The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-15

before the wind up Of the season. although
he had been successful beyond his expectA-
tons. He has signed a contract to ~
rext year for the French turfMan. IL
Vicompte d'HArcourt
Thorpe Is in this country now. and VIZ
spend the greater part Of the winter with
his family at his farm in NEBRASKA Thorps
is the Oldest American Jockey riding He
IS past 70 years old. and has bssn seen 1D
the saddle in every part Of the Cntesa
States. To his credit II must b sid ~
he has never been IN So truuAsA He ~
slway, regarded by the watchfnl eGBcsss n
the Jockey Club Of New York - - hcos0
and painstsking Jockey. not % sAnESsanAs
" brilliant. perhaps, 40 Sloan = 0DeDe
Ger, but always steady and reliable. He toso
to England letters Of re-commendatjc0 NO.
several promir ens American turfOen. Wheea
il the reason he got q license without trUa.
BILE. Thorpe saws that CorriGAn b only
hanging on in England By the a11n Ct h:S
teeth, and may at any moment foedvo .
hint from the English stewards t1a4 - is
rot wanted. Corrigan has made ran0e
ments to race q big stable q ARas1eAn
breeding in England nexs year. but he Wfll.
Thorpe Gays. take the precautaoo e 60
terinS all his hrst-classa animals IN tAe most
important French races. SO that Il Il BE-
comes necessary to change his base suddsr n
" he will be able to do 1t without sefio
II 50. C~orrixan's conduct in England, Thor
and other Americans recently come hon
say. has been radically different from his
deportmeut on this side Of tie Atlantic
He has abandoned his ovefbeaItng methods
and become as mild as a lamb. and he has
conducted his stable with scrupuI0us hon.
esty.
Clement jenkins managed to hold on in
---.--1 y>-< 1,oa1 h~cnr~A he hAA HkA-l
fortune to be necessary to the Gardner-
Leigh combination. Prince 6oltyk06. the
Russo-Engli.h t1rfman. with whom Jsnkins
signed at the beginning Of the season. had
the misfortune to lose most Of his GOOD
horses. jenkins did Tot have WORK enough
to keep Linn busy. Leigh was without .
rider, 30 he took Jenkins up. Jenkins 10
trying to secure employment in Lei9h's
stable next year. but Leigh has not lost any
Of the cunning which won him success q
this side Of the Atlantic. He know With
way the wind Is blowing. and Is trytpG to
secure an English Jockey. II he doeS not
get an English rider he Will. 1t Is said. re-
employ jenkins. II he does not. Jenkins
viii 20 to France OF Austria or Russia.
where American riding t9,ent II In srsas
dem:nd
Even the veteran John Higgins, an Amer
lean who has been training horses IN Eng
land for the last ten years. has NOT escape4
,he prejudicial hate heaped upon his race
Men Of shrewdne4o and common sense at
tribute this unreasonable Jealousy to the
realization by English Of their impotency
to successfully compete with Yankee skIl
and enterprise IN breeding. developing.
training and riding race horseal And II -
I OF believed that there will be any ahats-
ment until they hay learned that Il - uss-
less to attempt to combat the inavitak,~
German and Russian comDeitt$o
never aroused any such Opposition, -
cause EnSlissmen have Always realised thaJ
Continental competitor could never becs06v
a menace ID British prestige.