The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-21
ANOTHER TURF BAN FOR
TODHUNTER SLOAN
French Jockey Club Bars
the American Jockey.
SPREAD RUMORS, IT'S SAID
Charged With Exercising Rose de Mai,
and Then Circulating Report Filly
Was IN Poor Form.
SPREAD RUMORS, IT'S SAID

PARIS, May 20.-The stewards of the
French Jockey Club. the supreme French
turf authority, yesterday issued formal
notification reciting that Tod" Sloan
the American jockey, had exercised Rose
de Mai at Chantilly last Sunday without
authority. and therefore excluded him
from further entrance to the weighing in
closures or training grounds of the So
ctetv.
The Temps" says Sloan's exclusion
was less for breach of the rules in gal
Looping Rose de Mai than for spreading
turf rumors." AS a matter of fact the
hlly's trainer escaped with fine of $500.
Questionable Tactics.
The action Of the stewards follows nu-
merous incidents connected with Rose
de Mails victory IN the race for the
Prix de Diane at Chantilly last Sunday.
This race is one of the classic events OF
the French turf. being equivalent TO the
English Oaks, and is worth SIC, 600. Count
de Saint-Phaile's Rose de Mai was sec
ond favorite. at to /. but reports on
the morning of the race that she cough
ed and that 1t was probable she would
not start sent the price to II to l. Later
it developed that Rose de Mai was
heavily backed at long odds, and she won
in fine style. whereupon NJ. Marghiloman.
a well-known horse owner, voiced the
public feeling, with the result that NJ
Charron, who superintended the flly's
training, challenged him to fight a duel
Their seconds tonight announced that
there was no cause for duel. This
announcement was simultaneous With the
notice of Sloans exclusion. Brethes, the
trainer. was fined $500 for unauthorized
use of the training grounds.
Conspicuous Figure.
Tod Sloan for the past five years has
been the most conspicuous jockey of
England and the United States. and his
name still is closely identified with rae
ing, though for three years he has been
denied the privilege of riding under
the ruling of the English Jockey Club.
which. two years ago, refused TO grant
him Jockeys license. Sloan, who is
about thirty-four years old, is a native
of small Western town, and in his
early connections with the turf was rated
as quite an inferior rider He first
came into prominence at the San Fran
cisco winter races OF 1898. wnen, under
the coaching OF G. E. Smith. he develop
ed into good rider, and later, pursu-
ing the same tactics, was accepted as
great jockey. He was the first sue
cessful jockey to adopt the seat, now
known on the turf as the Sloan" seat,
whereby the jockey rests his weight over
a horses withers, and, reaching far out
forward. rides with u very short rein
In 1899 Sloan was the leading American
jockey, and then went TO England. where
he was quite as successful he was
in America. In the latter year he was
brought back to the United States under
promise OF big fee, and rode w. {.
Whitney's colt Ballyhoo Bey 10 victory
for the Futurity- Sloan then went back
to England and continued his successes
there until his extravagances in per-
| sonal expenditure and his methods ri
| living brought him under the ban OF the
English Jockey Club, which denied him
4 license, and so barred him from riding
either there or in America.