Show III IN IN LOVES LOYL'S HANDICAP r. r r TOD SLOAN I A WINNER AND IND WON I Tod Sloan international jockey race racetrack racetrack tr track lck and around all sporting porting man has ridden his last race and placed paced his las last bet bot In loves love's handicap where he took tool a to ono one shot with far moro more trim tain turf odds against him he has bas von won and Jio 10 io is satisfied With his marriage Sep er 21 to Miss Julia Sanderson a principal principal pal jal of The Dairy Maids company and one of the most beautiful women on the American stage he has renounced d sporting life in every phase for all aU time thue I and henceforth will adopt the less precarious precarious pre pre- carious but more substantial career of ofa a business man This would cat el seem probable If It Ift It t did not come from Sloans Sloan's own lip lips Take It from me In all seriousness h ho i says that I have ha made m my last bet beton beton I Ion on the tho hor horses es absolutely and forevermore You cant can't make It too strong for tor I have given my word to the little woman and the he gong has sounded on my 01 mone money for tor forthe forthe the the- thelast last time Ume Determined Never to Bet Again Determination fairly shone In the tho jockeys jockey's jockeys erstwhile ockey's erstwhile Jockeys Jockey's jockeys face face and he beamed and smiled In his cos cosy uptown apartment Just as though renouncing the tho life lire that has been the tho essence of at enjoyment enjoy ment to him ever since he was al able le to buckle buckl a saddle girth was unalloyed bliss And to look at Tod no now now Tod v-Tod v Tod of or the paddock the betting ring and thorace ono one ono could faMy ld well believe o that the sacrifice was onas no sacrifice at all lIl Sloan first met t the bewitching Julia on tho the night of ot July 2 2 1904 at tho the Manhattan Manhat Manhat- tan Beach Casino where she he was s appearing appear appear- hug ing with Do Wolf Volt Hopper In a a. revival of ot Wang Vang Sitting in one of or the boxes his eye eo u c caught ht sight Ight of ot a radiantly beautiful beautiful beau beau- face tace flitting in and out among tho the mare of ot dancers adding charm to the tho court of ot the pseudo l king In a single moment he was interested ted in another he lie was fascinated At the curtain ho Ito was devoted though h for tor the life of or him he couldn't c My- My l tell onh why At Intermission Intermission sion his feet ct compelled him to stroll back of ot the scenes and arid there still wondering wondering won won- dering doting wit why h ho he did It It he ho begged his lanky lanley friend Hopper for tor an Introduction Rode As He Never NeVel Rode Before I surprised Do Wolf Volt all right ho he reminisced with a twinkle t In his eye ec and he ona wasn't nt for tor accommodating me mc at once Ill have to ask her lier mothers mother's permission permission permission per per- mission first t. t ho he said and it seemed to tome tomo tomo mo me that ho he was gone gono a a. mighty long time Afterward I learned that my 01 present mother-in-law mother considered the matter at some somo length and anel only gave her con consent ent after she had come to the tho conclusion that neither sho she nor her daughter would ever lay 11 eyes on me again But nut that Is IR where here the they were both mistaken mistaken and and happily so so I sIncere sincerely When the season closed and Miss lIls San San- lIe derson on went to her home hom In Springfield nold Mass Mas without saying paying the tho one ono word this rider of or kings kings' 9 racers most desired to hoar ho he followed In his motor and pressed his suit Slowly but surely he be crawled to the lead and after atter three ye years n of assiduous courting and after his promise to forsake the tho betting ring rim for tor all time the engagement became a fact tact just after tho the close of ot the tho Saratoga Saratoga Sara Sara- toga meet last July I promised her to quit because shen'S she sho was S more to mo ma than anything else in inthe tho the world ho lie declared In telling of ot lii his lils determination but I dont don't want to take too much credit For a long Ion time I 1 had hod known that the racing game as played In this country la is not what It should sho be when vl viewed ned from a puro pure sporting standpoint standpoint stand stand- point and ultimately I would have adopted tho same sarno course It Pleased His Ins Wife It pleased my though and It pleased her parents I dont don't think either cither her mother or her father seriously objected ob oU- 1 to me but Julia Julio was their on only child sho ehe was young and quite naturally naturally natu natu- rally the they wanted to keep hM her Now that ho Is Va n. away l from the track forever r Sloan makes some bomo startling statements regarding the tho way races are run In America under the cov cover r of ot an alleged purpose to advance the tho breed of ot horses Just let lot me mo tell yo you you and md and I wt wish h you ou would make tho the point emphatic that emphatic that you cant can't t beat the races hero ho de do- No sir lr you 1 0 cant can't beat them If U any anyone one could dont don't you think that 1 I Iam Iam am that person 7 I 1 found It out long ago ngo and since then tho the game g has rapidly been growl growing l worse and worse Dont Don't put your money on tho the horses for tor If It you do you will lose In tho the long I run You haven't ha a chance In the I world worl for tho tha racing game gamo is crooked Bookmakers Got the Cash Figure it out any wa way you ou like and I I the result Is the same ume The racing as asI association as- as I and tho the bookmakers get the cash and end you ou get the experience to to sa say nothing of ot a n. fever to send good money I after bad If It you ro dont don't belle e this stop top I for a moment and figure up the gate gat gatre re receipts receipts re- re The public contributes on an I average a a a. day dar Or r something like O a year vear Who gets It lf Not the man who bet bets beta his earnings or Inheritance but the tho association In addition addition ad ad- the they get revenues from the bar and book privileges Generally speaking the bookmaker gets rich but you dontI dont don't I tell you that you OU can take It from fromme fromme me that tho the races are crooked crook d. d They are crooked beyond measure more measure more crook crooked d than an any ever were The races at Brighton Brighton Brighton ton are tho the cleanest of ot all and the reason Is that Starter Chris Fitzgerald Is an ac active active active ac- ac tive steward there and Is as honest as he heIs heis Is 18 fearless tearless I Hopes to Bo Be Rich The man doesn't live who can honestly hon hon- cathy estly say a a. word against him for tor when hen I Iwas Iwas Iwas was riding under him and ho he was a good goodfriend goodfriend friend of mine he treated me Just like the rest re There was onas no wavering or oror or nr crookedness with him I Starters Cas Cassidy ld and Follansbee are aro also on the the- level I What tho the racing sport needs Is I greater personal activity on tho the part of ot such luch men as all Keene Belmont and Knapp The They could put a a. stop to the present conditions conditions conditions con con- If It th they chose but bUl their non non-ac- engenders much that should hould not exist Then the erstwhile Jockey jocke a midget t In I stature ture but bUl a giant In hopes plunged In Into into In- In I to the future ure and told of ot the n automobile company compan he ho has formed and which he ho trusts will soon make him rich enough to tomake tomake make him forget torget the year he rode for tor William C C. Whitney won the tho Futurity on Ballyhoo 00 Boy Bey and made a 0 clean 1 0 in twelve months 1 |