| Show i TOO SLOAN l M C COMES MS r TO HIS I DEFENSE SL II Did id a Wrong Thing In hi hiMy iny My y Life Le l Is Ills His D Dec CAREER IN FALL OF I lie Seer ver Ret net et B a Iollar DoHr on onAn An Any Horse Bone the One lie tie Hode In Hm The Thi th following Interesting about Tad Tod was a writ written the UtIe jokY by th the famous rider himself ten I r commenced my racing achig career In tha till fill of ot US I sen ell d my first year M Ith johnny Campbell and rode rOlle my lilY tn Unit roc rae Feb rb 6 5 iU I l lodo 1010 with Indifferent WO 0 und 1891 r ce tor A of ot f urn furs In I l I wont off of nJ and to of ot riding nil nU liu have bale o l I to the conclusion that I knew nothing bout tout It II I 1 up UI my mind to 10 try tryome some ome other vocation but bul though t tho th tb Initiation of ot Charles a 0 lawyer li 1 San gin an und and the tho assistance n of ot George How I 1 wn Induced to give raco rac l chance n ak 1111 thOu these two nw more In n mo me than I J could ie ee In 1 m being heinli about Aboul tho the only ones cne who did nee jice anything thing In to toon me 1110 meOn On Feb 6 5 1889 1 I rode rodo 10 10 my lilY mat race and I have never neer been called before the tho or Judges for tor any suspicion tiding rIding cr II r any fraudulent practise of ot any description In lii tho the spring of ot 1897 ow Ini lc to a certain J ll h ilder who paid i S visit I lt to 10 America und ond passed pac crill dims on rome ome of tho Jockeys riding In Inthe Inthe the country I made w VI my mind to 10 go goto goto to England My opportunity came Caine In tho tido tall fall of the same arno year eor when James JamesR R B Keeno asked mo ma If It I would wo go to England l to rile a n houe horo for tor hUn him named Bt St Cloud clou In tho the at t I told him him I would Ho 11 hiked BIked me n when I would woul l he tie ready to 10 RO 10 ROI o oL L I told toW him Immediately If It necessary lie He You can leave Monday on the Majestic I think I sailed on the ltd III England about the tho or of or ofF F september I took headquarters nt t went on tho the course every morning galloped tho horse Ht Cloud The rho people turned out In thu the morning to 10 ne Ht Cloud run uway with me but they were disappointed l no as St Bt Cloud Goud acted oct ell like n a I child chili I 1 stood around tr in to get mounts tn In tho the morning They did not flot take tako kindly to my style of or riding elding and they would not oven even lot 1118 D gallop allep their at nt exercise I ITU IU Ia TU U a never considered In tiro racing over there Though I could get el nothing to for tor everal weeks I 1 stayed starell around home homo tick Irk anil heartbroken he I 1 hail had money and made up liP my mind to stay In Hug Hugland l land lath U It I had to buy my own herpes In order to get My first year In England In lu welt well known although I had nothing to ride rille of oC any consequence yet yetI I 1 rode S races 10 O 0 of which I won The Tho following year eor I went bUck back to Eng England lend land I rode rodo 98 S races and won K 4 G Many people have no doubt been n nIn In regard to what they thu nave have read us aa to tomy tomy tomy my treatment my Ur t year abroad Lord William with whom I t Is tI Ivas I vas RS s afterward associated In racing u a horse named Meta II In n IL 1 race h here re she Wie had no chance Charlie Wood u l hed to get Ret out o or of riding Meta i II 11 to lo ride Jed Jeda Jc ln a who woe was alpo alro In to the therace lher therace r race and who vho In the Derby the tho follow Coli ow f br year WM a prohibitive favorite Mr Cuthbert nn an American agent for Cor Lord I William who wide will vili bear bellr me III out In this statement tal eaton camo to mo me and asked ma me how I would ilko to ride a I race roce I told him very ery much and ho said We o hase two In today Meta II Is ts of ot no Recount account fled ard Sandia In the old oM K has ha a I good chance I n ld Very Vcr well weli wellI I would ouid be Rind glad to ride rid Ho lie told Lord about It and his hia lordship told mo ne I could coull ride Meta II If It I liked whereupon Cuthbert told tOil mo flO not 1101 to rIde en one me If IC I could fould not ride tho the other othor I con concluded not to ride rille the bad one Lord Hereford BallI Very Vcr well then Ib n he hc need not ride either Cuth Cuthbert Cuthbert bert came eanie bark and ond told me what whitt he had paid ald 1 I told him to go hack back to lo Lord William and amt tell hl bin hIli lordship that I had changed my lilY mind and lad would ride tho the bad ono ns n fl win on u a 1 good horse I rode rodo Meta Mem II 11 and heat bent Jeda a I head on tho tile fOIl pol Ills lordship wan an no io ho hoUld told Uld me roe he would let Wood another mount In the tho imd I J could uld ride now flOW After Atter I had antI won tho old Cam with him hini Lord William Will I va an 1111 pleased ns ne a n child chillI Mill a II new ney toy loy Ho fla hold mo nO I hall had to 10 toto 10 to 10 tn to Hunt park the next day to rIde LOT tor Or him I told him I could not hot aa an ionic lerno people had arranged a 0 pheasant Jn n l a 11 partridge lRe shoot for tor mo me Ho lie Bald BaldI Never ever mind those people tell mo me who I h ht y are and I 1 will go and sec them lie He MY PaW them got Aol them thom to