Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-28
AZ Never Did a Wrong Thing In
Ny Lit," is His Dec
IaratiOn.
REGAIN CAREER IN FALLOf 1887
r.,,r,s He Never Bet Dollar Oh
Auy Horse bat the onc he
Rode In Race

r.. allowing interesting article about
a., u,tle Jockey Tod Sloan, was writ
Wv nv ,bs famous rider himself
commenced my racing career In the
,,r n 1857. served my first year with
robrny Campbell and rode my first race
v.h Z 1859 rode with Indifferent sue
,..s FOR a couple Of years, 1890 and 1891.
IN isO2.s.l went off and seemed to
,sve lost all ideas OF riding, and came
% tho conclusion that knew nothing
,hout II. made up my mind to try
som, other vocation, but though the
,ruleatlon OF Charles Hanlon, lawyer
4 San Francisco, and the assistance OF
G.orse Rose, was induced to give race
ridlsg another chance, as these two
sentiemen saw more In me than j could
zoo IN mysef--they being about the
only ones who did see anything IN me-
on Feb. 5. 1889, rode my first race,
and I have never been called before the
stewards or judges for any suspicious
r,dIng or any fraudulent practise OF any
ABSORPTION. In the spring of 1897. ow-
Inn 10 a certain English rider, who paid
visit TO America, and passed critl-
clsms on some OF the Jockeys riding In
he country, / made up my mind to go
10 England. My opportunity came In
,he fail Of the same year, when James
p Keene asked me II | would go TO
England 10 ride horse for him named
st Cloud I'm the Cambridgeshire stake
Al Newmarket, told him | would. He
asked me when | would be ready to 80.
I told him Immediately, II necessary.
lie said you can leave Monday on
the Majestic"
/ think | sailed on the nth, landing
IN England about the 23rd or cath Of
september | took headquarters at
Newmarket went on the course every
morning and galloped tho horse st.
Cloud. The people turned out In the
morning TO see st. Cloud run away with
me, but they were disappointed, as st.
Cloud acted like n child. stood around
trying to get mounts In the morning,
They did not take kindly TO my style OF
riding, and they would not even let
me gallcp their horses at exercise. l
was never considered In tire racing over
there.
Though could get nothing 20 ride for
several weeks, ! stayed around, home
sick and heartbroken / had money,
and made up my mind TO stay In Eng
land II had to buy my own horses in
order 10 get mounts. My first year In
England Is Well known, although ! had
nothing TO ride Of any consequence, yet
! rode IS races, 20 OF which ! won The
following year ! went back 10 Eng
land; rode 9S races and won i5, Many
people have, no doubt, been mistaken
IN regard TO what they have read as to
my treatment my first year abroad.
Lord William Beresford. with whom !
was afterward associated IN racing,
started horse named Meta ii In race
where she had no chance Charlie
Wood wished to get out OF riding Meta
II, 10 ride Jeda, who was also In the,
race, and Who in the Derby the follow
Ing year, was n prohibltlve favorite. Mr..
Cuthbert an American agent for Lord
william. who will bear me out In this
statement, came to me and asked me
how ! would like to ride a race. told
him very much, and he said: I'VE have
two IN today. Meta II Is of no account,
and Sandal, IN the old Cambridgeshire.
has good chance" / said, Very well,
] would be glad to ride" He told Lord
Beresford about II, and his lordship
told me | could ride Meta III II liked.
whereupon Cuthbert told me not to ride
one II could not ride the other. / con-
Guided not to ride the bad one.
Lord Beresford said, Very well,
then he need not ride either Cuth-
bert came back and told me what he
had said, and told him TO go back
10 Lord William Beresford and tell his
ordshIp that ! had changed my mind,
md would ride the bad one, az anyone
,ould win on good horse, | rode
Meta II and beat Jeda a head on the
post, His lordship was 30 elated he
,old me he would let Wood find another
mount IN the Cambrldgeshire, and
could ride Sandal now, After L had
Hidden Sanda and won the old Cam
oridgeshlre with him, Lord William
betesford was as pleased as child
win new toy. He hold me ! had to
70 to Hurst park the next day to rido
'or him | told him could not, as
ZONE people had arranged pheasant
ND partridge shoot for me. He said,
Never mind those people; tell me who
ney are and | will go and see them.'
ne from the shooting, The winning on
ieta II was, therefore, my beginning
" an inward career.
went racing every day afterward,
Ina enjoyed the same privileges | did
'elore, AS many Americans can vouch
or ms they have seen and talked with
ne on the course. don't know how
o spell II now but the place they
,.erned me from is known as the Loco
.leclo Au Pesage, meaning the jock
rs Weighing room, The club allowed
ne same 10 be published In their Off
lal racing calendar. This was done
Without any hearing or reason what
yer When ! read the next morning
ne action the French Jockey club had
aNen against me, | was thunderstruck.
was absolutely innocent OF having
NY connection IN any way, shape or
orln with said race. | did not have
single farthlng on the mare. wrote
y Vloomte de Arcourt, asking him II
Y would give me n hearing, as
nought II WAS unjust 10 act 80 hastily
~ detenseless man without any
lyme or reason or any ground for ac-
~ without at least giving me a
nance to defend myself. asked him
ne dld not think Il was fair TO give
le chance and to flnd out from me
could not prove the statements
,sue about me were all absolutely
,se. lie did not answer my letter,
e I,o' my suit against the Jockey club,
Explained my case to Maltre Labor.
.oIo MN all the facts. and he said It
Nv. Nv ine most outrageous thing he had
S,e' heard Of He told me II I fought
I've Jockey club no matter what | got.
sust lose, but that could not az
.u 70 stand In tho eyes OF the people
:. man who has been implicated In
ny practise. You must fight
'n, 0ase' and you cannot lose; Won
'' ~ WIN The Jockey clubs excuse
, ny poor. They have not one leg
s, S,"nu on Allow things TO be al the
W worst, and allow that you had