CLIPPINGS FROM EXCHANGES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 17 April 1901, Page 43

CLIPPINGS FROM EXCHANGES.

The King at pi escnt (*ays the World) has 14- horses m training at Egerton House, Newmarket, seven of which arc two-year-olds, among them being Nadejda, own sister to Persimmon and Diamond Jubilee, and Pole Carevv, colt by Persimmon out of Laodamia ; while Eitreb is a colt by St. Frusquin out of Red Enamel, dam of Royal Rouge, by Flonzel 11. vv'ho is much fancied for the Derby at Newmaiket. The be«t of the King's four-year olds arc Lord Quex and Lauzun, and both are expected to pro\e veiy useful colts next season. Diamond Jubilee has gone on v cry well during the vwnter, and appeals to hay c been much benefited by his long and well-earned rest. It lias been intended to train the horse for the Haidvvieke Stakes at A=cot, a race which will be worth £2380 to the winnei, and after* wards his next appearance was to be in the Pr.nres* of Wales's Stakes at the New maiket First July meeting. The King's racehorse^ will lun during next «cason in another name and colours and an ai range input lias been made to lei~e them for 1901 to the Duke of Devonshire. The hoifcs vi ill remain in Marsh's stable. At the London Bankruptcy Court recentivJ. Wellington Peroivat, a piofe'-sional backer of horses, described n< <>1 Hanover mansions W. . applied for ,in nrtlc of discharge. He estimated that hi- income from his calhnp had averaged about £3000 a year, but stated that during 1900 he had lo*t" about £800 by betting and £300 by speculation on the Stcclv E\chango To . those losses and to Ins inability to lecovej: moneys lent by him to others, the debtor ascribed his inFoheii'y. Hi-* Ei-nor suspended the ordei of discharge for the minimum period of twe, vcar-. Tlio London Sportsman* "Special ConniKsiorrr"' devotes a column to the =af'» h nc'i.pg of 811 of Portland, and in cor<'r son gay- : —fu p weok's Hmo, so far a.« f i .in sec, IW' of Portland v,VI be quite 'rady for cn T'calT 'ca l inspeel'on. a.id I thm'-tho-e who -cc h'n will r.g' ee lli-it Mr „, B Joel, amid a'l his lucky speculations never made a better than v.hea he bough;

