The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-20
TOD sLOAN,s RIDING.
His Methods Likely to RevOIutionike
the English Turf.
London Mail.

MAIL.
,,d Tod sloane's success threatens to revolu-
uonlZe racing methods AT present Sloan
ana ms peculiar style of riding are the sem
SSation OF the turf world throughout the
United Kingdom.
Nobody else in England rides now. or ever
mas ridden. like Tod Sloan. His seat in the
SADDLE. the extraordinary manner in which
ne crouches down behind the head Of the
horse the ungainly position he occl1nies
are entirely at variance with all the tradi-
slUrs OF the English turf. But they are
sloan appeared. for the first time i'm Eng
ianu IN the autumn of last year, when he
MAS Vas Drought over by Lord William Beres-
Ioru. HIS hrst appearance on an English
race track excited only ridicule But in 4
lew days he began to win on horses thar
W. met .s supposed TO have no chance of coming;
Sloan finished last years season with
twenty wins out of fifty-three mounts - a
RTroP,oI uoil tnat mas rarely been excelled In,
england. On the last day his riding VIII an
ne won TOUR out of five races and was seq
ond IN the fifth. excited widespread com
Sloan appeared again in England less than
eilree weeks ago. His proportion of wins out
OF mounts this year has exceeded that of
last year Up to Tuesday evening he had
won eighteen races out of thirty-follr. He
MAS close second in many of the races
ne iost, ana rode only few favorites His
success has been so great that bookmal ers
nave united in refusing to allow betfors RI
nnuE S,oan IS mounts, insisting that they
On Friday of last week Sloan won five out
OF seven races at Newmarket, was second
IN the sixth. and the horse holted in The
seventh This performance has twice heen
peaten In England. and has several times
oe s, beaten by Sloan himself in America.
sloan mas at least three times won five out
OF nVe races George Fordham at the Ri
Dury meeting here, was successful i'm seven
races 81 Wnlch included dead heat on Athena
IN the Hamilton Post sweepstakes. but in
the declder he was beaten by Leonie Fred
Aircner, at Lewes. on Oct. 5, 1882, rode six
r malnef r., oeing his only mounts Archer
Aax
VI nVlng Jockeys T. Loates rode five win
All anrT tb July I've rs 1889 and on May 2 1885, won
1893. winners III
At the same time no one denies the great
perfection of Sloans riding as proved nv the
results. His continued successes have
created a sensation which the English turf
has not experienced for years
Sloan says that his amazing success is m
a large extent due to a new style of rid
ing passed on scientific principles of which
ne claims to be the discoverer. Some Of the
best authorities On the turf agree in at
tributing Tod Sloan's wonderful success fo
the new and peculiar manner in which he
sits upon the horse 80
One authority on this subject saws tha+ OH
mat IS needed to make Sloan is "a short
legged young lad and that if the Joalev
S Iup a. aiioW sloan TO go on he intends to
VIII turn out a crop of Sloans in short or
DER rms gentleman has written letter
10 the sportsman. in which he says that
After observing what he calls the trick.
he himself, he says, has ridden on an in
ferior horse in Sloan's manner and beaten
superior animal. II have no wish to rob
Sloan of his wonderful trick" continues the
correspondent, but. as an owner trainer
and jockey for nearly forty years / think
1t Willedo racing no good by him continuing
to ride here, for. like the crack spot-stroke
player at billiards, he will spoil the genuine
game 1t is right enough for the .merrv
punter, in fact, it is Klondke at home for
him, but if every one backs Sloan where is
the bookie to come in?
Its all right for those with long purses
who can afford to pay Sloan big retainer
which is got back at once by those who
gamble. But how about. the owner who
races for the pleasure of the thing and the
small-fry owners that could not afford to
pay Sloan a big fee? They have no earthly
chance, and If they take my advice they
will wait and see If Sloan rides refuse to
run against him and allow him a WalkoVer.
Its unfair to all our jockeys, it's unfair
TO all owners that cannot have his services
as the trick is fourteen pounds certain in
favor OF the horse ridden as Sloan rides
You will say, why don't other Jockeys copy
him? say the present crop of riders, with
few exceptions, are not built that way,
but IL the Jockey Club allows this spot
stroke player to go on--I mean this trick
ride TO go OIL shall at once start making
q few jockeys out of some raw material
1t only wants short-legged young lad to
start with, one that has never known an
other style for choice. and you can soon
have few more Sloans riding