Evening star., 1907-11-18
MANY JOCKEYS
RETURN FROM ABROAD

| NEW YORK. November lS-The smok-
ing room and the promenade deck of the
Kaiser Wilhelm II. which arrived yester-
| day after a stormy trip from the foggy
| Wcser and the English channel looked
| count of the number of Homecoming
American jockeys who have made great
| successes on the European tracks. Some
| were accompanied by their families.
Among them were Fred Tarai, with his
| wifi, and son John, who is now a rider:
H. Lewis. with Mrs. Lewis; Harry Br-
kenruth. Tommy Burns, with his wife.
| two children and guverness. and w. J.
Cannon
Levi A. Loewenthal. who went to Aus
| tria with two trotting horses. accompa-
MED by some Austrian buyers looking
! after American trotting stock. also re-
turned on the Kaiser Wilhelm II
All had tales to tell of prizes won and
a good season. Tommy Burns has been
riding for the German emperor Of
fcially. the kaiser is not supposed to
own a racing stable. but Burns rode for
the versatile monarch. who is one of the
biggest patrons of all kinds of legitimate 3
sport in Europe Burns said he had fifty
eight or fifty-nine wins to his credit.
He was rather tired of riding in Germany
on account of the large amount of travel
He rode only two days a week. Shaw.
who was with him in Germany, arrived
back on the Kronprinz essin Cecilie. This
was not Burns first try on the German
courses. for he rode on them half Of last
season. He said his children. Clarita and
Roslyn Burns. had exceptional educa-
tional advantages abroad and had al
ready learned three languages. He will
go to his home at Sheepshead Bay and
rest at least until after the first of next
season.
Fred Taral won the championship of
Austria Hungary. riding for Baron
Springer. Out o. 329 races he guided So
horses to the front and won SO seconds
over there they don't count the thirds.
he said. He also went over Into Germany
to ride in some of the big races. This
was his second season there. He is go
ing back in the spring to ride for the
same nobleman.
His son John won four races out of
sixty-two attempts. John was i'll in the
spring and couldn't ride. His father rode
the heavy weights and the boy the light
ones. This was the lads second season
IN the saddle. The Tarals will pass the
| winter in New York.
Harry Birkenruth also rode in Austria
hungary for Victor Won Mautner. making
a record of forty victories and riding
successfully for the Grosser prize at Ham
burg his employers mare Faith. She car
ried 80 pounds. and the prize was 700
marks. or about $25, coo. Next year Birken-
| ruth will ride for the same stable. In all
he had this season POI mounts. The jockey
will spend the winter at his home in Lo-
sansport Ind
w. J. Cannon has been on the Russian
and Polish tracks. The last race he rode
and successfully. too. was f>r the opera
singers Jean and Edouard de Reszke, at
Warsaw. Cannon likes the Russian game
and had a fine season Out Of 125 races he
got 10 first places.
He rode for Prince Lubmersky remain
ing six weeks at Warsaw. three weeks at
Moscow and six weeks at st. Petersburg
then returning over the circuit. Cannon
is going back next season. He went to his
home In East Newark. n. j.
II Lewis rode in Germany He scored
46 firsts out of 1874 rides. He wore the
colors of Baron Oppenheim. and next
year will go back fer the same stable
Lewis has ridden four seasons in Austria
Hungary and one season in England. He
says there is more travelling in a jockey s
life in Germany than in Austria. They
have two or three races a week in Ger
many he said and then rest for a
week" Lewis will pass the winter in New
York, his home.
Levi A Loewenthal said they needed