The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-01
STOAN'S TRIUMPH ABROAD.
m1cK AMERICAN JOCKEY STAR
TIES ENGLISH RLCEGOERR

a.,su Mounts ut Nswmarket-Brittshers
~ Laughed at His style Last Year Now
T~ioniIs Him - Incidents Of His Career.
S,.to, cabt ptrpsicA 10 TEE suH.
-ynvnoN. Sept. 30.-The average Of winning
,nrnts recently scored by Tod Sloan. the
Imsrican Jockey. Is said to have never been
S.atsn In England. His successes, according
40 one uportinG paper. create q strong feeling
- Ia.lousy among the other Jockeys, some OF
AN. n IA limited. triei 10 treat him unfairly
'. SJsnchester. and when Sloan won their Bit
I.nnsss increased. Sloan's successes have
Nm 40 great that the tlpsters are now selling
his mounts.
an the GARD at Newmarket to-day and rode five
winners,
S,.rrs Iorillard's Draco and also won on Lord
TIIiam Berestord's Manatee. It is impos-
sihle To describe the sensation his continuous
rms have created. He generally starts q
tayorite now. Irrespective OF the merits Of the
horses he rides.
An unpleasant Incident yesterday resulted
IN the suspension OF sam Loates for four
weeks for boring Sloan. who was riding Lord
nunraven's Kirschwasser. The stewards i'm
mediately entertained sloan's protest that he
had purposely been sandwiched between
Iostes and Robinson.
In thefour days racing OF the Newmarket
First October Meeting. closed to-day. '::sloan
won ten races outsof his thirteen mounts. He
viii ride at Alexandra Park tomorrow, where
he will have three mounts. Sloan 10 creating
n.furor among turfgoers.and the Americans
hero are winning pots Of money on his mounts.
The scene in the betting ring after the last
race at Newmarket to-day beggared descrip-
ton. The bookmakers we're paralyzed. but
the public applauded Sloan uproariously. the
cheering lasting several minutes.
Sloan has upset all traditions and his merit
Il unquestionable. It has been said that the
American methods Of riding must be wrong.
yet Sloan wins with horses which the English
Jockeys handle unsuccessfully
At the sale Of American bred yearling fllies
at Newmarket to-day the prices averaged 172
Ruineas. The experiment Of importing Amer
ican-bred FLIES will be repeated annually.
No Jockey since the palmy days OF Archer.
rick. Mclaughlin. and Garrison IN this coun-
~ ryT,,r h9s ever Os ! SP1Sale slo so stT IN bSs to 6c6 RISStiSS
I %SGt not one ss Of his noted noted p pre- ece aS&ieE at.
81 himself, Not satisfied, with natiqnal. pres
ierDational honore, with the result that his
fame as a successful horseman is on the tip OF
: :TsF{E S sSRISHdf but SS. q IN sv In e othe Ra seStio SO Sf : try
slT%SsS . Tf slcsn ra %ent t s9S E toSnd T l 14S' fSst fall
SSsre and was openly laughed at BY his Rivals
abroad Hs made the trip then chiefly to ride
British "abaeSuendS handicaps, the CGesare.
Witch and the Cambridgeshire. His peculiar
style Of riding at once became g general sub;
i SFsv e lIG'' made fun '9 9f f fhs, D%yer q
Jockey Bins. Sloan, rides, with a very short
On his horses neck when nursing home a good
thing. The English cracks favor q lengthy
:tI7Ton And TSt E ,GsR ANAL F s49v and No sit xS dSEn Ike sbe S SaD.
trS:t ar0Sssd comment "a en- and a as IS1 9Eo sS sl len
place In the Cam~bridgeshire shortly after max
Ing his British debut. and might have won the
e. ssals sT " AZ u o he hsd n 1s Z Re sas d sSers 1e BY
Rnny who thought he, won out. but the Eng
l,h critics were still ske9tical as to his merits.
A SassR hl slSsR IN 5'f S4itish e ey sins AND f ne result iG
American, played sEittisss With his .EnsIisS
stiSSll S.s s of r ESp1 %tt SG fo ais d f9ssis and fs g nspsoSd On in
ter. BY this time the Englishpen had be
f6ted and entertained by titled horsemen who
{SSseiy eSndsescend to recognize Jockey outside
The American boy held up his end in style.
HiS heedou9rters were at the Hotel Cecil. Lon:
Don; where he occupied an expensive suite OF
Par with the most fastidious London clubmen.
strong = tnducepeatS were held out to Sloan
contract to the Fleischmanns here and reiuc-
family turned, his face homeward last spring
% Nth the he fixed neodlti n5 Sd Ss Of goipS back to som,
nfst favorable opportunity.
That opportunity came q few weeks ago. and
that pow furnish the chief topic In the racing
MoTd. After a phenomenal, run OF, success
on the Eastern tracks here during the sprinG
Knocked out by illness. but rallied In time to
fgt q wide swath at Saratoga. There the
they had nothing good enough In their string
70 Justify, his retention. and he was promptly
i tRtnfsH isSn BY 20 Sydney @ + fSSs s ,ou Tso t late. F PSFsSS
q opd 1 ne sailed ed away to the great disconftGre
him throughout the season. On two-year-
ed ISS down the Eclipse and Futurity conrses
bis Success Sss S e tsF SO u ef ! f RAT sts p SnSfs5s io snd
fSuSa dents GSradueIlly accepted the theory. when
ne pigskIn, Sloan has made q unique place
70, %Tlt hin Sc ~ the sporting world As high
SHiy' TenderloinE To ! San rei FrSn cisStsS and In94 from eae
SaratoEa to the London Strand. In the after:
t aSSons sn between races he was generally one Of
vyiaualS on theSSiSwns Of Eastern tracks. and
Ssset dinner he was generally to be seen in the
TNUt oStpvb CeHLTeb Vi dmuS0u.enU dUIlrOQ IN |
immaculate evening dress and blowing in"
m2pey by the handful.
M i0an was born at Bunker Hill. Ind, on Aug. |
~. 1873. It is an open question whether the
sllgnihcant mann ofhis birthplace had any
E1aG 70 do with his decisive CONQUEST Of the
long before he became prominent In his pres |
ny vocation he was nicknamed Tod" He
Ieeelyed q liberal education up to the time he
vas 10. when, he was induced by his elder
ps0tneE to utilize his small stature and weight
~ IldeT OF -racehorses. After a promising
nopulate ne was intrusted with HIS first mount
n new Orleans In 1879. While yet a minor
~ h9oe With considerable success, but II was
tEtthin the last three seasons that he flashed
s % ne front as the leading lightweight Of the
mounts In 1896 and In 1897 Improved this
t,ecord 70 a remarkable degree. This year. up
W inc time Of his departure for England. he
~ practically at the head of the winning
wSSSStteyS lMst, as, although Maher had O noml-
ia Lead. sloan's, percentage was much the best.
en SSNan Is q midget In stature and scales ac-
TVtuine 70 his condition from 90 TO 80 pounds. |
81 loller' Qf sulky horses he has few equals
ksu as . gentle handler Of free running horses
~ u probably without q peer.
~u'emn Meeting Opens To-day at Morris
Park with = Fins Card.