Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-08
AMERICAN JOCKEYS HOME.
They Arrived Yesterday and Talk
 Rut Little About English Friends


 Down the gangplank. of the big ocean liner Deutschland yesterday morning walked d distinguished com pany Of American jockeys. fresh from their cOnquestS ill England. They
 were Lester Reiff. who leads ali the jockeys of England: his little brother.
 Johnnie. who is only little less dis
 tinguished and little less successful
 than himself: Danny Maher, the only boy of merit that ever went from this side and rode in England without be-
 ing abused by Englishlnen, and Gle
 ment Jenkins, who has not occupied
 the center of the stage so often as his company. All the boys were glad to set their feet on American soil, and when they landed there were any num- Der of friends to bid them welcome home. When the Deutschland was at quarantine Thursday night a represen- tative of the Press had an exclusive interview with them. so that they were
 well informed of the latest turf hap peningS in England before they landed. All the boys looked well and expressed themselves as being pleased with the treatment which they had received ill England. and announced their inten- tion of returning there in the spring. The late turf TnDleasantnesS in Eng land has made diplomats of these American jockeys. They have learned to say che thing and think another. Mahcr showed no inclination to add anything to what he already had said to the Press at quarantine Thursday night. and slipped away quietly. The Reiffs and Jenkins fingered to talk to friends. Later the Rei1fs went to the Hoffman House. where they will stay two or three days before going to their home in Emporia. Kan. where they will remain until March. when they will return to England. Next season
 the Reiffs will ride for Lord Beresford, whose horses will be trained by Wish ard. Maher will ride for Loriliard. and Jenkins has an engagement with Prince SoltykOff.
 Of this quintet Jenkins was the only one who would say anything of | England that Was not pleasant And the unpleasant words were about the ruling in SloaneS case. They did not
 concern himself. II was treated well on the other side he said. but 1 think Tod got the limit If he was guilty he got as much as was coming
 to him. If he wasn't guilty he got as much as he would have got if he had been. 1 guess he's the double zero. l
 don't know much about the rule under
 which the Jockey club denied q license to Sloane. but l haze an idea that there are a good many boys in Eng land and out of it who would do q lot of ShOulderillg to prevent So,OoO present from getting by them. None of those bouquets came my way. so didn't have any temptations to re SiSt. If it's wrong 10 accept presents it's wrong to give them. and as the
 man who gives them, starts the bad
 work he should be punished more severely than the jockey. It certain ly does look bad for Sloane though. I'm sorry it has broken so badly for hi:!:.''
 It doesn't matter to me what Jen-
 kins says" Lester Reiff said when he had been informed of the light manner
 in which Jenkins had treated the pres
 ent- giving question. What he says won't grow any flowers on my funeral he continued. I've been
 well treated on the other side and--'
 Do you think Lord Durham and his supporters treated you wel?'' Il byStander asked.
 Well. that's neither here nor therc that's all over.' Reiff replied. Five been eXonerated by the Jockey club he continued. and that's enough for
 me. As I said. I was we'll treated on the other side. Even the jockeys were friendly to me. and when the close of the season found me at the head of the list they were the first to congratu- late me. Johnnie and l had n most successful season. In fact. it was our best year on the other side. l guess we cleaned up more than %oO00O on the other side.
 Would you accept a present under
 circumstances similar to those under
 which Sloane agreed to accept pres sent?" was asked.
 That would be my personal affair, i was the reply.
 II don't care. to discuss Sloane or i Sloane's affairs" Reiff continued. ''rhe | Jockey club seems to have thrown him
 out and l would not be surprised If | he had ] hard time to get back Despite the fact that his earning ca
 pacity is S23.O00 I year or more. ! Johnnie Reim still is :n knickerbock- CTS. He will not be sixteen until | March. Johnnie was the favorite of | the women passengers on the DeutSch i land.
 Local 1orsemen found the English | Jockey clubs denial of Il license to 1 Sloane a fruitful subject yesterday. \ | great majority of them were of the
 opinion that the action of the English
 Jockey club would end Sloanes career | as Il rider in England and in the west. 1 Many horSemen expressed the belief 1 that the gates of the western tracks would be open to Sloane. Others
 pointed out that the English Jockey | club had not suspended Sloane O. revoked his license. but merely noti- | fled him that he need not apply for a
 license and that. under the circum- | stances the American Jockey club l would be free to issue a license to | hi:.:
 It is not likely. however. that any | such good fortune is in store for 1 Sloane. Members of the Jockey club
 seen yesterday declined to commit | themselves on ..le subject In any 1 event it is not likely that Sloane win
 apply for an American license until an English license has been refused.
 and then our Jockey club will not pc | f,.ca in rrnnf one fn him