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Show ili SLOAN BACK FROM LONDON Famous Jockey Tired of High Life. Will Cut' Out Society and Try to Redeem Lost Laurels. Refuses to Go on the Stage, and Will Stick to Racing Hereafter. rOD SLOAN", chastened in splr- It, and with a suit case full A ol Sod resolves and a de-tf'R de-tf'R glre to lead a quiet and un-.41 un-.41 1 eventful life In the pursuit of his busl-$ busl-$ ' ness as a Jockey, has arrived In New &l f York- from London, says a New York Jj jf" dispatch to the Kokomo (Ind.) Tribune. 1 I' Sloan was born In Kokomo. He is look- !J lng considerably older and wisdom is making a strong play for position as his I most dominating expression. His hair i is slightiy tinged 1th. gray and he is ! i quieter and more unobtrusive than J when he left Yankee shores, t j In place of being the rather bump- tlous and self-sufllclent young man with f? I a tendency to insert his rather dlmlnu-; dlmlnu-; J live presence into the gatherings of l men. he has become the retiring, mod-' mod-' I est little man of business, with the W I Kmp of common senEe attaining large j?! developments. $ $' Little of Old Self Left i3l I jjg He has arrived here without any rc-W rc-W raalning touch of the things that made jr him widely known of old. There is no 1 hint of the loud raiment of the ultra- fashionable cut which he once affected, j 1 and there Is almost a total absence of ft! Jewelry of the flashy order to which he n f was addicted. In place of those ear-,l ear-,l 'I marks he favors a retiring mode of 51 1 dress and a modest display of Jewelry. 4t ; He lias decided he will not make a for- 'i tune on the stage and has turned down ; P Arthur Collins' offer to have a play ) Titten for him in which he might star. 4f t He wants to ride, and ride well. Hi lii wants to live quietly, as befits a solid rtfjUlf man of business, and to that end he 'ffc 3, Wl" direct his efforts from this time on k&T as he has no desire to return to Eng-ffl Eng-ffl ;f land. He said: "I have realized at last that the man-k man-k 'j ner of life I once led can have but one gjgg result. It will not do. No one can com-Bg com-Bg 5 tine real business with the pursuit of h pleasure unless the real business suf- 2 rs' 'mve set-tled down and have idff v rfa,lzed what an ass I have made of ( f m'52'f All I want now is a chance to ffi show that I can ride and ride well. I m Intend to stick to riding horses for a & llvln? anii t0 sll0w the public that even j, a Jockey can behave himself. .j ;i Moralizes on His Past r?3 t "If my experience will prove of value Arf , toothers who started out as I started I rg fs win be pleased. I have this to say: No I man I don't care how clever he Is at riding, can mix with the fastest sports' sport-s' r'r ng set and keep his head and attend s$ !o his riding. I tried it to prove that I could do It. and failed. All I want now r. to get a long rest and to get myself l n shape. I want to ride, and I believe f can ride. I don't think I have actual- ;;f ? ly suffered in my ability from what I , J nave done, and T have gained a lot of , experience. Just as soon as I can get l around to It I intend to sec if the ;. Jockey club cannot see Its way clear to if ? panting me a license. I do not thinVc , , , i wli ever return to England. I am ; ; : i J0' going to remain here and work i.,,1 ; nard in an endeavor to get myself back :, f 'mo my old form." . i;;' Turns Down the Stage. )'" liv Thc Proposal of Arthur Collins to ; ; ktave a play written for Sloan was ' V' Vr ,oaled to the jockey and he said: "I f f fii8. 8lar 1,1 a dicing piny, but I don't : Ht ii)lnk I want to try thc stage- I will I !i ,, ve en"Bh to do to follow my own ;f "no of business. I want to ride, and I ; !, nave no time to fool with the stage if I , i i am to do good work." f? v v Sloan oked as if he meant what ! if '! S? He 18 here t0 toy -md redeem ' 'f "m,solc anrl become a business man If l t that is possible. |