fie W lIt from the tho shooting Tho Tide winning on oneta Ileta eta II i therefore my Illy beginning If f tin Un career carer core r I went veldt racing every day afterward n i enjoyed tho thu same came privileges I did wore etore IH an many cnn can vouch tor or ns an they have seen Been and 1 talked w with I on th lh thA cour o I dont know how lo to spell reli It H now nol hut bitt tho the they me toe from Is ii I known l im ita the tho t Loco tAco recto Au meaning the Jock l B weighing room Tho The club ClOt allowed he ne wm arne to bo 10 published he In their out I hal M a racing calendar This Thin done any hearing or reason what IV Vr r When I read the tue next morning Ite p action tho the French Jockey club hud bud l kel k against me roe I was van W II van an absolutely Innocent of ot having Iny tidy ny connection In any way shape or lorn orm rm with said ald race I dill did not have I sm Ingi rie farthing on the mare I wrote J o iO do Ie LiNkIng asking him hini If It ife is It e would RIo gIve mo me n a hearing nn nil I Bought it wan sva unjust to act net HO no hastily Iii i a defenceless man without LillY any p f dIode me or reacon or any uny ground for tor ac nc acson son on without at nt leant giving mo Lii a II 1 han to myself I naked asked him I n ha I did dl l not net think It II was wall fair tall to B O ye ne Lie a chance to out from mo rue t I rold not nol prove tho the statements nil P o e about aboul me were Svere WI I nil absolutely ll lie did 1 n not t answer my letter letteri Ince i VY lilY stilt the thc Jockey Jocke club I my CM i to Maitre Mal Ire Labori t nil all tho the facts taets ho o RM It R a the CaDet Outrageous UI thIng R I ho he Ix had iVer ii lie j h rd of lie Ie lom told ni K It I fought Jockey oc ey club no w matter er what t I got I W must lose lOll but hul that I r could not nol at af i I ord t to In tile tho eyen of tilLi tho a man an who ho hM ban be been n Implicated In I hl You Vou mutt must lIght tight t and 5 you u cannot t 1080 loe you yon on lIlt lut u win n Th The ho Jockey clubs i Io 1 ery poor t P They TIley have navo no not one onn nn IR lei stand I r try ill won on Allow thing to bo ho at al the tho theana worst ana an allow that you had bad backed this mare mara to win u a I fortune they have no flO control over cyst you no nH you do nut not coma como under their Jurisdiction You pay PY your WilY way to the race you sou OU never received admission tickets froth the Jackey club you are a I privileged eged man They have no right to act upon you nt at nil It IB Is absurd to think that t every little boy or 01 any uny who gallops hones horie on the tho training of tin the Jockey club should link permiN permission lIon ellen to do ilo eo BO o because we all know but bet buttor bettor tor br Thero Is no law low for tor It there thore In 18 no rule lulo In iii racing lacing that demands an exercising log ing boy to have to gallop ft a 1 borne hur o The Tho fact that tho the St Ht nuked you and LUId also told the tho It was waN at nt his hili sequent request you ou gal gul loped lu d he the mare was w as quite julto to to you had thoy they not hail had bitter hitter feeling against you otherwise 1111 their feeling won nothing more mora 01 III ii then Jealousy Tile The following year I was Wal under con contract tract to 10 Mr and William WilliamC C e Whitney Lord William It kept Mr Whitney to send end mo me to England Enl und At the tho finish of the Kara Hara toga meeting Mr Whitney called mo me find and told me that Lord wonted mo very ery badly In England Englund and ond X I xI II r that ho would do tho the best bent ho could to tonet net get titans along without wi thou I mo me If It I cured to go goI goX I X Maid very ry well I X would go BO back to 10 That was waif In US 8 When tho tIme full fail came nothing would ouid do but hut I should sign another contract the tho cull on my services for lx Lord lold rd William Hereford tho time second cull cult with hi Ida royal highness tho the Prince of or Wales Willell ules I cd ed the full tull year out and l Went buck back tho following year 1900 1 I role rode during its ts frea freo lance lanco and In the full fall at al Newmarket Lord told mo cue I tide lido te following year for tor lila his royal time tho Prince of If Wales nt lit salary of t C or All this thin time Mr Whitney hud had been cabling Lord Hereford to got get mo Ino a IL ride for or them At 1 I any nil price but bu t my hud hurt been closed loed with bin imie royal the Prince of ot alea and to III much OH an I regretted not net being 1110 to ride 1110 for tor Mr Whitney I was powerless ss to revoke my WY other engagement That was wila my undoing From Prom the Ih day tho the hint Hist man In England had secured the services of ot n a foreigner In tho the sport spoil the press and people of at England turned turnell me mo I bellevo to this thin day that If It his hl royal highness 9 lied hud never nAver made mudo any uny with mo me to bo 00 b his lila trat Jockey I J would never nover have hlo had time the trouble 1 I have gone through A man by tho the name of ot Prank Frank Gard Card Gardner Gardner ner tier knowing I 1 wan waR under this lila un en got In with mo me and bought horses horace and persuaded t be he to give him second cull emil on my services Ho ITo also nice claimed