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Bill of Portland, whose list for 1902 and 1603 will assuredly be full in the course jf *h9 next fortnight. Mr Joel, who has not «et eeaa the horse, and will not for some lew days, has already expressed hie intention to have 10 nominations for himself for ifo seasons 1902 and 1903, and when he W w hat a horse he has really bought it IT w«ll-on the cards that he will want 20 lor himself and his brother. J Before returning to England from nis American trip Sam Loates was interviewed. NSoeakißg of his wcpenenceß, he said: My ffaSpreisioHs of racing were gathered while tian the Pacific Ooaat, and so lam not qualified to speak of racing in the Ifst. Ui hcoHrse, there is a difference in the tracks 'fcere «*d in England. We race on the turf, i-whilei -while here your tracks Beem to be sand, Hkad sometimes mud. The races I Witnes sed L-were not co esoiting as those in England. fin the first place, the stakes were not high, 'and the horses not the best. I understand 'thaf it is different in the East. The English jockey does not look with favour on the '(American jockeys in England. There are 'bnly so many positions to fill, an^ if the jockey secures the mounts the Wive jockey in left out. Personally, I betilieve in the survival of the fittest, and that tit will all level up in the end." This year ijtoates will ride for Sir Blundell Maple, Wh Mr Sevior as second call. ii Apparently American jockeys are at a ,sbigh premium (says a New York paper), 'atnd it is seriously advocated that some enIterprising turfman make a business of it. The idea is to gather up half a dozen promising boys, take them to Europe, and there ;*rensfer the contracts by which they are ' feeld at a premium to European owners. W. J Arkell has admitted that he has found it more profitable to sell riders' contracts than *o keep a stable of racehorses. He said he sold the papers he held on Danny Maher for £2000, and those on Thorpe to Burns and Waterhotree for £3000. He declined to cay what he received from James It. Keene for the release of Jockey Henry, but no one 'doubts it was a snug sum. Dozens of others could relate tales of rich profits in that line. There is always a market on the other sHe. If Freeman, Oass, Sloan, Rigby, M'lntyre, »nd E. Jones can obtain big salaries and ' Song engagements, it should not be difficult jto find material that will rate with or outclass them. The merit of .the American style of riding has been admitted. The Eng>aish and French jockeys can not, or will pinot, copy it, and until they do owners will give Americans the preference. The assertion that few of the apprentice class bid fair to make great riders is not justified by the Jacts. Half a dozen of the light weights can be mentioned who can even now show horsemanship far superior to anything exhibited hy Johnny Reiff before he left this country. That he has improved is admitted, bnt give Miles, Slack, Brennan, Gannon, G. Thompeon, Evans, and Rausch the same sort of mounts, and they will prove equally skilful. 3t might pay Father Bill Daly to devote all this time to schooling exercise boys. Referring to the rather severe strictures passed by the Australian sporting writers on Jenkins's horsemanship when riding Ad--vance at Flemington the Sydney Referee ca js:— Possibly the easy manner in which ■Advance won his long races in New Zealand caused Jenkins to over-estimate the capabilities of that horse in the Australian Cup, an-i then he was at the disadvantage of battling against three stable companions in the Champion Stakes. No fault could be found ■with the way he handled Advance in the All-aged Stakes, and if he should happen to win on him here a verdict of "Not so bad. after all," will probably be recorded by those who were displeased with the New Zealand rider's Melbourne efforts. A writer in the Referee (London) has fchis to say on " English versus American Jockeys:— We are told by some that owners Df racehorses are compelled to put up American jockeys in ccasequence of our English jockeys sticking to the old discredited Btyle of race-riding that was good enough. In days gone by. But, bad as the riding of our jockeys may appear in days gone by, can any of your readers or writers give X reason why the winning percentages of the English jockey of bygone daya are so much greater than the English or American jockey of the present day? Is it that the jockey of the present time does not possess the skill? Does he lack the energy of the jockey of days gone by? Or what is it? 'When Sloan first came to this country, one 'American journal told us they were about to introduce to our notica a jockey such *s we Britishers had never before seen ; bub ' While Riving him due credit for the form lie had shown, his achievements in the saddle fall far below the performances of some of our jockeys 30 years ago, some of -whom are living at the present time. Some of our sporting writers pronounced it as 'a wonderful .performance when he rode three winners and a dead-heat in succession at Handown, and said the same of L. Reiff' s four consecutive wins at Windsor, but. good •8 these performances may appear, they are - quite put in the shade by many performances of our old jockeys, some of which may not be out of place here, and I venture to think will be interesting to many old and present-time racegoers. George Fordham in one season twice rode seven consecutive winners, twice six winners, onre five winners, and once four winners in sue cession. Tom Cannon also rode four winners and a dead heat consecutively. H. Jeffreys twice rode four winners, and Cameron and J. Clarke also rode four consecutive winners each, all in the same season. At this time so little was thought of riding four winners off the reel that little or no 9 notice was taken of it I will here show the difference in the percentages of winning mounts of the five leading Americans who iiave been riding here through the past racing season and the five leading jockeys of 1868. American Jockeys of 1900. Mounts. Wins. J. T. Sloan .. «. .. 311 82 L. Reiff .. . s . 553 143 J. Reiff .. ». .". 604 124 J. H. -Martin - ..327 52 B. Rigby 447 68 Dead heats and walks over are counted as Wins. English Jockeys of 1868. Mounts. "Wins. G. Fordham .. .. 298 110 T. French ..- * , » 121 34 E. Jeffrys 313 83 T. Cannon .♦• -n ,> 197 51 6. Keynon 433 100 Dead heats sra<2 walks over are not counted as trina. Jockey Buchanan is the latest addition to fthe ranks of the American riders who will Ibe seen in the saddle in England. Broderick Cloete, a wealthy English turfman, has seifcured the contract Barney Schreiber held hn the Californian boy. Buchanan will reEeive a salary of 8000dol a year for three Fears. Richard Marsh, who trains for King Edward VII, also bandies the horses of Mr

