan
Camerons crack Montana filly. May w.
She was installed favorite at TO 5 at the
opening. and even money on the closing
odds. The entire Montana contingent bet
heavily on the race and the outcome was
probably hardly less bitter to Dune Cam
eron and the other Montana boys than it
was to Jockey Sloan.
Coon J. Conley had the mount on old
Iibcrtine with only 102 pounds up. Mont
gomery and Tea Rose raced out in the
lead to the stretch, where Tod came
grandly on May W., and the paddock
seemed to have the race safe, but Conley
came like a streak from behind and Sloan
woke up too late to stand off that terrible
rush of the old boy, and Libertine landed
under the wire by half length in 1:1i12
The result was heavy dividend for the
bookies. despair for Sloan. light pockets
for Montana and great joy in Darlktown.
The time was miserably slow for such
fllies as May w. to be defeated in. Cam
eron felt very sore after the race and
vowed he would never race again unless
allowed TO put up his own boy. He
brought Jockey Goun here from Chicago,
but for some reason the officials have
never allowed the boy 10 ride May w.
The filly should have won hands down
i'm such time.
The track was fairly good and the day
perfect. Sloan professed great sorrow
over his defeats. He had not been in the
saddle for over two months, had been
living high. and was probably not just
fit for winning debut. Tod has blood in
his eye now, and while he SAYS but little,
intimates that there are breakers ahead
for his rivals from henceforth. lie intends
to pay strict attention to business get
into frst-class form and ride to win for
on his success between now and the En-
glish fall campaign depends in a great
measure his future on the English turf
Results: Weather fine track fair
First race, seven furlongs. selling-La-
mascota won. Moringa second. Eroica
third: time, i.40. Three furlongs-
SANITY won. Gold Scratch second, An
chored third; time, 81 One mile and
berg second, Walter j. third; time. 1851
Mile and a sixteenth. free handicap
Marplot won, Morellito second. Lincoln