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SOUTH AMERICAS RACING AMERICAN RIDER FINDS METHODS VASTLY , DIFFERENT FROM OURS. Jockey Mountain Writes Interestingly of Conditions in the Argentine Republic. Where Englander Is the Leading Rider. Lexington. Ky., HnA 2.— Jockey George Moon tain is at Buenos Ayres. He arrived at the capital of ili" Argentine Kepublic from Mexico City earl] In January, and short! thereafter cabled t.. a friend ,i tbfe iii. a request thai a letter showing biai to got*] Rtandlag I. ■ forwarded fruaa i i i-- Kentucky State Kaciug ivanmlsslou. which waa done. Thai friend has jus, received a letter from Mountain un-der dab i January 24, in arnica t lit- Chicago rider I -i » — iiix iinpreasiona us follows: •1 have been lure about three weeks, bat as y-t bave H-. position. I feel thai my inability to net a Ktarl is due i" the fact that 1 eaa* i ■• Bueaoa Ayrea without m poteate, as the aattvea call a lettet of i.i -ominendat inn. and an Insufficient knowledge of the KpaulKb language. While awaiting the arrival of the letter in. m the Kentucky Bacing Commission 1 Khali ini|.i... in v Spanish vocabulary. •The American ockeya here are Bnjtlander, Bo- raanelll T. Walsh, ;. Thompson and myself. Kng reported t. r* worth 00,000. ami is the leading jockej here. He is riding for the president of ili.- jockej club. A dollar here is forty-four cents in United States aey. BomaneUI N worth 0. flUO, ill ii money. He lias li.nl oalj fair success, bul In riding i..i Beya, the champion bone of this conn i,- A jockej i- paid a atonal fee only when be niilshea lushle the money. The da* botda oat live p. l- cent., I. nt the ..wii.r nearly always adds ire 1..-I- cent., ami often more. ••The regular racing lays at Palermo are rimis «las and Sundays, and they also race on all boli- ,i m . i am i. .i.i thai this is the richest Jockey club the world, and Palermo ia certainly the tin.sr plant 1 bave ever teen, They bave tve dis- tlnci st.m. Is and the attendance i- always good. The IhuIiik i-- under the pari-mntnel system. There is ,„, .„,, | i leas th in ,600. There are two other k. Jk- here, l»ngchamps, familiarly known as the nvaTiaw. and San Martin, the home t l the steeply . ha-,-i, anil hurdle ffrtrwes. Tbey are all giving i ici s each wow Se year round. "The American rider coming bare tin. is otbei . ui-it.-s quite as difficult as uaderstanding nod siteakiiiK Spanish: in some Instances more ao. He n,USl | .,.,, to gallop horses with a carh bit and to 1,1,. them :il exercise and in work-outs will. .-it a tnddle. Fourteen out of nfteen borsea here are .-. rked with a Bheei over them ■ I I way to k---i ,„,,|,i from recognisiag them. Clockers are barred, ,,,i ;i ., trainer should remain on the track after be - through working his borsea he ia liable t . be i ld - - move on. The curb bit la use here is provided with ■ chain nader the chla and is similar to the heavy eou-irlvonci used by cavalrymen. Ton can imagine what powerful bit this is. it thoroughly conqaera ■ and with it l have seen a boy weighing -more than forty pounds riding a hois.- bareback and . .,.,, speed. •■In racing the kjcheya here sit ep straight, duteh-i ili.- mauc with one hand and taking a long hold ,-i the i-ii.s with the other, barely touching the uorsea month, H ■ oekey in whipping Bhould trike i borse mon than once before putting down his whip and band-riding, h - would surely gei in liad with the owner. Ii a Jockey wants to in- laughed at hi him ride with shod stirrups and whip last. aa we do In the United states. But at that, 1 be I lev i: if one of the leading American trainers. Bam Ilildreth, tor Instance, w.nil.l coaae here and hay ■ stable of horses and have an American Jockey t. :il.- tin- Yank..- fashion it would be another case similar to that when Tod Sloan went to England and revulutioniaed the style of riding through his woe tlerfnl success in piloting winners. Witii me iust now. however, it is ■ matter ol earning how to rid.- all ..ver again. With a rec ui Herniation from Sam Doggett. 1 went to an owner v. h.. apoke English and asked him for employment • exercising In his stable. His trainer could speak . kngltsb. bul tb owner made an appointment with m- for ■ trj int. I gave the horse a Rood American ride and won the work-oat, bul the own-ir ,i,i me i bad not mad.- a favorable Impresaioa apea hi- trainer and 1 have not aeen him since. The nam. riders are g l according to their si;,- The Jockey club gives a prise oi ,000 each .-,, to the leading rider, and Tortorolla, a native lockey would have won it had he BO been sns - ,1 about December 1. 1 understand that the iispeneiou i- soon to be lifted and Tortorolla will then go to Prance. He is a millionaire and has made it all in the saddle. •The bomea her. are the best I have ever seen and they are by far the beal broken. They t ak ■ i ■,. time wiih them and do not race them to often -,s i-i the United States. The native owners hi ri i .„,! hare a high opinion of North American thoroughbreds They are sweet on the English tynes and will nay fancy pricca far the heal staUloaa aaa taw Harry Mtcbaeln, Charley Gray and Barry ia the leading Jocke Stuart over in Chili. Michaels h.-ie Tbey have line tracks m Chili, hut thej onlj r« e on holidays and the borsea ran the reverse way. ,-],,, i bey ran in the right way. In hili the rac- ,,.- * over tarf louraea, bn1 tier.- it is prat dirt the game aa In the United Slates. ,„ k K,. n.s Maid of Erin dam ol O Iti i-is i chestnut coll by Hippodrome, and Major I. A. Daingerneld says it is ..i t the beat foals he ever Clarence 11. Maekaya Viatage has a hay tlly by St. Savin and is to Ik- mated with Peter Tan. jr. r. Bespeaa1 Woodlawn Belle baa a baj colt by ll c Hallenbeck and trainer Frank M. 1 left here this morning for West Badea, lad., t-i spend a week or s., John Rodegap has taken ap the three-year-old lilly St. Kentlngerna belonging to Bahert Kelly rf Jfew V-it.
