Evening star., 1901-06-08
English Are Still Wondering How 1t
Ali Happened,
OAKS EVENT MUCH DISCUSSED. TOO
Superiority Of American jockeys and
Methods Generally Conceded.
BIG WINNIN ADE

LONDON, June s.-London is still talking
sion Of the relative merits Of American and
British methods of training and riding has
broken out anew. 1t must be confessed
that the British comments are generally
very fair. They sorrowfully admit the SUI
periority OF America on every point. The
Sporting Times says:
THE Derby has been won by a French
horse and American horse but never
until Wednesday was it won by a horse
that had other than an English Jockey in
the saddle. Whatever our horses might be-
the supremacy Of our Jockeys was deemed
complete. But that fallacy is now explod-
ed Thus, two records were broken, viz, a
victory for Jockey who was not a sub
ject Of the king and the running of the
race in the fastest time on record.
Oaks a Purely American Triumph.
''The Derby was an Anglo-AmerIcan
triumph, but, not so the Oaks, which wes
American pure and simple. 1t is a fact
that rivalry ran high in America last year
between Mr.. Whitney and Mr.. Keene, al
most amounting to bad blood when a colt
of Mr.. Whitneys beat Olympian for the
Futurity. Under circumstances il is not
a little singular that Mr.. Whitney should
have won the Derby and Mr.. Keene the
odhS Inc DERBY running or OlNmpian
told Darling he had the Oaks in his pocket
with Cap and Bells II To add to the
American triumph, the Tammany chief
tain, Croker, ran third in the Oaks while
an American jockey rode the winner of the
Derby, and the first three in the Oaks were
ridden by jockeys of that nationality
Henry. who was imported by Mr.. Keene,
who brought Sloan to this country has
made rare beginning"
VoIOdyovskf n Leased Horse
The
patches saying that Mr.. Whitney would
take Volodyovski to America, but he can
not do that. He has simply leased the
horse for 5000 cash and half of what the
horse might win at three and four years
of age, after which he was to be returned
Had Lady Meux cared to sell the colt out
right on an offer that was made he would
now stand at f25,0o0, the offer being f15OO0
down and 10000 more If he won the Der
by In these matters she has not looked
on money at all. Her great desire was
that as Huggins had borne the heat of the
day he should reap the reward. For that
reason she had accepted an offer that
would admit of Volodyovskrs remaining In
his stable. The only thing that might
have altered all this was If King Edward
had continued to be Prince of Wales But
for his accession to the throne we should
now see him credited with what no living
man has been credited with, viz. three
Derby winners.
Lady Meux is very public-spirited wom-
an. She paid fully for a battery of guns
and the public is little aware of the tons
of stores and comforts she has caused to
be sent to the troops in South Africa. She
has splendid collection of Nelson relics,
including Lady Hamilton's jewelry. When
Temple Bar was removed Lady Meux
saved the materials from being broken up
for sidewalks, had every stone numbered
and now old Temple Bar, exactly as Il
was in the Strand, forms the principal ap-
proach Of her estate at TheobRld's Park.
Money Won on Cap and Bells.
Fabulous sums were won on Cap and
Bells lis victory in the Oaks. The COM
missioners had literally unlimited orders
to back the flly as long as a decent price
was obtainable, and every American man
and woman that saw FoXhall Keene for q
week was advised to back the horse