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

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, Dec. A-Every steamship ar
irving from England these days brings some
American horseman, owner. trainer OF
Jockey with q tale Of woe regarding tne
treatment he has received IN the English
turf. And the burden Of every ones o Is
that an American horseman has about as
much chance to make a living on the Brit
ish turf training or racing or riding or bet
ting on horses as an American book agent
would have to win wealth selling the Ency-
clopedia Britannica to the natives OF the
Peninsula Of Kamschatka-
It Is the consensus Of opinion among these
returning c~ampaigners that the American
invasion, which a few years back the Eng
Hsh professed to dread SO much, is over.
Tho English, it Is asserted. have adopted
defensive measures which have checked the
invaders at every point They have not
stopped at the small fly. either. They have
attacked the rich men as well as those who
have to work and scheme for q living. They
have got rid Of the latter by merely notify
ing them that their room is preferable to
their company. They are eliminating thu
former from the situation by handicappinS
their horses out Of races.
The only rich Americans who stand well
on the British turf nowadays are James X
and Foxhall p. Keene. And the keenes nave
won favor with the stewards Of the English
Jockey Clu by employing an English train
er-Sam Darling-to equip their horses for
races, and an English rider-Mornington
Cannon-to ride them. The American train
ers Of ordinary circumstances that will be
tolerated next year are Eugene Leigh and
Edward Corrigan. Leigh owes his security
to the fact that he has the backing or
Frank Gardner. the Virginian. who made
an immense fortune in Australia by the IN
yention of a mechanical c~ontrivance to ex-
tract gold from the quartz of ~ndo
mines, and then went to England ana cui-
tivated the Acquaintance and friendship OK
King Edward when the present wearer OF
the imperial ermine was only the Prince OF
Wales and was sometimes pressed for ready
money, which Gardner had in lavish album
dance.
II it had not been for the Princes friend
ship for Gardner. persons thoroughly famli-
lar with the situation in England say. ne
would nave been advised to abandon tine
turf az a means of recreation at the time
Sloane wa ruled or. Sloane was banished.
It will be remembered, for agreeing to ac-
cept a present Of coo from Gardner In the
event he won one OF the rich nahoicaps IN
the fall of 800 will the French horse Cado-
man. Even the Princes patronage was not
sufficient to save Mr.. Gardner the num nAna-
ton Of being summoned before the stewards
AM warued that q repetition Of the onense
would bring down upon him swift and severe
punishment. Ruling o1 q Jockey and repst-
manding SO prominent an owner as M.
Gardner for an offense Englishment commit
every day Indicated to shrewd observers =
distinct bias In the British onicfai m'no
against everything American.
Keene Sees Signs 81 u Times.
eoane did not get the present Mr.. Gardner
promised because Cadoman was NOT lucky
enourh to Win the race In question. MI
Heene. Who was In England At the tina and
MAS thoroughly familiar with the racing
situation and the rapidly growing pfetudSce
as1fnst Americans. was the only American
thu ground who had the good sense the1
dnd there - 1iseard III American 0aanA