Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-07-08
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F misery loves company, the sup
porters of horse racing In this
icoHntry may be able to CLEAN some
satisfaction over the troubles the
turf is having in England Here they
are merely throwing obstacles In the
way of the sport, but there they are
throwing themselves directly In It's
path. The motives that prompt the
two crnsades are as widely separated
as the poles. but they bear similar.
ity in that they are being conducted
along lines that are extremely revolt
ing to intelligent and sensible per
sons.
Turf troubles In England began
with the running OF the Derby, the
worlds most important racing event
the yearly turf classic that furnishes
one of the most striking speetacles
in sport and is awaited with keen IN
terest by all classes and conditions or
English people. A few misguided mill.
tant suffragettes succeeded In making
tragedy of this years renewal OF
the race by sacrificing the life OF one
of their own number for the fimsy
purpose OF gaining little cheap noto-
riety.
The stopping of the Kings horse
by suffragette and her subsequent
death from the injuries she received
made such an impression on q man
| sympathizer that he organized q per-
sonally conducted martyfdom expedi.
ton and threw himself in front Of Z
horse in the Gold Cup race. The euf-
ferer this time was Tracery August
i BelmonBs candidate In the event The
net result of the III advised act II
that the man suffragist Is dying, or
may be dead by this time. and the
races are being held In England TO-
day just the same as yesterday and
the. day before and the day before
that It Is hard for as In this part
OF the world to conceive Of q man be-
coming so agitated over the suffrage
| question that he would follow In the
footsteps OF q woman martyr
Women may continue to throw
| themselves in front Of horses, and
few mental detectives Of the opposite
sex may follow in their footsteps, but
the world continues to revolye on its
axis just the same, and such deeds
of IInartyrdom stir only resentment
among persons who realize how fool
hardy they are. II reformer In this
country tried to break up racing by
throwing himself in front Of q field
Of horses intelligent persons would
heave q sigh OF relief that he had
| found such effective means OF effac-
ing himself from this earth. OF course.
| the English martyrs who perform.
ed that acrobatic feat did. not have
| in view the suppression Of racing. but
| by their absurd acts their object was
none the less absurd.
lRUT this mania for grabbing the
ID brides OF horses running at fun
speed in races is merely incidental
| to the stew that has been stirred In
England in connection with racing.
The real trouble concerns the dis
qualification of Craganour in the
Derby for an alleged foul committed
by Johnny ReiH, the American
jockey, who had the mount. Not only
has Craganour's owner brought suit
to restrain the distribution Of the
Derby purse, but all turfdom in Eng
land is stirred by the ruling Of the
stewards The question Is asked
whether jealousy over the premier
ship of American jockeys had any
thing to do with the disqualification
One sportsman, who Is anxious to
see fair play on the turf and who ID
opposed to the tendency Of the turf
officials to give American riders the
worst of it whenever the opportunity
presents, has written to the Sporting
Life of London demanding that all
jockeys get square deal. He makes
the pertinent suggestion, too, that II
such tactics as these are to be toler-
ated the English turf would do well
Ey reverting to the methods In vogue
In the classic stadiums OF old and let
the gallant steeds run loose, each
bearing .on its noble nut q plume
advertising the colors Of the owner.
Let a tin can or q lighted squib be
tied to the tail of each, with the re-
spectiye trainers armed with cart
whip, which they might apply at .
given signal. Some capital sport
might be Witnessed without danger
to life or limb. Then the ring could
pay first past the post and every one
would be satisfied
Whether the English turf officials
claimed as the greatest beings on
earth is of little consequence to Us,
but in the present instance the thing
that rankles is the fact that England
has been forced to take up the mat
ter of foreign riders receiving fair
treatment on the turf. Earlier re-
ports of the disqualification Of Crag-
amour had it that the stewards kept
their eyes on Reiff throughout the
running of the race with the object
OF disqualifying his mount II the
least opportunity arose. II that Is
true, it is no wonder that the fair
minded sportsmen of England are
Thoroughly aroused over the incident.
And unfortunate as the disqualifiea-
ton Of Craganour may have been, 1t
is mere incident in comparison to
the bigger proposition of whether for
eigners are to receive fair chance
there.