Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-18
SLOANES JONAH ARRIVES.
The Man Who Offered Money to the
 Jockey, Causing His Expulsion.

1He Aan W no OHGfeu Money to the
 Jockey, Causing His Expulsion.
 One of the first passengers to walk down the gangplank of the steamship Majestic when she was moored to her dock yesterday was c. A. Mills. the English betting commissioner who placed wagers for F. Gardiner, the Australian mine owner who furnished an excuse for Jockey Sloanes banish- ment from the English turf by ad- hitting to the stewards that he had promised to give Z l ,OOO to the jockey Ill the event of his winning the Cam bridgeshire on Codoman. Mir Mills. 1t is understood. comes here with q big commission from MT Gardiner and au- thorfty to bid high for the thorough bred sire Hamburg when he is put up at auction on January 30 MT Mills sad that the English public was not of one mind in regard to the action oi the stewards of the Jockey club in SlOanG'S case
 Many Englishmen think he's been treated bit rough,' he said.
 Would an English jockey have been treated the same wayT'
 Yes; and if it had been an English jockey people would have thought it AoO,
 linen you think the stewards weren't quite fair to Sloane?'' aueried the reporter.
 "No." returned Mir Minis. "I've noth- ing to say against the stewards. They are thorough sportslnen.-
 Altogether MT Mills seemed to be of the opinion that although the stewards were correct in acting as they did they had been unnecessarily severe.
 'Ihe horse CodOman." he continued, twas owned by M. Ephrussi. He won the Grand Prix de Municipale in the early part of October, with Sloane in the saddle. Then he was brought over to England to run in the Cambridge shire, and on account of his Paris per formance had to put up 10 penalty At first the odds were 50 to 1 against Codoman, but the horse started at II to l. During the week of the race placed some bets for Mir Gardiner, who owned q string of forty-se-ven horses. Gardiner was not a heavy. plunger He wagered only $500 on Codoman The commission was placed at the av- craze odds of 20 to l. so that Gardi- ner stood to win G1O.OOO, of which he could easily afford the 6 LOGO of fered to Sloane. One fact which has not been given much prominence was that Sloane was riding for Gardiner the week of the Cambridgeshire Cod oman had won three races for him, two on Encombe and one on De Ruby, and was practically in his employ Mir Mills is staying with John F.. Mcdonald of No 43 West Fifty second street. He expects to remain here about a month. England, he says, was covered ten inches deep with snow when he left there.
 He nredicts a big racing season in England this year.
 '.As to the American style of riding, 1 it's pretty generally recognized as the best,'' Mir Mills said, ''and number of | the best English jockeys are copying l it. Among them are K. Cannon, Hal sey and w. Kane, who ascribe to the change the fact that they had sue cessful season. Of the gentleman rid CTS, the most prominent one to imi- tate Sloane is Mir Rindall, who last year won more than fifty races. All the boys who are beginning to ride are learning the American style, and they find 1t Q good deal eAsier than the older jockeys. to whom the short stir. rup presents s0me difdcultieu~