Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-16
SUCCESS OF MAHER
Has Ridden 1877 Winners in
England Since 1900. :.
DERBY LEADS THE WINNERS
Aggregate Of Winning for the Year
$4,000.
EDUCATION SYSTEM SCORED
money Spent on It in England De-
clared to Be wasted-Trp
of Motor Ships.
DERBY LEADS THE WINNERS
EDUCATION SYSTEM SCORED

LoNpoN. December 8, 1911.
Win the nat racing season at an end.
sporting men are discussing the usual an.
ray OF statistics published 10y the papers.
In the list of winning jockeys. Danny
Maher. The American rider, is third with
hrsts under the wire, but second in per.
centage.
For the preceding seven years Maher
mas been first In. percentage. although in
winning mounts he was second to Woo.
ton in 1909 and 1910. For the first time
since 1908, Maher has failed to ride lus1
winners, the number this season being
one short OF the century mark. Since
100, when he made his first appearance
on an English race course Maher has
ridden i.l9i winners, an average OF % 4
year. Wooton I'm six years has ridden Ca
winners. an average of ia a year Woo
ton had by far his most successful year
this season, having been up on ISL Will
ners out Of 40 mounts
The taking on of weight may relieve
Maher of his greatest rival, as Il is said
that on this account Wooton NAV not la
able to ride more than one more season.
In order to insure even this brief extern.
sion or his racing career he will be CONF
peled TO spend the winter in India.
where he Will get sufficient work to keen
increasingly difficult to keep down to
weight To AVOID taking on fat he viii
spend the winter hunting
IL was clear many weeks ago that Earl
Derby, senior steward of the Jockey Club
would head the list of winning owners.
His aggregate of $215.0cO is nearly double
the amount which placed him second to
MI f'airie last year. No owner has had
Leopold de Rothschild topped the list
with a total of S23i.SOo. Two horses,
Steadlast and Swynford, won most Of
LORD Derby's money for him.
Money Wasted on Education.
That millions are wasted under tho
present system of education i'm Great
Britain was the startling statement re-
Gently made by Sir John Gorst, formerly
vice president for education. This has
added fuel to the fire OF criticism to
which the plan for universal education
has been exposed since its inception
Sir John said. with other things: The
majority of those who care for the well
fare of the people and are experts in edu-
cation consider that the greater part OF
this money under the present system is
wasted and might as well, SO far as cdu-
cation is concerned, be thrown into tho
sea. Physical growth OF the children OF
the nation is, except in the more adj
Vanced of our great cities insufticiently
provided for. A starved and stunt
cd race is being allowed to grow up as
legacy for the next generation to deal
with. for In most elementary schools
children are only drilled, not educated
Originality of teacher and children IL
sternly repressed. The new education by
work first and books afterward. intro
duced into the schools of Bavaria and
spreading over Germany and elsewhere
is only partially known in British and
Irish schools. The higher and university
schools are still fettered by medieval
systems, which make the acquisition OF
learning to be produced at examinations
the main work of students"
With the incoming of the new minis.
ter of education, Sir John proposes a
methods of administering the educational
grants.
Success of Motor-Driven Ship.
The successful transatlantic voyage OF
the Toiler. an internal combustion motor
ship. which was built at Wallsend- on
Tyne, for carrying grain on Canadian
canals, has given impetus to the build
ing OF similar craft by British shipyards
The Toiler was especially designed as a
large cargo carrier, and the saving in
engine room by the installation of gas
engines made for economy in space The
vessel Will carry % 600 bushels, or an in
crease of 15.e0 bushels over a steam
driven ship OF her dimensions In addi-
ton to the savings in stokers' wages
there is the reduction in fuel costs, the
boat running on two tons of oil per day
In comparison with a steamships eight
or nine tons of coal
Keen interest is being taken in the
Jutlandia, a twin-screw motor ship
which will have her trial next month
from the Clyde shipyard. where she is
being built. She is the pioneer of mo-
tor ocean carriers, and her success may
mean a revolution in marine engineer
ing.
For service on the great lakes of Amer
lea large motor ship is being built at
Glasgow. She Will have motors of LOCO
horsepower.