The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-07
YANKEE JOCKEYS ABROAD
THEIR CONTINUED SUCCESS LEADS
TO CHARGES or POUL RIDING.
English Comment on sloau'. Suspension at
Doncaster-rae Priace's Horsr. However.
Vas Not Protested Victories OF the
AmeIIcanN for the Pat Two Meeks.

The continued Successes Of American rider
in England are becoming almost too great q
strain OF the cluJnimity Of British critics
Almost eyC-y raoins day adj 10 the winning
records Of the Yankee boys, who wc-e at lrs'
, likcuol 10 monkeys on sticks. but are now
recognized aS the most potent factors in IN,
use.Il art o. getting Oh VOL and taking tn,
shorte,t line for home. Renewed attentior
wac attracted 10 the subject on Monday last,
whoa little Johnny Rein scored four wins 1T
NottiI cham. This boy and his elder brother
lester have achieved great things in the saddle
during the 'oa.on and, incidentally, accumu-
ldtel1 ~'ortlns, which is steadily growing bigger
IN the Bank Of England. Both are high up on
the list Of winning percentages. and are making
the I.oates brothers. Mornington Cannon
and he other native crsckn hustle,
j. R.Sby. a boy that ranked little above the
exercise class here. has scarcely missed a day
without winning brackets abroad. "Skeots"
Martin cuts in occasionally Tor = SLIGO u tho
honors. and Jnnkirs In. been making his pres
ercc f>lt since hn wont over recently uud'r
contract to ride for J. storey Curtis. The
latest and possibly tho most effective recruit
10 seek British conquests in tho saddle IA Danny
Mnhcr. lilo had scarcely recovered his land
lac, after the frt ocean voyage he had over
lt'fl WucU nc W" UblAlFu lllO the SNlllle ~
Manchester with results that The Ficd Of sept.
% describes rs follows:
The American invasion was further prorn-
gated in the second race by the arrival Of y.
Maher. who had the mount on Paiute. he made
all tho running and won easily, so that he had
n promising commencement. and as he was
about at the top Of the tree In America, Il is only
to expected that his career here will lie equally
successful. II is worth noting In passing that
tbs latest arrival rides even shorter than any
Of lus compa triots. The second appearance
Of NInher In the saddle vas equally as happy
az the first. ia this race he gave us a splendid
exhibition u the tactics which were pursued
so successfully by Sloan WHEN he n-t came
over. Jumping away at the flag fall, he came
right through, sprcad-easllng his field In a very
decisive manner. and won In the commOnest
Of canters by a length
On top Of all this comes the news from Paris
that Cash Sloan who vas responsible for in
PRODUCING Tod 70 the running surf, has started
oil ON a winning streak while hattering ac-
counts are current regarding the work Of the
half breed Morgan IN Central Europe The
only American explorer after foreign honors
and nuggets Is Willie Sims who wont over
with Sloan. lie should succeed where Rigby
has made a strike. provided the horse Is forth
coming.
The path Of the American Jockey abroad.
however, il not always Of the sm oolhcSt. In
fact. the English critics i~nsipuate strongly that
he Is Deliberately responsible for the lack Of
smoothhess. The same cry is being raised
as Voiced in the f,cii. makes direct Charges
against the Americans, A.. follows:
The fact is that unfair, riding has been
greatly on the Increase Of late, and at Dom
caster II reached such a pitch that one heard
ribly angry at what they have seen during
the present season, and those only who are
tSo particular Jockeys are abe to
the situation with equanimity.
Ine advent Of the American jockey is the
riders are az Ia front q the homsbTed
s spinsy Of G fair t pisy Which St' Sssraeter TissO tRe eos.
duct Of the ordinary English jockey, and they
seem TO think that they have a right to take
In progress. During the DonCaster week every
one Of our transatlantic visitors offended
or appeared to offend against the rules laid
them we're carpeted by the stewards. In the
one oase no punishment was given and in the
other tAe sentence was OF the lightest About
these two particular cases we have nothing 10
say, but what We wish TO point out IL that with
a different act OF stewards at every meeting,
a certain sort OF riding may not-in fact does
800 49, 'N' ~ bN'Ni ~ INV
places az I did at Doncastsr, and thus il isnO
that the custom viii be discontinued.
"Inen, too, many Of the English jockeys
have become. TO a certain extent demoralizod
tho successes of the Americans. some,
indeed, have gone hopelessly 10 the bad, and
have lost some of their form, and puch
Of their head power A few. indeed. have
by the lessons taught by the Ameri;
can school, but a. a matter of fact nearly all
The TldlnS Is bad Just at present, and much Of
1t il ,ingularly 80. The Americans Know how
to ride a race according TO the c~locking syf-
EN- nbc out an 1ae SoI are SDi fi' HF R unfair unfair am Snd most
essly weak on a horse which takes much hold
ms together They are winning a majority Of
he races. because now they have the pick Of
Jockeys"
Jockey sloan. rough riding In the Port
.roanle t'a'i It w was DS one Of r ESr " frst 'ihmT9e
rortant mounts since he returned to England
from here after, scoring, a double victory on
fable ~dcspatches from Doncaster were printed,
many American horsemen fslt ASSURED that the
4 2%.F9's a. sb ssp,R.' dSi Bsg had ' SfsSod .af Elm ' .Sd
prejudiced the Doncastsr stewards Ac-
,ording 70 tho detailed reports brought in by
other complications in the Lucknow incident
and q fresh racing scandal has been furnished
by, the fact that Sloan was SIT down for the
BALANCE OF the meeting while the horses number
In an editorial on the subject the Field Of
sTi,e rjpples which ever and anon disturb
he placidity Of the turf have a habit Of very
-aridly dying away; but Last week at Dom
,aster the surface Of things was agitated by 4
so forcible that IL has by no means
.et settled down. 1t Is no secret, since every
me who takes racing at all seriously, and has
.Me interests Of the turf at heart Is talking about
I, that one Of the most extraordinary episodes
has ever occurred or is likely To occur In the
OF the turf arose out Of the Portland
Plate, run at Doncaster last week. In that race
was 40 impeded 1T different portions OF
he distance Of S mrlongs and 1872 yards by
as 10 be- prevented from winning the
ace, which, in the opinion Of his Jockey and
,thers, he would have done instead
4 being beaten by a head by Lucknow.
This view Of the case may be taken as being
correct, for, after All Investigation
~ the stewards, Sloan, the rider Of Luck now,
yas suspended for the remainder OF the meet
ng for unfair riding. considerable pains being
al Zen to Insist upon the use Of the word 'un-
air and not foul. though this Is one OF those
gse, In which there Is a distinction without a
The things which astonish tho
ucing world are, first, that the owner of Ea ger
hould bring a charge OF unfair riding against
Jockey, who by means of his Questionable
lCtiCs won the race, which he would not have
Zone had he ridden fairly. without applying
or the disqualification Of the horse. secondly,
hat the stewards Of the meeting should have
cCcptcd a case so brought before them: and.
hirdly, that il Is possible for a Jockey TO be
punished TO the extent Of suspension for unfair
iding which gave him the race without the
iurse being made to suffer as we'll The ruling
5 neither Just nor logical. The owner Of Eager
las allowed II to be understood that the reason