Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-07
ABOUT TOD SLOANE.
The Decision Approved and Con-
 demned by Different Horsempn.

Qenneu Dy Different lIOrSpmpn.
 London. Dec The decision of the Jockey club was almost the only sub Ject of conversation at the Beaufort |lctorll and other sporting clubs last evening. The adverse decision in the case of Tod Sloane came as q total sur prise to the racing world, as it did to his closest followers. So little doubt did Sloane himself have of his ability to race here next year that he left nearly all his person;n possessions ill London. ..I.
 MT CrCker's friends are much pleased at his eXOneration, as well as that of Wishard and Lester Reff and the de cisiOn was immediately wired to him at Carlsbad
 1t appears that Sloane's arrange mentS with the Prince of Wales came about through P. Gardiner. but that the friends of the prince in the Jockey club. having a foreboding of trouble. saved him from the humiliation of en- gazing Il disqualified jockey.
 The consensus of opinion in London last evening was that Sloane has to thank the clique of undesirable per sons whom he allowed himself to be Identified with in England. Codoman.
 
 horse upon which Sloane won an i'm portant race in France. and the animal was brought to England to run in the | CambridgeShire. SlOane'S faith in Codoman's ability resulted in the for nation of one of the largest pools of 1 the season. AIr Gardiner was only one of the many large supporters of Sloane's mounts It is estimated that something like G40,O0O went down when the Irish horse Beryll cantered home.
 The Sportsman said today: "Les- ter Reitf may be said. in the fullest sense of the word. to have left the court without d stain on his character. There are few of us who will not be thoroughly delighted with the result, for he has made himself immensely popular here by his uniformly modest and unassuming conduct. and he will doubtless be q greater favOrite than ever next season.
 While we are sorry to appear iil- clined to eXult over a man who is down. we cannot help saying that the curt intimatiOn to Sloane gives almost as much satisfaction as the str1uni- Dhant acQuittal of Reiff. Nobody de nies that Sloane is a very fine horse man, but little else can be said in his favor His manners are far from ad- mirable and he appears to regard him. self as the equal if not the superior of his employers. He ought never to have been allowed to ride here after his disgracful conduct at Ascot in 1S99."
 It was due directly to Lord Dur I hams agitation against American turf men that the present investigation. re sulting in the ruling off of Sloane, was begun. The result disproves every one of Durham's specific charges, which did not include any allegation against Sloane.
 Richard Croker's horse. The Scotch man H.. with Lester Reiff in the sad de. defeated Lord Durham's Gerolsteir lat Doncaster. The local stewards oi Wishard. the trainer, and Lester Reiff for an explanation of the Doncastel running and they eventually decided to refer the subject to the stewards ot the Jockey club.
 Lord Durham on November l: plainly accused Reiff of pulling" The Scotchman II. Telegraphing to the officials of the Liverpool racecourst urging an investigation, Lord Durham
 
 said:
 '.In a speech at the Jockey clul Houghton meeting I said Reiff had no attempted to beat Gerolstein at Don caster. So my complaint was not be cause I lost the race. I hope tht case will be referred to the steward: of the Jockey club"
 There was strong intimation at tht time the charge was brought that Lort Durham was particularly anxious t curtail Richard Croker's English rae ing career. and that the fight agains Croker's representative at Derby, oi November 1G, put himself in the humil iating position of, having to produc, his principals betting book for botl the races referred to by Lord Durham An inspection of the book showed tha Croker had lost heavily at Doncaste when The Scotchman IT. was beaten and that he had so little confidence il j the horse's future success that he dy