Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
MANY AMERICANS PLAN
TO RACE IN EUROPE
Yankee Invasion Tends to Boost
the Sport Abroad

LONDON, Oct. 12.-Un1ess present
plans go awry. American owners will
be a big factor on the English turf
from now on, and especially in 1872.
Already many nominations have been
made for the classics, such as the
Derby, the Oaks, the 1000 Guineas, the
1000 Guineas and the st. Leger. 1t be-
gins to look here as if the trend of
American bred animals toward this
country viii expand rather than con-
tract. Certainly the number of pos
sible American starters was never be-
fore approached. In the past an occa-
sonaI entry from the states has been
received for the great races of the
English turf and certainly up to the
time Harry Payne Whitney came here
to race the American entry was her
aided arund the world.
In the Derby no less than thirty
eight colts are named by American
owners, while there are numerous 9TH
er entries of horses bred in the states,
but now owned by English horsemen.
Robert T. Wilson heads the list of
American nominators, having named
twelve, of which six are by Yankee
and three by Planudes. Harry Payne
Whitney comes second with nine, of
which four are Hamburgs and three
by Burgomaster. August Belmont
nominated five, three being by Rock
Sand, which Mr.. Belmont himself i'm
ported from this country. II. B. Dur
yea, James r. Keene and John e.
Madden have in three apiece, while
others naming two are f. r. Hitch
cock. Tom Walsh, Richard Croker,
Louis Winans, II. G. Brown and W. K.
Vanderbilt, although the Iatter's en-
try Is that of a French bred horse, be-
ing by Maintenon out of First Sight.
It is hardly necessary to go into
detail regarding the American entries
for either the oaks or the st. Leger
OF 1872 The lists in each instance
show the same wide range of Amer
lean owners, although their entries
may not be quite so numerous. But
tho average is about the same, for
while the Derby has 364 entries, there
are 320 in the st. Leger and but 260
in the Oaks. the latter being a stake
for flllles exclusively.
Another pleasing thing in connec-
tion with the entries for the classics
Is the appearance in the lists of the
name of his majesty, King George v,
who has made nominations in all five
races. It had been generally under
stood that the present king would
follow in his fathers footsteps in rae
ing as soon as the expiration of the
period of court mourning, but this is
the first convincing evidence Of that
fact. His majesty has nominated five
IN the Derby, one of which is by Vol
odyovski, the horse with which Mr..
Whitney won the Derby in 1901. Colts
by Florizel II are, however, the most
numerous among his ma1esty's en-
tries.
There is a beautiful opening here in
England for a few good, clever light
weight jockels. England's Jockeys at
best are q mediocre lot these days, and
of lightweights there are hardly any
worth speaking of. The nursery
stakes for the 2-year-olds are just be-
ginning to come along at all of the
tracks, and many an owner is at his
wits end to find a capable boy to do
the riding.
The lowest possible figure for these
2-year-old races Is 70 pounds, but
where are the lads that can make
that weight? Certainly they are not
at the English racetracks. In more
than one instance promising 2-year-
olds have actually had to be sent to
their stables because there were no
boys to ride them. There are not in
England right now more than a half
dozen Jockeys of even ordinary ability
who can do "a pounds, and not twice
that number available at 88.