The Topeka state journal., 1900-12-08
SPORTING NEWS.
Tod Sloan Explains How 1t All
Happened.
Very Much Surprised at Action
of English Stewards
IN REYOKING LICENSE.
Jockey Didn't Think 1t Wrong
to Accept Money
From Owner Of His Mount If He
Rode Winner.

New York. Dec S.-The dispatch re-
ceived from London that the stewards
of the English Jockey club had 1nVeStl-
gated the charges against Tod sloan ana
that they had found the charges true
and had informed Sloan that he need
not apply for a license to ride, caused
considerable surprise among turfmen IN
this city. Perhaps the person who was
most surprised was Tod Sloan. When
he was told about the dispatch he said
the reported action of the stewards of
the English Jockey club was one or the
greatest and most unWelcome surprises
he had ever received. He was seen at the
Victoria hotel as he was preparing to
start on his journey. When asked If the
reported action Of the English Jockey
club would change his plans. he said:
1T will not change my plans in the
slightest. / announced some time ago
that 1 would sail from this country for
England again about May 1, and shall
leave this country for England at that
time IL nothing Unforeseen happens.
When reach England shall apply for
a hearing before the Jockey club and
try to secure a license to ride under the
jurisdiction OF the club. or course, the
Jockey club may not grant me hearing
but think I should be granted an op-
portunity to make a statement to the
club in my own defense. If a hearing Is
not granted me, and am unable to Sc
cure a license to ride in England next
season, I think it win then be about time
for me to take to the woods"
turf with accepting an offer of a large
SUN of money from Gardner in case
GOODMAN won the Cambridgeshire and
that you bet on the race2''he was asked.
While was riding at Newmarket the
stewards of that meeting called me be-
fore them and asked me if had accept
ed an offer Of a large sum Of money in
case Goldman won the Cambridgeshire
and il I had bet on the race. L told
them that had accepted the mount on
Goodman with the understanding that
I should receive e1. 900 if the horse won
the CambridgeShire and not one cent if
] did not succeed in getting the horse
first to the wire. I further told them
that 1 had received and accepted such
an offer from G. A. Mills I declared to
them that 1 did not think I was viOlat-
ing racing rule when,I accepted the Of
fer, and that had ridden in other races
on the English turf under similar con
ditons- As regards the allegation made
against me for betting. I stated to the
stewards of the Newmarket meeting
that I had not placed a bet on any OF
my mounts or against the chances of
any horse in any race run on the Eng
nsh turf since had been granted a Ii
cense to ride there
The stewards of the Newmarket
meeting did not take any further action
on the allegations made against me
while 1 was in England. When ac-
cepted the offer to ride Goldman under
the conditions have named had not
the slightest idea that I was violating
one Of the English racing rules
DO you think that your failure to OBJ
tain a contract to ride for the Prince of
Wales next season was attributable TO
the charges against you?''
No do not think that my statement
before the stewards of the Newmarket
meeting was in any way responsible for
the failure of my efforts to get a con-
tract to ride for the Prince Of Wales
next year. or course, you know that I
did not succeed in winning on Goldman
in the Cambridgeshire. As did not win
did not receive one penny for having
the mount on the horse The charges
that I bet on the English turf are abso-
lutely unfounded. While was riding
IN this country some years ago I was
asked by the stewards of a meeting
held at one of the local tracks if I had a
bet on my mount. I told them that I
had. and that I did not know that had |
broken g. rule in doing so. The stewards |
censurad me