The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-03
TRIUMPH OF AMERICANS
CLOSED THE ENGLISH RACING SEA-
son WITH A STRING OF OWNS"
Comments of the Press on the Vic
eys-Maher to Get s35, 900 n Year.

LONDON. Nov. 2-Accordine to a New
market correspondent, Danny Maher, the
little American jockey is now the premier
rider of the world. He has been engaged
to ride the horses in charge of Trainers
Blackwell and Richard Marsh. at COM
bined salary of $4,000 for next 'seasOn-the
highest amount ever paid any jockey in
the world for a years work in the saddle.
Richard Marsh trains for King Edward
VII. The engagement of Maher as jockey
is regarded as a tactful way of express
ing the Kings opinion that he is not preju-
diced against American riders.
The American horses, trainers and jock
eys wound up the racing season at New
market in such a glorious style as to cause
a general reversal of opinion on the part
of the race-goers. To-day no word is too
good for the Americans. Such a high
authority Field says: y. Reif had been
cut of luck for some weeks. and so tickle is
the British public regarding jockeys that
it had already been whispered that young
Reiff mad quite lost his riding and that
he was nothing like so good as some of the
apprentices. This is quite delusion. Reif
appears to be stronger in the saddle than
any Of the lads of his own weight When
1t comes TO a close finish he can still hold
his own with the older and heavier jock
eyS. In style we never saw him equaled
by one of his own weight. His effort on
Volodyovsky a Sandown Park was superb,
and this week he was the hero of the hour.
Reiff has not only astOniShed the English
turf but has proved a bonanza TO the
boolIies, who, on the Cambridgeshire alone,
won enormously. Watershed, the winner
of that race, ridden by Rein, carried
smaller money than any outsider in the
race. IT is true that the price was
duced from &c TO l against to % to l against
within forty-eight hours of the race. But
few persons knew until shortly before the
race that Watershed was to be substituted
for Spectrum. who was put into COM
pdratively unimportant subscription stake
against j. r. GreeneS ChacOrnac. But
this race was also of great interest to out
Siders.
The Sporting Times tells the story thus:
whitney and Keene are by no means the
best friends, having quarreled over race
in America. Whitney now goes for keene
whenever or wherever he meets him, and
with Keene running horse, Whitney's Is
stakes is a sweepstakes of 100 guineas each,
for which you take a nomination and name
a horse at the last moment. In the present
case when Whitney'S agent saw keene was
taking a nomination. the following message
was sent to Keene's agent: If you viii
nominate Cap and Bells we will nominate
Volodyovski-' The challenge was declined
a match between the winners of the Derby
and the Cakes would have been food for
conversation for years. In the result ltswas
left to the understudies of tkese celebrities
Spectrum and Chacornac.
William X Vanderbilt has come over
from Paris, accompanied by his Jockey,
Buchanan. fellow-traveler from Paris,
describing the millionaire's party, said
Buchanan wore a diamond that made even
Mr.. Vanderbilt blink Mr.. Vanderbilt Is
much interested in August Belmonts en-
deavors to establish reciprocal relations be-
tween the English, French and New York
Jockey Clubs.