New-York tribune., 1898-10-10
THE RACETRACK.
TALK ABOUT TURF AFFAIRS.
BEN HoLLADAY'S VICTORY on sATURpAf-ENG'
IIsH COMMENTS ON SLOAN's RIDING.


creased the desire for long-distance races. 1t was
the only race of the meeting that aroused the en-
thusasm of the spectators. There are few or the
handicap horses which were IN training when the
racing season opened left 10 continue the struggle
for supremacy. Tillo is practically broken down
Ornament is on the ning list. Hamburg has been
retired hence the contest Saturday was con-
fined to horses OF moderate class with the single
exception of the winner Zen Holiday The mar
vellous change Of form exhibited by liandse is an
interesting topic for turfmen There Is no excuse
for at least one of the stewards in this particular
instance The steward referred TO was told by one
of the keenest shrewdesi most sharpsghtcd turf
men Of the present time that Handsel coud
another Maxine Gomez in any kind of race that
horses run and that the ne<t time these horses
met In a race IIandsel would beat MaXimo Gomez
80 decsively- providing a stable-boy or any oi"i-
nary Jockey had the mount on iiands'l-that the'e
would be no doubt about the truth OF ms asser''o'
Corbley rode Handsel on Saturday ana the tu'I-
mans prediction was verified The steward did not
ennear TO take any notice Of this strange trans
formation as he said to the turfman. who calIed
his attention TO Handsels defeat few days De-
fore: "You must have won heavily AS iiai'uS''
was a good thing" The turfman has peeh EueS9-
sng ever since then as to how that particular sue"
ard regards the fiphaps of form when certain
Jockeys ride races James r. Eeene IS alVe 10 lhe
situation and is anxious to punish wrongdoers or
steward who received the information
The smash-up the second race tram mat ie4t
Morris Park Saturday was a serious dildii an"
might have caused great loss of life. AS IL was
many persons who believed they were only sis""S
injured and who refused assistance. were lald up
With their Injuries yesterday. Isaac Thompson
who was never known 10 miss anything, was III
the wreck. He was badly shaken up ana hau 4"
severe cash cut in his nose Several stitches Were
taken in the wound and 1t Is likely that isaac VIII
be enabled TO assume the character OF Cyraho ue
Bergerac without the aid Of a makeup when ne
RECEIVERS. Several WeI-kho"h iaces"eiS "S'0 az
dured by the collision.
II is likely that new starter VIII De aPPoii'eu
next year. 1t is to be hoped that leadihg turlIheH
will endeavor to support him when he receives 'he
flag. There has been altogether too much laVorl'-
ism shown 10 certain Jockeys owing to their having
..friends at court" Some of the men who take an
active part in racing. and who delight 10 be seen
by the public In exalted places on the tur1, worK
the situation for "all that there is in IT. Ihese
men discriminate and make gallery plays TO gun
the public majority Of the racegoers see through
the frnsy pretences of these men. and express the
utmost contempt for some of them There are men
on the turf who are earnestly honest in their desire
10 have clean, wholesome racing Ihese men 90
not hesitate 10 attribute much of the in-and-out
running to the axity of stewards who are willing
10 sail close to the wind to subserve their OWN
interests.
7, is refreshing to turn from the topsyturvy con-
dtion of American racing to the racing in England
The stewards of the English Jockey club 90 not
hesitate wner owners trainers or jockeys are uh-
able 10 explain TO their satisfaction n-and-out run
ming or suspicious riding James 7. Sloan has prac-
tically revolutioazed the turf in England. HIS
rparveilous series of successes mas caused the Eng
lish turfmen 10 DO some thinking. hence Sloans
riding and his methods are receiving as much
space I'm the English newspapers as the situation IN
China The special commissioner of The London
Sportsman" has the following TO say about Sloan
and his riding:
In the first instance. ! should say he is man
of absolute courage: and it is this which, combined
with Kindness wins the confidence of all the lower
animals and is the first essential OF good jockey.
Horses wonderful judges or character, sec
Sn'y 0n sick does offer less opposition to the air
than the ordinary seat of horseman In scientlnc
phraseology. il dminishes the friction 10 d mini
mum Again. this position enables him TO grasp
the rens within a foot Of the horses mouth ana
the nearer the object TO be guided the more ac-
curatey can be applied the directing force Third
ly sloan am eonrinced reGGsn1zes ine econ. con
veyance. or on horseback; we can become one WIN IN
jump the banners; he simply let's his BODY
epposchcs the Banner he jumps into the air The
impetus which he has obtained from the horse
the horse has travelled and he alights on the
seeds back: but If we watch the baIehacked riaer
W do his part Of the Work if left alone Those
noticed how he Jumps off rapidly and at once
Changing his position in the saddle or interfering
with the special step Of the horse; because II must
simply makes himself one with his horse in move
temperament of such beautiful creature as
thoroughbred horse; he does not sacrifice race
unequalled skill and judgment. and with cool, in
tegent head he wins ms races Tnen Tco ana nGw
loss OF energy and that interference with horses
nature. For my part, am glad to see Tod Sloan
on our racecourses IT VII hQne be the nod cause t1s
dtions and intelligent, making jockeyship their
might serve a good purpose.
The following is from THE Birmingham Post;
Sloan has been so successful that II is no wonder
that English Jockeys should endeavor to find out
weight off a horses back and putting it on his
shoulders, and among the first to make experiments
IS Madden who rode In a similar sort Of fashion
on Aboyne in the Triennial Produce Stakes. Wei
SS SSs been doing soeng Of M m same sop an
through the summer. If. scientifically. or rather
may depend upon our own jockeys for finding il out
and beating our tutors az their own game. Up
Ing sS,1rday. october D. The feature Of this weeks
riding has been the remarkable success Of Sloan.
mounts has ridden he extraordinary proportion Of
riding he has done since his return TO this country
are twenty-seven mounts. of which sixteen are
winners and eleven losers. his average coming out
at 80 mounts per win. Followers of him an
Investment Of sovereign per race are now f37
16s 1Dd. 10 the good. and the average odds against
his mounts shade over to /. His longest
priced winner Buckbread. at Newmarket, on Tues
day. started at 100 to -. and the shorest-pri
(Draco) at 10 on. In the seventies" when there
were occasionally dozen fourteen races in a
day at Newmarket. IL was common thing for the
late George Fordham 10 have four or 1--WE winners
Sloan's feat OF riding FIVE winners In succession,
as he did yesterday. The late Fred Archer did It
several times. and at the Lewes August meeting
in 1882 he rode six winners off the Teel-Sunshine.
Polaris. La Fiancee, Fortssmo. Alfonso and Rams
bury.
The following paragraph shows that foreign-bred
horses fully up 10 the standard OF the horses
bred in England:
Sir Bundell Maple started horses in hundred
handicaps last and won two little ones but
ie 10 oil Ind. rnno.l ~.