The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-07
TOD sloan BARRED OUT
HIS LICENSE FOR. ENGLISH TRACK
NOT TO Re RE-
VIEWED
LESTER REIFF Ex0NERATED
While The Latter Is Commended as
an Exemplary Youth, Master
Ted Is Thrown Down
Hard.

LONDON, Dec. 6.-The Racing Calendar
To-Day announces that Lester Reiff. TIE
American, jockey, has b5en exone4 ated
OF the charge Of pulling Mr. RICHARD
Croker horse, The ScOtchnan H. at
1DoncaSter- Tod Sloan, 1t is added, has
been Informed that he need not apply for
a license for next season.
After having examined witness eS
Which included the habitual hackers of
American jockeys, their banking accounts
and betting books, which they desired to
at the stewards disposal, the stewards
further declare there is no reason to sup
pose Reih betted or received unauthor-
lied purses.
The following is the taxi of the racing
calendar 1t having bsen reported to
the stewards Of the jockey club thar
Sloan had accepted an offer Of a large
present from Mr.. 4. Gardner in the
event of the Goldman winning the Cam
brldgeShire and that he bet en- the race,
they inquired into the case. Mr.. Card
ner, who was not aware Of the regula-
ton fOrbidGing such presents, express ed
great regret at having tranSgreSSed, and
the stewards, fully accepting his eXpIa-
nauon. uned him nominal peralty Of
SO. They inflicted q similar fine on Mr..
9 A Mills who acted as commissioner
Tor Mr.. Gardiner.
Finding both charges proved against
Sloan, they again Informed him that he
need not apply for q license TO ride,
The stewards inquired into the running
Of GeTOlStein and ScOtchuan IL. at IliV-
erpOOi A number of witnesses, includ-
ing both jockeys, were examined. The
inquiry was extended to other horses rid
cen DY L. hel!L. Zee stewards dee1Ced
mat no suspicion whatever attached to
Rickaby, and they also completely exon
Grated /. Reiff from blame
THE stewards further decided that no
blame attached to the owner or the
trainer OF the SCOtchman II. a number
of vague TuHlOrs inquired into were prov
ed to be unfOunded.
THE Liverpool stewards are commend
Tor having referred The case.
1t appears that Slosn's arrangenen s
with the Prince of Wales came about
through p G. Gardiner, but that the
friends of the prince in the Jockey club.
having a forebOding of trouble, saved
him from the humiliation of engaging Z
disqualified jockey.
The COuc6nSuS of sporting opinion In
London this evening Is that Sloan has to
thank the clique OF undesirable persons
whom he allowed himself TO be identih d
with In England.
CudGmon, it will be remembered, was
the French horse upon which Sloan won
an important race in France. and the an
the Cambridgeshire.
Sloan's faith in CUdamCns ability r.
suited in the fOrma5 ion of enc # the larg-
est pools of the season. A1r. G7rd1ler
was only one Of many large supporters
Of Sloan's mounts. It is estimated that
something ike 10000 went down when
the irish horse Beryl cantered home
The Sportsman will say tomorrow:
Lester Reiff, may Be sad in The fullest
sense of thu word. to have left the court
without q stain upon his character. There
are few of US who will not be thorough
" delighted with this result. for he has
made himself Immensely popular here by
his uniformly modest and uEassuning
conduct and he viii doubtless be a great
er favorite than ever next season.
White we are sorry to appear inclined
TO cEuit over q man who IS down, We
cannot help saying that the curt inEma.-
ton u Sloan gives almost IS much st
iSfacGOn as the triumphant acqUittaI OF
Reif Nobody denies that Sloan IS a
very fine hOrseman, but little else can
be said in his favor HIS manners are
far from admirable and he appears 70
regard himself as the eQuai, i not the
superior, of his employers. He ought
never To have been allowed to ride after
his di5graCeful conduct at Ascot in 1883. y
The decision of the jockey club was al
most the only subject of conversation at
the Buffet. Victoria and Othsr sporting
resorts this evening. The adverse de-
cision in the case Of Ted Sloan came as a
total surprise to the racing world, as it
did his closest followers
So lirtle doubt had Sloan himself. of his
ability to race here next year that he lie t
nearly all his personal possessions in
london.
Mr.. Cookers friends are much pleased
at his exOneratiOn, as web as that OF
Wishard and Lester Ref, and the de-
cision was wired to him at Carlsbad.
REIFFS IN AMERIA.
NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Among the pas
seugers on the steamer Deutschland,
which arrived today, were the American
jockeys Danny MaheT, c. Jenkins and the
Rein brothers.
red IS SURPRISED.