Show CROKER AND THE KING KINGA ACA A CAT as al all of us kno know ma may look ci at a king but we have only re conty learned that n a Croker that Is Isto to sa say a a commoner may not bid against a a king at a hore horse auction The commoner my amy be under the aba sion that the king Is getting the tho horse at a a fa far los less value than thun It Its actual worth he ma may be to glo give vet very much more for the thc animal than han the monarch but the monarch 1 have hae havethe the tho hore horse the commoner must with withdraw drw draw In this Mr r did not men even knew he was bidding the king He h had a a representative at at the sale sales last mb i i So Id King Edward Edwar Mr lr certain yearlings So did the representative of the king Mr Mn was Ui toll told that If h he persisted In bidding against the kings triner he would not be allowed to traIn at Through the veins eins of Mr Croker flows o some hot hat Irh Irish blood He refused to tobe tobe be intimidated Wc 0 dont know whether he he got the tho thoy y yearlings he wanted or not In view thoUgh of the rumpus that has been kicked uP the presumption is that tha t he did get them Now the Jokey Jockey cub cubIs club Is has placed the bait bap on the Croker s far as training them a t If is and that means practically that Croker has been ruled or off the English turf I If this is s what the cal call good sportsman sportsmanship ship the les less we e see scoot of It the beter better we wi will be suited The proceeding shows a littleness that Is In the langne language of the astonIshed old ld woman I If we or of sw saw i It wih with our oh ohe e eyes es we never believed i it And we aint none too sure about It now I We a geat great deal or of s sympathy for Mr Ir Croker or at ally other American lr those own country is not gd good enough 1 i ifor for him Especially do we lack pathy for an American who c deliberately goes es t t take up his abode In R a country that has for yer years maUca 3 oppressed Ireland However I this does not aler alter the basic principle that that good sportsmanship demands that aU all corer comets should occupy the ane lev level el I If I King Edward want t to st stay In Inthe Inthe the t t inthe respect of racing men he will i see that th In of Croker is promptly withdrawn J JYe Ye We have too much faith In his manU manliness nes ness to believe that he wU will approve this this unparalleled manifestation or of |