The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
Topped Entire Class With Over
10000 Pounds
KING EDWARD DOES WELL
France Will Close Doors to American
Trainers and Jockeys-Laughable
Plight of Archbishop of
Paris-Gotch's Plans.
BY RICHARD DAHLeREN.

I Special Cable to Hearst News Service.
London December 27.-J. B. Joel leads
the list of p owners whose winnings
on the track during the season recently
closed exceed $4,000, with a total win
ming of f20646. Lady De Battle. for
merly Mrs. Langtry. barely squeezed
into the list with total winnings of
f4OO5. Mr.. Joel won the st. Leger. the
valuable Eclipse stakes. the Stewards
/ cup at Goodwood, the City and Subur-
ban, and the Liverpool cup His best
winner was Your Majesty, who won
the valuable Eclipse stakes and the st.
Leger, as well as two other good
races, and whose total winnings We're
nearly 100000; but Dean Swift, Port
land Bay. and Sunhower IL were also
useful winners.
Chevalier Ginistrelli, who takes
fourth, owes the position entirely to
Signorinetta's two races.
The king has done better than in
1907, when only five races, aggregat-
ing f2944 in value. We're credited to
animals carrying the royal colors. Dur
ing the season just concluded five of
the representatives won nine races of
the total value of f5490 las, the prin-
cipal contributor to this amount being
q Princesse de Gales, who won $1,000 in
four races.
A. Belmount comes 14th on the list,
/ with winnings of 1928. Most of it was
won by Norman III, while Richard
Croker is 18th, with f6347, all of it be-
ing won by his sterling Ally, Rhodora.
OF the leading winning owners eight
are classed as fnanciers or stock
/ brokers, four brewers, two land owners,
! two manufacturers. one banker, one
| distiller and one actress.
! Chevalier Ginistrelli is an Italian who
! has made England his home, and Mr..
! Croker is, of course, the well known
] American politician.
OF the II most successful trainers 1t
may be noted that five are amateurs
three of them, P. P. Gilpin, I'll. 5.
I Persse and R. c. Dawson, being Irish,
while F. Hartigan is the Irish ex-ama-
teur steeplechase rider. George Lamb
! ton is Lord Durham's brother
! The luck of being in charge of J. B.
Joels horses has given the premier
place in the list to Charles Morton, but
he has a very small advantage over A.
Taylor, the Manton trainer, who fin
! ished well ahead of Mr.. Gilpin.
The English Hackney Horse society
has taken cognizance of the pernicious
practice of using excessive weight in
the shoeing of show horses to force
action. At a recent meeting of the
frati
of weight allowed at the London hack
i ney show next year shall be 80 ounces
for horses and "a ounces for ponies and
colts. A special veterinarian will be
appointed to examine the shoes of all
] horses entered, and IT, in his opinion,
any shoes exceed the prescribed weight
| they will have to be removed or else
the horse cannot be shown. English
horsemen have carried the practice of
] forcing action by excessive weight to
such length as to injure the reputa-
! ton of their harness horses in this
country, and the move of the Hackney
Horse society to stop 1t is timely.
American trainers and jockeys are
not to be welcomed with open arms by
the French turf authorities.
Steps are being taken by the govern
! ing societies of racing in Franch to
restrict-if not to altogether shut out
an invasion of the French turf by
American trainers and jockeys.
Recent happenings in the United
States and the fact that so many
Americans, from owners to hangers
on" are contemplating going to France,
has prompted the French authorities to
take action. Commenting on the situa-
ton, Paris paper says: "At first sight
the ruling seems drastic in the ex-
IRENE, but there is very little doubt
that exceptions will be made in favor
of a limited number of legitimate and
solid professionals. The trouble, as it
cans, is undoubtedly due to Ameri-
cans themselves, for, tlthought the
French authorities have suffered only
| to a minor extent-so far-th ey are
profting by the lesson learned by hard
experience in England some few years
! back.
1.-THE French Jockey club learned
wisdom by the example, and is the
more inclined to be severe at present
as there have been symptoms that e.,
| similar invasion is possible in France.
] Undue anxiety is premature. for there
is every probability that solid men, Of
fering substantial guarantees, such as,
| for example, Fred Budlew and w. j..
| Hayes at Maisons- Laffitte, will be &C
corded their license
| Burlew has taken establishment
| at Maisons- Laff1tte, where Hayes. a
we'll known gentleman jockey, has
| leased Burgoynes old quarters. He has
a string of horses there owned by Mr..
Saportas, and these will be reinforced
by some of the Bonnie Brook jumpers.
who arrived in England recently on
board the Minnehaha.
Paris is rather amused at the guam
| Diary in which the terrible archbishop
of Paris recently found himself. He
| was left a legacy of fine racing sta
BILE. The queer bequest comes to him
from the late Vicomtesse de Raineville
Plots Mady, whose will left all her pos
| sessions to the arch bishop, who was no
| relation of the vicomtesse, and had
never seen her. The archbishop has de-
| cided to sell the horses by auction.
| In an interview with a representa-
| tive Of the Sporting Chronicle recently
| Frank Gotch expressed his determine
| ton to refuse to recognize the board OF
| control, and he has written to thai
| body accordingly. He will finish his
| tour in England and then go back tC