The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-17
ENGLISH TURF LEGISLATION
DEBATE ON JOCKEY QUESTION AMI
TRAINING AT NEWMARKET,
spirit Of Pair Play Defeats the Effort to Dc
ptive Americans Of Apprentice Allow
snees - Dute Of Devonshire oppose
to Placing Restrictions on Our BOYS

!. o"'.", u..,ry n, thu
uon,nain" ~" 80 = .hIoh The erort to
prevent American boys rsceiviDg the apprentice
sm.r.na. -, eno ,o,,d. ga. d,,eated by the
mora broad-mlnded sportsnen Of the ciuo
,oo, 10 uor, IN ,hs seb,,. though the Duk.
Of Devonshlre. Lord Crewe and other pronlh-
emit men spoke In favor Of fair play for tho
Americans, Tho occasion for the discussion
extending the apprentice allowance TO handi-
caps a. well as selling races wn nt n"sspm .sth
AZ q previous meeting oy loro purnain' uith
The avo~ee intention Of encouraging Ens'''h
~" ,o,,.u,o .n.,dnsn
nv Lo"ther novea M VIZ nn-h"m ,n'
S..,..,,hsi. La, nes,,ng.
o'os'eu
No allowance can b claimed under tnis rue ei'
snn,,n,io,d 70 a trainer carrying on hi. business
aPp'su''o'
therein -.
A.H .,.nsnT ~. put. ~ D.yonshire
ssid tina, It seemed q very useful amendment
% ..v .dulv spprepttced TO q trainer carrying
s.-.--. ,h.r., hu, n. d,d not 80
on "s 800 49, .nnr.nao. 90.
horn Mr. Jovther aaId he was not sure that
. ~. CO.,. n,~..r, N. la. dina the
Hs no' s..t "a 4. ,,., ouo,.d "A
matter was discussed ana ID "eh auo''o -
follows:
.Inrd Durham .,p,..s.d nj, readiness to
.nbody words which should preclud. this
r,le from assravatins the OWL Of which he
complained. The evil was that American
hoys were Drought over mere anu wa ,"o,
cut out the Eng ish apprentices and the minor
jockeys in England. and that the English r,ders
OF, the lower class would be driven out iW.
amendment was to prevent what he was told
,-..u.a, uona,, a., going on. namely,
ht 'he pfeeeh' "'n,u voc .-n.a
the importation Of lads who had oeVelopeo
certain amount Of ability In that direction In the
spnr enticiny them 10 the class Of trainers that
Lord Durham had alluded 70: He did not
tbe oass that boys were being imported into
this %countrv, bows who might have won several
races over In America a hoy might night, have
won a rnca or two-hs forgot when their seq
son besan-blt. AZ any rate. he might, be
rDtgt, e,d NJ their bcIny atle to sweep the
hoard II that were done the last state would
lie worse than. the rr-t The persons who
tpc,r, go 10 10 IL
Mr. Ft,william asked II a colonial boy would
IL 7 lied out. and Mr Lowther gave further ex-
With sxis,s for tho American Jockeys when he
replied:
Iii tina cluh would like TO nut In the words
T,-i.i,h srhiact he did NOT mind. The rule
v,s Interiad TO encc rage Erslish stable lads
and 10 cIya them IA, ilitips FOR riding. and what
VAS obie, ted To- was that lads could De imported
from staules abroad who would have considera-
! lp experience and who would cut out the Ing
li.h ones. Tint was what he wanted 70 stop.
He did not MAKE any special attack on any on.
sr+tncd b. him much better TO adopt the
words on the paper which would protect the
Ipclish stab ladS from being ousted from
wh : he cllh Intended hem TO hnve
After further discussion. ord Wolyerton
suggested that they should divide on the QLes
ton whether they should protect The British
lads The advo,at.. Of fair play were. how
evp-. 10 be heard from ard the report ~ ts
Meeting continues M follows
Lord Crevp thought tho club ought to have
glearlv In mind what they were doing. There
vas no doubt that by ador ting the amend
r,art ~ NJ IOWther II was distinctly FRO
,ectlnQ English stable lads against the Aneri-
,.ps. and giving them IN Advantage over
t,pcr1con hlvs Of tho same CALLER. Mr..
T owl Lar talked as though American Jockeys
or eyro-iorca we-e being Imported and ap-
,-c,ti,.d hoo of,er winning races in America.
,h,-oLv rai,iny on ,Iufair advantage over
.,,hio hoya in-n h,t. ne ,ratter Of fnct. .he
,r,1n-r,urd ui,vance was only made for ono
- ,,.or yttrInp "a roco in any coun-
- NV" ~
i,r Io,,bar Thought IL would coyey the
-
W." &C s,iJ ,h,, would no an. h,, ~
!" 80, 4, t,,cric, In mo rrevio,is ANN
> vs. ~. 49, hara riGjc, III. rrst vir,s-
IT, y, ~ , mn 4, ycnr ,rd no would only In va
Nv 'h' Vi"Ni,', n'u, w 90" n,nr H. in Eng
z II. -tu'lh' niNW Ii''ipl ~, 'l'l.h~ w ih,N