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Show llOD SLOAN 18 3NBRIISSELS l-Once the Greatest Jock-r Jock-r ey and Worth Thous-'w Thous-'w ands, Now Broke -vJ f N'ew York. May 3. Friends of Tod 1 m ft Sloan, once the greatest Jockey In .Jm the world, learned that he has se-ir se-ir ' cured a contract for the management J5syj , of tho big Brussels racing stable of eryij Theodore 'Meyers, He hopes to e-"V e-"V coup hls fortunos " this" new Job j, Sloan still wclgns less than 108 g (iuE pounds and frequently climbs into the Ittii& '" Eaddle for tryouts. He cannot ride In ,y& I colors, however, for tho reason that larr! ? tne EnGlish Jockey club has steadfast-htS steadfast-htS '-' refusen to reinstate him. He has .UJ ' Deen on tnc ground now nearly ten Priwd! i vears and nns tried his hand at many -, J occupations, including automobile dem-t dem-t J9 onstrating and aviation. ' M ? Frequent attempts hav bcn m"le $M to secure Sloan's reinstatement. The JH ; nature of Sloan's offence in Eactar.d CS was never made known, and his bu9 J friends have always Inslcted that pre-l.2t9 pre-l.2t9 :i Judlco and persecution were the cause mtSM V. of his predicament. He Is said to ' :, have earned nearly $500,000 as a rM .; jockey, but the money went as easily JM ;- as It "came. at .19 ' OO |