The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-01
JEALOUS OF SLOAN.
English Jockeys Are Much Dis
turbed by the American.

Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 1.-The clerk of the
weather has at last relented and Great
Britain has emerged from a period of
prolonged drouth amid general rejoice
ings. The western, central and north
ern counties were deluged on Thursday,
while London and the south were treat
ed to refreshing showers. The Their
mometer 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 refill the reservoirs which through
out the country had run very low. Birm-
1ngham only had storage sufficient
for ten days and villagers in many
parts were obliged to walk miles in or
der to obtain water. Many of the fine
patriarchal 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 weller
handicap. Mandorla finished first in
that race, which was for 100 sovereigns
at seven furlongs, being a neck ahead
of Kirschwasser, ridden by Sloan. But
an objection was lodged against Man
dOrla for boring; this was sustained
and the race was awarded to the horse
ridden by the American jockey
There is no 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 Is
mounts to his credit and he finished to-
day with eleven wins out Of 20 mounts
as his record. The attempt to GUST
Sloan on Thursday was made when he
was descending the Bushes hill Rob
inson, who was riding the favOrite, Log
gan Hall, cannoned 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 run home
swerved to the right, taking Kirsch-
wasser who was close beside with her,
the result being that Kirschwasser lost
by a neck. But Sloan was not yet
beaten and his first words on returning
to the weighing room were: Say,
where's the objection room?''
The upshOt of the matter was that
LOates and Robinson were summoned
before the stewards of the Jockey club,
who disqualified MandOrla and suspend
ton meeting and cautioned Robinson.
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: 1--WE
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
duct upon the part of even a fashion
able jockey like Loates. It would be
far better for some of our riders to
initiate to a certain extent Sloan's
style than to attempt by unfair means
to jockey him out of a win"
The suggestion that the English
jockeys initiate Sloan's style of riding
has already been anticipated by a lead
ing English jockey, Madden, who won
the Triennial stakes on Thursday, in
SlOan's style, with the saddle placed
well forward and finishing on his
hoses neck The successful North
Country Jockey Weldon is also adopt
ing the American style of riding.
An important meeting Of the Jockey
club this week considered the question
of short distance races, the increasing
number of which, it was contended, is
causing degeneration of the stamina Of
thorOughbredS and is converting the
horse into mere instrument for gam
ing The jockey club decided that half
the total amount of the added money at
every meeting shall be appOrtiOned for
races of a, mile or over for 3-year-olds
and upwards and that half of this
money shall be devoted to races of over
a mile and a half. 1t was also agreed
that prior to June 1 of each year there
shall be no 2-year-old races of greater
value than 200 sovereigns.
This has been week of congresses
distributed among various provincial
towns, the chief of them being the
church congress at Bradford. Some pro-
nouncement from the bishop of Can
terbury was expected on the great
question of ritualism which threatens
to bring about a serious split in Angli-
can circles.
The archbishop proved somewhat dis
appointing as, while he declared the
church must put a stop to a great deal
which is going on and expressed conf
dence that the bishops will be able to
stop it, yet he did not give the faintest
indication as to how this was to be
done A definite announcement, how
ever is expected next week in the arch
bishops charge to the clergy of his diocese
when decisive instructions are fully an
ticipated.
The conference Of the miners fedora
ton in Lcndon decided to accept the