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RACING IN GERMANY. The Kaisers Approval Results in Rapidly Increasing Popularity for the Sport. Berlin. Germany. July 5. — No form of s| ort has made more progress in Germany in tbe last ten years than horse racing. Once it was considered immoral to attend a ra v course, and early in bis reign the kaiser discouraged racing among his officers. The reason was that officers spent too much money on the sport and betting was indulged in on too high a scale. More recently the kaiser, having induced the officers to lie less extravagant and to moderate their betting, has changed his views. He does not, as King Edward did and King George! intends to do. enter horses at certain meetings on bis own account, but he permits Germanys most favored stable, tbe Graditz, to carry his blue and white colors. One of the results of the kaisers patronage has been to develop a splendid corps of military riders, so that hot even England eau show a larger number of military horsemen than Germany. Several of them have won races in foreign countries, though they are often hindered by the difficulty of getting military leave. The latest name ou tbe roll is that of Lieut. Luodkors, who won a big event at Hoppe-gnrten and was so nervous that when the kaiseriu banded him the prize, a loving cup. lie let if fall. Trainers and professional jockeys are for tbe most part Englishmen or Americans, and the names of Johnson. Waugh. Day. McCoriuick and Darling are well known in Germany. The Jot-keys now ride in the fashion introduced by Tod Sloan, that is. far forward, almost ou the horses neck, and command high pay, far more than a Prussian minister, their earnings at times running to 0,000 a year. Annus professionals riding 011 the German turf are Johnny Keif. Korb, Miller. Bullock, Shaw, S| eticer. Spear and Sumter, while Warae. Cleminson and Weather-don lielotig to the older crowd of jockeys.
