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Mil VOSBtlRGH HONORED HONOREDThe Honored The stewards of the Euglish English Jockey Club have recently taken action which indicates that they fully appreciate the magnitude of the present invasion of the English turf by American own ¬ ers They have authorized W S Vosburgh the forfeit clerk and official handicapper here to act as their agent in this country to receive ajid aid transmit to thorn all nominations to English events eventsThe events The arrangement was made through the Messrs Messes Weatherby Weather official publishers of the Racing Calendar and applies to all the race tracks over which the stewards of the English Jockey Club have control The appointment is remarkable in one way The English Turf is exceedingly conservative and the rules govern ¬ ing King it are iron bound and unyielding The rules specify that all entries must be made to the Messrs Messes Weatherby Weather in London and never before have the stewards had an authorized represen represent ¬ tative active anywhere to receive entries entriesSpeaking entries Speaking of the appointment yesterday Mr Vosburgh said From my correspondence with the Messrs Messes Weatherby Weather it is to be inferred that they have previously had considerable trouble with American entries The rules there aro aero much more strict than ours For example they are exceedingly careful that all the partners in a racing stable shall be registered over the sig sigh ¬ nature of each of the partners They aro aero ex ¬ acting too with regard to correspondence relating to entries as well as to other matters mattersOur matters Our American way of conducting corres cores ¬ pondence providence by means of the typewriter and per ¬ mitting emitting letters to be signed by clerks does not accord with their conservative ideas They want all documents relating to entries to appear over genuine signatures and as a matter of fact they are not inclined to pay much atten attend ¬ tion ion to typewritten correspondence on any sub ¬ ject jet That is regarded as not exactly good form over there thereBesides herbicides Besides the conditions of the English stakes are not well understood by American owners and their turf customs and manner of doing things are almost entirely unknown here It was no doubt to obviate these difficulties and to secure correctness of pedigree and of part ¬ nership nears registrations that the stewards decided it might be advantageous to have an authorized agent here instead of permitting American entries to be sent direct to the Messrs Messes Weath Wealth ¬ erby Derby in London as formerly Morning Tele Telex ¬ graph