Cloete, and it is likely Buchanan will wear the colours of the ruler of England. Buchanan has shown great improvement in the saddle, and his many friends are glad to hear of his success. Mr Schreiber will likely engage Jockey J. T. Woods to do his riding. The St. Louis turfman has some of the best jockeys in the country under contract. Bullman, Henry, and Buchanan are certainly a clever trio. How many applications would there be for an appointment worth £1600 per season, even if it entailed a great deal of brain work, anxiety, and long hours? (asks the Field). Men whose education has needed the expenditure of several thousands of pounds would be among the applicants by the score ; but if the coveted post needed no education to speak of candidates would be almost countless. This handsome sum. of £1600 is to be paid by Mr Brodrick Cloete to a Californian jockey named W. Buchanan for his services in the saddle during the forthcoming season. At the Californian race meetings this very lucky individual built up a reputation, and last year he betook himself to the Eastern States, where he had no fewer than 599 rides ; on 119 occasions he was on the back of the winner; he rode 90 seconds and 71 thirds. When not earning his retaining fee over here he will probably be riding for another stable^ so, altogether, the jockey from over the sea will find his pockets well lined at the season's end. Of course a jockey, like everybody elee, has a perfect right to' estimate the value of his services at any sum he thinks proper, and any owner of racehorses has an equal right to secure the services of that jockey; but the undiscriminating remuneration paid to jockeys never has and never will do the turf any good. Buchanan's retaining fee, it may be mentioned, is not so large as the sum paid to a jockey for a single race, though the former does not include presents. Before now jockeys have had the stables when they have ridden the winner of the Derby. When Martin was a boy of about 15 years of age he was in receipt of a good income, and, on being wanted for an important race in the autumn, was promised £1000 if he rode and won. This sort of thing generally turns the heads of lads; it is frequently unjust to trainer 3, who often .-are for a long time engaged in making fit a horse difficult to train ; and it militates against the interest of owner's who do not bet, or, wagering in small sums only, cannot, or do not choose to, pay sums like £1000 for a jockey's services. At Wodonga, Victoria, a local bookmaker named Brown was prosecuted for betting in the street. The magistrate dismissed the information on the ground that it was not shown that the verandah of the Albury Hotel, under which defendant was in the habit of betting, was " a place " within the meaning of the act. The case was taken to the Supreme Court, and the court decided that the magistrate's finding was wrong. The case now came up for rehearing, and counsel for the defendant said that Brown had already become liable for costs amounting to £16 fßs Id. The magistrate said the law was now settled, so far as thai; caee was concerned. Defendant would be fined £2 and costs, in default seven days m gaol. He did not regard the offence as nearly so serious as that of a person who kept a bettinghouse.

There does not seem any probability of any of his MajesfVs horses racing before June 24, which is the date for the expiration of full mourning for the late Queen, either in his -own or anyone else's name. The Derby is this year run on June 2 at Epsom, but neither of the King's two colts — Lord Quez or Lauzun — appear to have any chance in it. The Ascot fcrieeting, which comes two weeks later, will also take place during the period of mourning, and this will probably prevent Diamond Jubilee's running for the Ascot Gold Cup.

Lord Marcus Beresford, who is the younger brother of Lord Charles Beresford and the Ifte Lord William Beresford, is favourably known on the turf, and. like his late lamented brother, Lord William, is a thorough sportsman. He managed his Majesty's stable once before, when the latter was Prince of Wales, and it is said a coolness sprang up between them because at the dinner which the Prince always gave after tlie Derby Lord Marcus, in a speech, took credit to himself for the victory of Persimmpn, the Prince's horse who had on that