The sun., 1900-12-07
NO LICENSE FOR SLOAN.
E,0tfU JOskGp sIfR RtRs HN
gROH RfDfNO ~ mar fOi >TRt,
Uis Career IN the saddle Uere Also ws'
be Ended punishmert bus tos From
iscd Acceptance ~ ash and HsttinG VIZ.
7 Croker and Jockey Nrir psor~rsted'
spsriH Chei' D''"''A 10 tnr srN.

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| club to-day rendered the following decision in
rrglrd 10 Jockey Tod Slonn'- riding Of VI
| EIrhrassl'. Goodman IN the race for the Cam
| budgr.h.rc stakes
1T having bcon reported 10 the stew
nrd, of tho Jockey club that sloan
| accepted m OTTER of a lar ,e prescott from
! frank Gardner Oh" Australian hor-" pNnerj
| In THO event Of Goldman, winning the
| Cambr dgcshIro, and that ao1n also
| made bets on the race, they led an in
| 1uiry Al this Investigation MIR Gardner
| declared that no was not aware Of
| the regulations forbiddn ng tie giving Of
| such presents md expressed gfoa' regret
| for having violated tie iul"-. Tho
stnWarls fully accepted his exclamation.
| but lncd him, a. well ~ G. A. Mills. who
acted US his commissioner The also found
both charges proved AKA nst sloan and have
Informed HIM tnat h" need not apply Tor a
license to ride In England again"
Gardner aud his Commissioner. Mills.
We're each fred G2j, The stewards also
rendered a decision in regard TO the
running OF Lord Durham'~ Gcro!strin
and Richard Crokor's The Scutclmau II 4.
In the races for the Wavertree plate
at Liverpool and the Clumber plate at Doncas-
ter. In the first Of these races Lord Durham's
horse won and in the second The Scotchinan
ii. beat him easily. Rickaby had the mount
on the English horse and Lester Reif rode
Mr.. Croker's entry After the race at Liver
pool Lord Durham complained OF the lncon-
sistcnt running OF The Scotchman IL. and
said Reitf had held him back in the first race
so as not to show his true form. Reir said
that the loss OF the second race was due en-
tirely to Rickaby's poor riding
The stewards in their decision say they have
incl linz ba
riders Of both horses. and the repr esontatives
OF both stables The habitual hackers Of the
mounts OF the American jockeys and other
persons had freely placed their bank ac, cunts
and betting books at their disposal Owing
to the comment that had been made on the
running of other horses that had been ridden
byLester ReiH during the season. the stewards
had extended the scope Of their invest-
cation to cover all these events. As a
result OF this inquiry the stewards COM
pletely exoneratsd Reif. The stewards
said there was no reason to suppose Rein had
received unauthorized presents and no evil
dence whatever to show that the habltual
supporters Of his mounts had not backed them
when they did not win. They also decided
that no blame attached to Mr.. Croker. the
owner OF The Scotchman H., or MI Wishard.
tie trainer.
Sloan left Tor California last night in accord
ance with ni, arrangements When inter-
viewed by a reporter u TIE Sun before his
departure the Jockey said that he was greatly
surprised at the news. as he was Innocent 81
any wrongdoing. lie said that while at the
Newmarket meeting he had been called before
tie stewards and had then admitted to them
upon the condition that he was TO get 81 900
il he won and nothing II he did not. He did
not know that II was any lnfraetion q the
rules to make such an agreement, but "a Codo-
man ran second he received nothing and was
therefore clear u any violation. As to bet
Sloan W concluded by saving that he would 20
To- England on May 1, anyhow, and ask for his
license and I'D hearing ,nt ~ i don't a9nt get 1t
peared to be little doubt last night that, al
the Ens.R % JacEes Cub & un FOR tTauduient riding,
the action taken Is tantainount TO dismissal
from the English turf and Will IN all PROB
country as well as in England. IL is exactly
the same procedure as was taken q the case
Of the noted English jockey G.. Wood. who
was kept dow for two years. after which time
he developed into trainer and that ay9ca.
Club, as lie had not Ueen proved guilty Of any
The decisions Of the English Jockey Club
have alway, been recognized. by the organic
Zation which controls racing in this country.
and there o!pears to be no ground for an
The mere !lct that he has been informed
that a license will not be granted him in Ing
land VII! be sufficient to warrant n. being
ride here next season Racing M n were not
quite so unanimon- as 20 the probable action
thought that perhap, the CONGRESS might
take the stand that as no fraud hadn bee
CHARGED against sloan lie might be allowed
to ride In tho Western circuit Other opn-
ions were that the Turf Congress would fall
In line with the Jockey Club and this would
mean tho closing OF sloan's career as
As to the chance Of the English Jockey
Club reopenin9 the case and reversing its
decision on tho application which Sloan
says he intends to mako for a license next
spring, there does not appear to be the slight
ss fon' eNer recedes 9t from wben
once II Is assumed. 1t must be borne in mind.
too. that The English authorities in deClin:
ruling him OF on charges have taken the
easiest way out OF the matter. and at the
sss saes wE s the Re'p snf Wick Sn
EXISTS against american Jockeys In general
and Tod sloan In particular,
When license Is denied to a Jockey In
England he Ia not permitted 70 enter stand
or nciotnTe mo on any raesttaok S , Inns WIN 6s
eoT SsTsa S4sn e at as s"an peen %
plated going into partnership with Mr.. Gard
ner, the Australian horse owner. next season.
while here TO ride Ballyhoo Bey in the Futur,
ity Sloan purchased several animals and |
they were shipped to England to prepare
Tor thS far nf
cerned. it is the impression that 4 Sloan
wishes to become Identified with the turf |
In any capacity except that of a Jockey he |
will be allowed to do SO. and that he may |
become either trainer or an owner and be |
reasonably sure Of being recognized by the |
Jockey Club and Western Turf Congress. |
unless the English Jockey Club goes further |
than it has at present and actually rules him |
OF
In the general discussion on the subject
Of the great jockeys setback the action Of he |
Prince of Wales In declining TO ratify the con-
tract of the American wa- brought rp and 1t |
was said that, as q member OF the Jockey
Club. the Prince had an intimaton when lie
made that move that Sloan would not receive
a license next year. and that he cancelled he
contract 10 prevent the humiliation Of having
his Jockey practically ruled on
The rise and fall OF Sloan marks a peculiar
epoch In the annals OF English turf history
Although Willie Sins preceded him. Sloan has
been regarded as the pioneer Of American
jockoyism in England. which now has arrived
nj such stage that IT, has pract lcally usurped
the privileges Of the English riders At first
ridiculed for the forward seat. which he
adopted and compared to n monkey on a
stick" in tho course of few years Sloan
demonstrated his sterling ability 10 such an
extent that he soon became recognized as the |
best Jockey In England and was idolizcd even
moro thoroughly than the great English |
rider, FTedttrcher. was In his palmiest day.
In fact, there are thousands of Englshman