The sun., 1910-12-17
rHE GfMCR&Ck DINNER.
IesOseo Dc RssnsehisN on me Affairs sf
the Ensiish Turf.

ses main speech of the night falling .,
Leopold de Rothschild. winner Of IN,
bimcracS N'a.es last fall with his cracl
COLI Pi-tri wh" - nominated for the perh,
and all the hts classics of newt wear \
the dinner were seated the biggest ra,inI
men in England and II Was expected tina
Rothschlld who ~ member Of the locke,
Club. would -aS something sharty- IN tn,
Present condition Of the rirI and ole
some suggestions rhoS. who "a, sruuns
wer" more or less disappointed inr Mr.
i'e" was very conservative nni brough
"ut nothing startling Three points en-
hodiet in his remarks were the ~tariinE
gate. handicapping and IN. Jock -vS Xvi
drntl' he - NOT IN tavor NJ tho American
s"at anfh" Thought that Maher and Woot
ton. VINO are the best nowadny- would Il,
lh~t as well II they rode with long surrups
IL" does not think either ~ good a. Fred
| Archer or George Foriham
! During the night the fact WAS thcd
/ that P,~tri was d-scendent NJ GimcracS
the litrl" gray horse IN whose honor The
dinner was inaugurated. Asllent toast was
| drunk To the late kIng Edwar,l and the
present King was commended for his in
| ientions toward the sport % racing
referring 20 the starting gate. MIR Eoths
child said Il was most difficult tn talk about
All can say 10 that I think those rho are
for the starting gate perhaps are too Jealous
in advocacy Of Il. while those who are not
criticise perhaps too strongly. And yet
should like TO make one or two suggestions.
An starters. said tho speaker. are most
anxious and take the creates, pains Ia
notice that all the horses start properly.
hut 70 very often happens that one or two
horses have great aversion To the gate.
They show temper and upset the whole
field. The stewards Of the Jockey club
have issued recommendation. 70 steward.
of meetings TO see that the start should not
he in any way spoiled by the behavior OF
these badly trained horses. and starters
have continually done their best 20 follow
'hIs adv,c" II - very natural that the
eumai ,.rms he td NO, nS AZ 40 20 SS Sn
beat horses in the race would perhaps he
llsft FOR example II was always sa'd that
FLYING foS Nculd have been victim II
starters had let the horse. go Without
taking notice But he would ike e's srr
starter 30 remember that 'her" VAS great
difference between letting a had horse upset
the field and letting bad hor-s get the ad-
NHniae" We haN" every confidence N the
press on them thar while wishing the bad
iemp"r"d horse TO b" we'll looked after Il
should not have anv advartag" at IN" start. "
IL" remembered that during "a great dts-
cus-ion on the starting gate h" mad"
rather heated statement, and one of tho
stewards OF the Jockey Club replied IN
courteous manner and read out report
from m" starter 20 IA" eneCr that IN"
start would have been excellent had II
OF Mr. R"ta-child's horses had he
hav"d Naturally he VA much annov"d.
hu' sine" then he had regarded " from -
humorous point OF vl"w ana cam" 20 III"
conclusion that one ought not To max" too
much discussion about a thIng when one
did not know exactly What took place The
starters always reported ~ Me~SrI Wealth
"rhN the time Of III" start and any incident
which may occur. and ~ struck him ~ .nt
Sa'i-fy tn" public ~ IN the Official Racing
'"l"udar there Wis also published fha
starting Vim" and any remarks mad" hr the
taken by each s,arSr N.rv often IN
moment ~ irritation 'he public did not give
n. starters credit for Nh" car" rh"y took
During tn" last year. continued IN"
speaker there w"r" 71n hnndicap-. Will"
out OF tho horses which ran il9 won win
tor w.ighrs - won at hotto weight and
lSl had won IN the middle Of IA" hIn1I"ap
Eighteen horses won when th" tor weights
w"r" from starting handicap- ~" mon
toned these facts because fhsra was a great
discussion a. to the afvIsability OF not
allowing handiCaps ranging between min"
and ~IN stones
Whether IN. small range caused the md
dlew eiRhts 10 win was not for him 10 sav
II might arise from the ia"' that rsC"s We're
run now at a greater pac" than before,
top weights won NOR" frequently than nj
present HtndIcapa were mntr GENERALLY
NV a committee. except n the North. whore
hey were made bv u ord Personally he
thought = was pr"f"rab," not TO have a
Wa, done admirably with the rr"ai-s' rHr"
and knowledge of the work they had 10
do As to why ha thought hhndicappInG
nv individuals wRs better than bv "om- /
have didrrent views and 1t would be /
% a.: at sh' an-aGs ara. OF hantnnHpsrs y"
APPS and also the old fashioned trial stakes ?
revived. He was told by the clerk. OF 'hs
their programmes owing 70 thS r.-trirt,ons
ot the laws OF the Jockey club, huf h.
ihoISh, 'r," stakes o. n. n. Nna yaIms o, 900 200
present programme.
Last wear, con'inn.d NJ Re,h'chIId:
Jockeys Of an lnence among u. ., IN. present
moment then suggested that ] did not
know whether j, wa. due 30 'hs fact that
hey ride In the American systsin or whether |
he iockey - no longer able to ride so much .
A. home or whether " - just as there are
"rpns .or srs mere arr peroHs "npn
Jockeys are AZ thetr os-' Certainly there
are 'wo vs'y cool iorkevs M1her and .
Woo'to who both rid" admirably hav"
a <eh one or Two experts and fhev -"rm
10 think that II - very diNi"Uf 10 'nmh no
strength aith the American seat and lhnr
'hese two IoCksv4 manage 80 HNer'l-" their 3.
sfrSnv-h II j. suggested that 4 -oris nj
he rock.vs would leng'hen their siirrur~
hey might be able to obtain the sam" nd
TO b. mind Archer. as far as h" could
-~coiiect. and Forhham yer" III. 'wo best
Jockeys he ever saw Archer Rad great
knowledge OF racing. courag" and great
.tr.ngth and Fordham antic plt"d N"
present system of riding Bu, her" vas no
,ond ition than they were years ago r."
-.vrrS, nf form was difficult 10 account for
md one had hotter not alltids 10 n 'oomu'h
,ut he sa,d advi =adly that II was mistake
20 have a rule What hor-.s should r'In three
ines before they were handle appcd md
he Jockey club saw that ~ mistake
md tho rule had been reversed
During the past year some writer's IN The 7
,rrss were anxious thev should state what
0ok piacs with regard TO scratching. hu'
~ an old owner he thought II was hotter
N The interest OF tn. owner. ani Of 'ls
,ubIic that the owners should II" silent
md his td.a was that IN" publ" rule
: err. far too good Judges of stable and
,new oun"rs ran straight and that 'n-v
= re- anxious 80 win and did not desire 10
rraich their horses lie did not think anv
,,vn"r would -srke omt his horse vithou'
,ool ans and ~ was III" better for all
Oncern-d that the vets opinion should
ior 10 published u
with regard 70 tho Jockey flub he con
.nri@d that there vas no foundation ior he
s-ar'ion 'hat they did not attend TO heir
nrk 40 disqualification nf owners "r
,'iu. shuIcu' ~ Jockeys took place unless
here ra- evIdrnC. to support 'h" charges
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