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ENGLISH RACING AND PRICES. An American Idea of the Action at Beautiful San-down Park Race Course. New York. April 20.— The Heralds descriptive cable from Sundown 1ark. Eng.. about Thursdays racing savs: "Sandown differs in several ways from Epsom other than ill miles. I was at the races there today and il is a track you come away from feeling you have had vour moneys worth. "To lx-gin with Epsom smelled mainly of bad tobacco smoke, while Sandown smelled like new-mown hay. Thats enough to influence any horse and many human l eings. "flaatfew Patfe race track m-ide a big hit with me. It is well ordered, well run. pretty, commodious and oomfortaJde. In these respects it isnt even second cousin to Epsom, where I was jostled and had my toes steimed on all yesterday after noon. Of course, there was no such tremendous crowd there, but it was a big crowd all the same. "The oild tiling alwmt it all is that, while San-down is fifteen degrees more swell than Epsom, it is cheaper. At Epsom it costs for admission to the grandstand. more to get on the reserved lawn wh-ie von must go if you want to see a race without Miendius a fortune for a l* x. ami . .VI to go in the paddock. Thats 2.50. "At Sandown von get all that, and very much ■leer, for 85. If this is the scheme they run all tie race tracks in England on. I choose right now to be aristocratic and inexpensive. You get more for your money. There are plenty of seats from which you -an see every inch of the track and all the sub tracks, straightaways and steeplechases and all that. "A ladv with a deciiied American accent was silting Lack of me on one of the lawn beaches. I beard her my to her companion: Where do poo pie go who dont pay anything. They dont go here. he replied, thats the answer. "All must pay sixty cents to get In at all. ami tl-ev pav as much more as they please for location, ranging from sixtv cents to .25. There is no free Held. "Bannv Mate* rode twice this afternoon and almost won one race. He kicked because he didnt. The ki.-k didnt go. Americans were aliout as scarce as hens teeth. Out of several thousands I beard several people talking Tnited States language, but I had never seen anv of them on Broadway. "A. J. Jovner. Mr. Whitneys trainer, is. of course. an American. He said: Wait until I get my feet in before 1 say anything about English racing. "Incidentally I learned on the very best iiitlioiitv from prominent horse owners and Imokmakers that there isnt a particle of truth in the printed report that large sums of money had been sent over here from America to put on American horses. This in formation I got on the spot and not from New York cable-. " It would lie very interesting if it were so. said one liookie. Unfortunately the money hasnt arrived vet. "The paddock at Sandown is like a cross between an open-air performance of "The Sporting Duchess and a fashionable garden party. "Beautifully gowned women, escorted by officers from the Guards or distinguished city financiers, sweep around the closely clipped lawn, hedged by blossoming flower gardens and magnificent trees. .■ind mingle with the blanketed racers, led by keen faced little stable boys. It was one of the prettiest sight- you can imagine, lit up by the gentle KnglWh sunshine. "The wet blanket is going back to London 1 v train. Ill tell you about that later. Its bunk. So at least it appears to me. au American racc-gonr." _________
