Show I i GAN MUIR MOIR BEAT CANADIAN 1 British Interested in Match Between Two Heavies at London Dec 2 LIKE TOMMY BURNS BEST Islanders Think He Can Beat eat Sailor Starts More Jefferies Jefferies Jef- Jef Jefferies feries Talk ill El RICHARD DAHLGREN London Nov No 23 The Th The sporting spoiling 1 ont event of most Interest to Americans leans just now IsIh Is the iho approaching approaching- prize light fight ht between Gunner Gun Gun- npr ner Joll j tho limn BrIt British IRh hell heavyweight t champion champion cham cham- pion and Tommy Tomm Burns tho the American champion ham pion The battle Is scheduled to be fought fong before the tho National nn Snorting club dub I on December 2 and It cnn can be he safely sal sul i that no bout of or recent years has at- at traded su such h wido attention It I Is the first worlds world's heavyweight championship battle batLle ever vel ron fought ht In England En and there are few f w Englishmen who are nn not firmly l convinced that the he big sailor fallor will not come com out of It the tho heavyweight ht of or the world worM Moir la is supremely lent dent He Ile has bus nd advantage e In cl weight hl height and reach lie He II Is a n. hard liard hitter and can Cnn tape take punishment Burns Ruins l is Ir-I i In class first condition and expresses expresses ex- ex ex cx- presses s himself as ns sure suie of or winning Because Because Be Dc cause causo Moir Is heavier than I am I is no in indication that thal he hurts has anything anything- on me tin tilt American fighter to mo me the other day I 1 have o r fought u ht men as heavy 1 and boat them too I will take Moir's 1 measure meas mens- measure ure till all right The best be impression here Is that If Moir wins It means a II light fight with Jim Jeffries Jef Jer- Jeffries fries Iles Jt Jl Is ISI recalled that Jeffries has announced announced an- an his Intention of tl fighting only In Inthe inthe the event of or the championship leaving America I Moll Moh If he 0 would u be bl willing to fight JeffrIes In Jn th Ih event of beating Burps i Sure I will he hc replied ll I I will fight any one olle who thinks he ho Is IR a n. better Jetter man than I am Croker to Hate l nl lug Hie String Richard Croler will race mea a bigger string In n England this year than ho did last according to hi his JIll present ent Intentions Heis He Hes j is s well oll pleased with the time result of this seasons enson's racing which returned him a profit as nt w well Ml as giving him a fixed place In n turf history as the winner of a derby I 1 am informed that Mr Croker has sev- sev several eral ral Yer very tery likely youngsters at al his place In n Ireland and that the veteran politician politician cian clan and has an Idea that he may put another derby to his credit it Mr Ur Ir Croker I understand has practically given gi I en up all l Idea el of sending an any horses to o America AmE for the present at all aU events The Paris Jockey c club is Just about u. u as exclusive ns as the Jockey club In England and nd about aboul as hard to enter French turf turf- men Tien have ha come to lo recognize the need ofa of a more democratic turf organization and the he Association Chevaline Che is the result It is proposed to to make thug this the meeting place lace for fOI horsemen of all ranks Tho The trainer rainer and Jockey as well as the owner will be he eligible an and trill ill iJ meet on a u. coinon common coin coin- mon on plane lilane The club Is to lo be In harmony with other reputable turf clubs and their membership cards will be Tho nce need of some such organization Is f felt lt on this side the channel and already there is talk jor o of a similar club hero r f Danny Danny- Maher n a Fa FO ortle Tho American jockey Is onlie on the lie Continent and ho he is close to tho the head of or the list Hat here hore although h the tho craze for the American style stylo of ot riding introduced b by Tod rod Sloan is disappearIng disappear disappear- ing Dann Danny Maher is still recognized nevertheless as the tho best besl jockey jocke of the tho season He finished behind HIS Higgs in inthe inthe the number of winning mounts buthe but buthe he ho was away wa ahead In the tho percentage column and his Income tops lops that of any of oC the English lIsh lads In n speaking of the modification of tho the American style of riding Mr brace Horace Horace Hor Hor- ace Lennard ennard racing editor of ot tho the Sporting SportIng Sporting Sport Sport- ing Times says say's Nearl Nearly all our Jockeys jocke's are now usIng us using us- us In ing longer stirrups than they have havo used for Cot several years and are aro getting rid of ot the life crouch seat They do not use uso as long stirrups s as they di did before roro Ted Tod Sloan began hogan to ride in England and find they still ride well forward but the they do not go o to tu such extremes s as they thoy did dill when whon most infatuated with wilh Sloan and null his ways Tits The lh American Jockeys eys have havo left England for fOI time the time being mainly because be because because be- be cause tIll they could coul earn more moro mone money on tho Continental than on the tho I English turf turC There here is a lack lacle of good Jod native Jockeys in France Germany Belgium Am Austria Ital Italy and Russia The people of all nil those these countries like to see sec racing but they do not nol develop many first first- class riders England develops do more than she can employ and there thero are plenty of English as well weB aa as a American merican jockeys on tho Continent Better BeUer pay and less leIs competition ch elsewhere aro are the chief te reasons al 0 11 M. M In m my Judgment Why hy h American Jockeys aro are not so prominent ent enl an element in England as formerly for fo Iner merly |