Show 7 i C t r It it Ir O C Now York Pot W Post U Remember When Sloan Got Without Ri Ridin in Nag DO alien nhen YOU remember way back A Jockey received because of a race In which he lid Jid not ride own officially train or bet on the winner That was vas In 1902 when the French I filly Rose dl Mal won the Prix de Diane at al Chantilly Tod Sloane per per- perhaps perhaps haps the greatest jockey of aU all time had been barred for two years ears by bythe the English Jockey club because he had committed the heinous offense of betting on his own mounts So he had come to Paris and It was charged that he had worked the filly In ie trials for the stake This annoyed the French Jockey club which then had a tight work work- working trig ing agreement with the British lords of the turf The stewards contend contend- contended contended ed tha that t Tod had been refused a jockeys jockey's license and consequently was not in good standing So as punishment for his reported appear appear- appearance appearance ance as an exercise boy they ex- ex expelled polled him from the French turf Tod sued and the case excited comment over all the racing world while It dragged on into the highest court or of appeals Finally when the stepping high jockey who had arrived ar- ar rived in Europe several years previously previously with a bankroll was down to his last pound the verdict arrived It created a legal precedent for forthe forthe the turf but probably Tod never con corned himself about that Starting with the received iLl fa dam dam- damages ages he soon was happily engaged in winning and losing a new fortune for for- fortune tune almost as large ns as the one he previously had accumulated A group ol of American Olympic ath- ath athletes athletes letes were forced to replace their drinking water with light wines That was when the U S team was wason wason on the way to Athens for the 1906 games A stop was made at an Italian port and customs Inspectors noted the huge jars or of mineral minerai water Such a newfangled aid to the well conditioned athletes was be- be beyond beyond yond the comprehension of the Ule in- in inspectors inspectors Visitors always were trying try try- trying ing to work new smuggling tricks on them and they thought they knew gin when they saw it it So they confiscated this contraband gin But ut even though they were weak on Yankee notions the Italians were as strong on international gal gal- gallantry gallantry lantry as they were on red tare tape Even en now there are members of that lean who smack their lips as they recall the gallons of vino which replaced at the Inspectors ex- ex expense ex pense each drop of gin water Bill Tilden turned down a offer to turn pro That wasn't so terribly long ago at that that-a matter of about a dozen years But since the y lion of the tennis courts did make the switch he has hare har 4 1 vested a crop of do- do dol tars lars that Is not to y be sneezed at And his example has t- t been followed by otter lights of the d racket game from V inn i n n y Richards down to Fred Perry The odds though Bill Tilden are that Tilden's earnings are a good deal ahead of any ary of his fellow tennis pros A player dusting himself off at third base received the greatest surprise ever to come the way of ofa ofa a hitter or of a winning game triple That was years ago when Moose 1 McCormick had bad been with the Giants only a few days lie Ill had been told to bunt but a ball tame lame across the plate to hl t liking and he be swung with full rull force He was met at third base by a 11 red faced highly excited little fel- fel fellow fellow low A season or two later Moose came to bat as a pinch hitter six times in a six game series while winning five of the games and tying the other with his hits But such fame was in the future lie slapped the dust from his clothes with one hand while he be ex- ex extended extended tended the lie other for the expected congratulations That he listened iu In awe The red raced little fellow was not In a congratulatory mood Instead Manager John J McGraw was fining Moose Joose 50 for disobeying the order to bunt Bob Fitzsimmons was preparing to win the champion champion- championship championship ship ot of the world from JIm Cor- Cor Corbett Corbett bett at Carson City A visitor one day discovered Ruby Robert stand Ing just outside the Fitzsimmons bedroom door dOOl listening Intently In- In Inside inside side the room Mrs could be heard lifting her voice ln In prayer for tor victory Jj |