horses In tho the soiling selling races and anda a o great many mun people thought he lie was IL u shield 1111 Ie hi for tor me thinking think lug me to bo be the tho real re owner omer of tho tIme h r eH which mo me n ii grout great deal of ot I wan WAft not nol very er much surprised when I read from the tho English Englich calendar In December 1900 that the thought It advisable for tor mo me not to ap RI ply pip for or a n license is III a n very pr prominent ruling riding horseman In that I country told me inc when ho he asked me If It It wore ere true tint that I wile was as going to be tile tho list first Jockey tot for the tho th future tutule king that ho lie did dill not think I would ride at all nil the tho coming year oal for tor torIn anybody In bod After Atter the tho decision of ot tho time stewards I went to Paris larin I bought horace trained and galloped when whon I I cared to 10 I J won lots loin of ot races nod and the more cicero success I lied the more I rot gut Into horses Horse under my control and management won 61 88 par por cent of ot tho tha races started In thelia horses before coming under my mimy con Mn control control all nil having been benn selling pInter This Thin so enraged th s that they thc began to cry Dope Do po that I had imad never seen and amid havo not neon scon yet ot but bul from day ilay to day they tho kept Browing moro more bitter toward mo tue They Thoy called me mo n a and akl I wan too ton for tor them and that I was wan tiling lining stimulants on tho tim horOs Nevertheless I J hAil had not resorted to 10 sharp practise of any nn kind I lived nt at the Palace hotel and went racing the tho lama snub us an the time gentlemen of or Trance ml 1111 of ot which did dill my no good lint hut It II my to lle that way WilY In the of ot I 03 I bud been galloping horses for tor tim the do de doSt Ht St and many IMn others Nothing been suld e IlI about galloping and I might 11 umu a will Vali mention I whatever I Idid did for or any of ot the members or people p opio I for tor wee was at nil itil times s gratuitous itous I won ent I to Chantilly also to gallop horses for tor St Bt ut lit very early hours bourn In the morn morning ing log many times limos and he noyer ev even en us its much an nil paid my railroad expenses On tho the day dav preceding the Prix de do Diane Uti Phalle Phillie came to mo me on Long Champs race raco course c ur e and ond My Iy dear Sloan my lily race mare hose da do Mills Is Iek and lind coughing badly bully I J told him that It did not surprise o me an as limo tho had been coughing for or a week before In the meantime I told him Mr Charon hind had nuked lIked m mo If It I would look at nt her for him and ho he said will you do that t for me mime I 1 told him I 1 would Ho lie said Oh you OU are aro so rood good You are always Rood good I mild mid Never mind looking at It u IL horse la is nothing much to todo todo do I o o y v N Ho itu said Jet on her back in tho the morning and gallop her about a 0 little hit lilt nod mid see If IC you ott think she oho Is 18 too sick Iele to start In iii u the race which I did That was the tho morning of oC f i l race Sunday morning I told him If the tho maro be boo belonged longed to me mile I 1 would won It certainly start her hor us its I thought the cold was only In her mead and us liS ho was wan not a II betting man muon ho had haI nothing to lose loso and u II big race to run tun for tor forThe The Tho opened at nt 4 to I 1 In the thc bet betting betting ting and went vent wen I to 10 to 1 I Chat the time favorite the time property of ot Maurice who was Willi an nn enemy of ot mine came CiUllO In second Hose Hoso do de winning easily Many of ot tho the people have been beell misled by hy tIme the newspaper re ro repot pot potts portA ts saying I was warned oft off tho the turf which was not true They pimply 81 warned warnel mo me train from n II a place where 1 had never been timid and never neer had any oc occasion casion to 10 go This the tho jockeys loom It IL wan ai done lone for tor humiliation ani and the time Jockey club allowed It to be he pub Thu terminated my racing career nod the future has In store for foi inn ml I J have not the slightest Idea ida Id n but words I have raid hero here are 1110 ah aim facts Instead of ot enlarging on any statements that I have hlo made T J hll tried to under estimate especially those In my behalf I 1 dont dOlt think the thc French Jockey club will over oem forgive 1110 mo for tor lighting them thrum hence the he victory In tho the court uphold upholding lug ing me cue will hardly be bo to my ill henet 1 I hope I urn uni In my LII conclusion but hut It Ii is ts my coy feeling on un tho the matter at the tho present time timi Ono Quo thin thing I would like Ilka to do II I would won II like to Vide tIde again Just to shatter tIme tha tradition that become passa with ego aco severance from regular work vork I think I can ClIO ride n as well today tOdy m n I ever over did dl In my Illy oven OYen though I 1 have been out of harness harnos for tor four tour years limo Tho only charge the time En Jockey club chol could bring against mo me when they decided not to grant me ume a IL I license In III 1901 1101 was as that I had disobeyed a n ii rule nila nil I I Ithe time the betting rule |
