The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-28
"SLOdSISM."
The Wonderful Success of the American
Jockey on the English Turf.
From the London Sporting Chronicle.

From the London Sporting Chronicit.
Nine times from ten the English people are right
In their judgments unless they come under the
sway Of unreasonine prejudice. And they have
proved themselves right over Sloan.
Two seasons ago a quiet. unassuming little fellow.
with an intensely pale face -emphasized by his
black hair and piercing dark eyes. possessed, ap-
parently. OF only a fragile fame-came among us,
and he was known as Sloan. OF all Sc ctions of So
ciety the English turfman ia the most conservative.
Therefore the stranger. with his new-fangled seat
and other idiosyncracies. was not to the taste OF the
public. which can nnthinkingly be cuttingly cruel.
Sloan. forsooth! "A monkey up a stick More
likely 10 fall of than sit on I'VE want no lessons
from the Yankees" And so forth. BIT sloan.
though he must have WINGED under the criticisms,
made no sign. He had come TO England to prove
his grit, and he has overcome a wall of prejudice
that seemed imI . ssable.
Even at this day. when Sloan is surrounded by
people who would not look at him as a jockey in
those October days OF ~, l cannot but admire his
indomitsble spirit. He would not be beaten down
by idle clamor.'' Had he lost the Cambridge.
shire Well and good. He would show how Cam
bridgeshires could be won. and before the week
ended he was elevated in the eyes OF the people.
Stolid. stern folk stood aloof. Bnt the people hocked
round him as the Israelites of old did round a new
idol on occasions. And who shah after such a lapse
OF time seek to recall the desfening cheers that
reused half Manchester on the final day Of the sea
son when he rode Man1mAn. lie Javelot, Martha ".
and Bayelaw Castle to success. and finished second
in the big race on Keenan,: Since then sloanism has
been a prevailing feature OF the turf. Belief in his
infallibility has become an article OF faith with
thousands.
Nor is 1t as though he had his horses picked ont
for him. Consider the case OF the wretched Sea
Fog. Last year he ran eleven times. and inissed 4
bracket. 50 soon as Sloan was in the saddle he ran.
tered home from Hermiston, The Reeve. and many
another. He ran again on two occssions-nowhere.
Reassociation with Sloan this afternoon meant vic.
tory. How can the thing in ordinary reason be &C.
counted for? We all keep on saying, 1t cannot
last But it has lasted through the three portions
of three years that Sloan has been in our midst.
And yet there is a simplicity in his style. He keeps
a horse quiet at the post. gets we'll away, and the
trick is done. Turn. for example. TO to.day's re.
ports. Swirl quickly drew out est. la cut out
the work Eva Victis soon held = clear lead"
Queen of Song was closely followed by Sea Fog"
Description of races will soon be child's work. a.
thus: sloan got well away, made all the running,
and won by so-aud.so." II this repeated experience
does not teach our Jockeys a lesson they have only
themselves to blame. With Sloan on the warpath
races must be run at top speed from start to nnish.
II cannot be that TOD :" IL always on the fastest
horse. 1t must be that he makes the most OF his
opportunities, be they what they may.
kRTTLEDRUh,