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PINCUS RETURNS AFTER YEARS IN ENGLAND. Veteran American Trainer Expects to Spend the Remainder of His Days in France. Jacob Pincus, the American trainer, who has spent the greater part of the last twenty-five years in England, is in New York on a visit. PIncus expects to remain here for some time, when he will return to England, and may eventually go to France to spend the remainder of his da.vs. For the last two or three years Pincus lias raced a few horses of his own In England, but all were disposed of before he came away. Pincus is one American trainer who seemed to fit in witli the English ideas and methods, and he is popular over there. For years he has made Newmarket his headquarters, and he Is as well known at "Turf Headquarters" as any of his English fellows. He first went to England iu the fall of 1SS0. The late Pierre Lorillard was racing a stable in England at the time. Pincus took charge of the stable on his arrival in England, and the following year won the Derby and St. Leger with Iroquois, the only American bred horse to win these classics. Pincus, after staying in England for three or four years, returned to America, but soon went abroad again, and has remained iu England since, except for trying visits to this country. He is one of the oldest turfmen iu the country, and his experience as rider, trainer and owner covers more than a half century. He was one of the liest four-mile heat riders of his day. In the fifties he rode through the Southern Circuit, composed of such towns as Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and other places no longer on the racing map, for the veteran John Davis, who spent the past sea-sou iu the east still bale and hearty, though he has passed the four-score milestone. His first experience with racing about New York was at the Union and Centervllle courses, both of which are only a memory nowadays.
