Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-16
News From Foreign Capitals
(By Associated Press.)

! 10y Associated Press.)
| LONDON, Dec. 16-With the fiat
racing season at an end sporting men
are discussing the usual array of stat
istics published by the papers. In
the list of winning jockeys, Danny
Maher the American rider, is third
with firsts under the wire, but second
! in percentage.
For the preceding seven years Ma
her has been first in percentage, al
though in winning mounts he was Sec
ond to Wooten in 1909 and 1910. For
the first time since 1903, Maher has
failed to ride 1Ou winners the number
this season being one short of the
century mark. Since 1900, when he
made his first appearance on an Eng
lish race course, Maher has ridden
1877 winners. an average of 80
year. Wooten in six years has ridden
673 winners, an average OF 112 a year.
Wooten had by far his most excellent
year this season, having been up on
1877 winners out of 746 mounts.
The taking on of weight may relieve
Maher Of his greatest rival, as it is
said that on this account Wooten may
not be able to ride more than one
more season. In order to insure even
this brief extension of his racing sea-
son he will be compelled to spend the
winter in India, where he will get SUI
ficient work to keep him down to
weight. Maher also finds it increas-
ingly difficult to keep to weight. To
avoid taking on fat he will spend the
winter hunting.
1t was clear many weeks ago that
Earl Derby, senior steward of the
Jockey Club, would head the list Of
winning owners. His aggregate of
$215.000, is nearly double the amount
which placed him second to Mr.. Fairie
last year. No owner has had such
a sum to his credit since 1896, when
Leopold de Rothschild topped the list
with total of $233, 800. Two horses,
Steadfast and Swynford. won most of
Lord Derby's money for him.
That millions are wasted under the
present system of education in Great
Britain was the startling statement
recent1y made by Sir John Gorst,
formerly Vice President for Educa-
ton. This has added, fuel to the fire
of criticism to which The plan for uni
versal education has been exposed
since it's adoption.
Sir John said, among other things:
1.-THE majority of those who care for
the welfare of the people and are ex-
perts in education consider that the
greater part of this money under the
present system is wasted and might
as well, SO far as education is con-
cerned, be thrown into the sea. Phys
ical growth of the children Of the
nation is, except in the more advanced
of our great cities, insuff1ciently pro.
vided for. A starved and
stunted race is being allowed to grow
up as a legacy for the next genera |
ton to deal with. for in most ele- !
mentary schools children are only |
drilled, not educated.
"Originality of teacher and children
is ternly repressed. This new edu-
cation by work first and books after
wards, introduced into the schools OF
Bavaria, and spreading over Germany
and elsewhere, is only partially known
in British and Irish schools. The
higher university schools are still
fettered by medieval systems. which
make the acquisition Of learning to
be produced at examinations the main
work of the students"
With the incoming of the new minis.
ter of education, Sir John proposes
radical revolution in the manner and
methods of administering the educa-
tional grants.
The successful transatlantic voy-
age of the lo'ler, an internal combus-
ton motor ship, which was built at
for carrying grain
on Canadian canals, has given i'm
petus to the building of similar craft
BY British shipyards. The Toiler was /
designed as large cargo !
carrier and the saving in engine room |
BY the installation of gas engines !
made for economy in space. The YES 1
eel will cary $4,000 bushels, or an in 1
crease of $4,000 bushels over steam I
lriven ship of her dimensions. In ad-
lition to the savings in stoker's wages
here is the reduction in fuel costs, I
he boat running on two tons of oil {
yer day in comparison with steam {
ships eight or nine tons of coal. t
Keen interest is being taken in the s
[utlandia, a twin screw motor ship 9
which will have its trials next month q
rom the Clyde shipyard, where she I