Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
CURRENT GOSSIP OF
THE BANG-TAILS

According to persistent rumor that has
been going the rounds at Gravesend the
past day or two,. an effort will be made in
the near future by friends of Tod Sloan.
the jockey, to have the stewards of the
jockey club grant him a license to ride
again on the Metropolitan tracks. Although
Sloan has. perhaps. made more money than
any rider that ever got astride a race horse
in this country, he is today broke and more
than anxious to secure employment at rid
ing. He is said to have made personal ap-
peals to several members of the jockey club
to intercede in his behalf. contending that
there is no good and valid reason why
the powers should further recognize a ruiz
ing made by the English stewards. The
| only ban under which Sloan rests is in the
nature of a notification he received some
years ago from the English stewards. tell
Ing him that it would be useless for him
to apply for a renewal of his license to ride
in England. In keeping with the usual
autocratic stand of the English racing So
Ions. no reason has ever been stated for
Sloans Punishment. but the Metropolitan
powers have always recognized the ruling.
1t is also said that several of the racing
stewards have expressed themselves in
favor of Sloan's application for license.
There are many influential turfmen who
would like to see Sloan riding again, for
there are none too many good riders in the
lightweight division at present. There is
no official record of Sloan's ever having
been hailed before the racing authorities of
any country charged with crookedness, and
there are many persons who believe that
he has been very severely punished, as
It Isl
Edna Jackson. the fleet little filly by
Watercress-A which Senator McCar-
rem recently leased for the present season,
from Newton Bennington, will carry the
senator's popular brown, red sash and
cap in the running of the Astoria stakes
at Gravesend tomorrow. and the friends Of
the well-known Brooklyn political leader
are confident that she will be returned the
winner. Senator McCarren, by the way,
has returned to the racing game in a mod
est sort of way, having in his new stable
besides Edna Jackson. Voorhees,, the shifty
son of Solitaire Incarnation II. whose
running qualities he has also leased from
Mr. Bennington, and the fast FLY st.
Estephe. which he secured from Mr.. Bel
mont. All are useful two-year-olds and the
senator's colors should be carried to victory
many times before the close OF the sea-
son.
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Hildebrand will be seen in the saddle
again Thursday. the suspension imposed
on him early in the Gravesend meeting for
| his weak ride on Duena expiring with the
Brooklyn meeting. He will have the mount
on Harry Payne Whitney's Tanya, II that
| fleet daughter Of Med1ler goes to the post
| In the Suburban. and the combination will
not want for friends.
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There has been much complaining on the
part of the bookmakers recently that BUSH
ness in the ring had fallen off and that
there isn't enough doing to keep them busy
There is a very good reason for it. The
| rank and file of bettors are either broke or
| very badly bent financially. Both the meet
| ing at Belmont Park and Gravesend have
| been trying on form followers.
Jockey O'Neil. with twelve wins. twelve
seconds and five thirds, leads the list Of
winning jockeys at Gravesend during the
| first fifteen days Of the meeting. Little
Miller who. by the way is fast develop
| ing into one of the crack jockeys Of the
east, Is second. having ridden nine winners,
six seconds and four thirds. Burns has
eight wins to his credit. w. Davis seven,
Martin six. Lyme five. w. Knapp and Odom
four EACH Baird. who began riding only
two or three days ago under the decision
of the Albany court dissolving the injunc-
ton. has doomed up with three wins and
three seconds Diggins, Shaw and L. Smith
also have three wins each to their credit.
Five car loads of horses, yearlings belong
| ing to ]. e. Madden. left Lexington for
New York Friday evening and are due at
Sheepshead Bay tomorrow morning. There
are sixty horses in the lot among which Is
a yearling by Yankee, the Futurity winner,
and Imp. The entire lot will be sold at
Sheepshead Bay, beginning June 20.
Up to yesterday the talent have had their
own troubles at Gravesend. During the
first five days of the week just ended twen-
ty-one choices were defeated in thirty races.
Five came home in front yesterday to help
the talent out. making the total for the
week a winning percentage Of a little less
than forty.