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H P WHITNEY WELL LIKED IN ENGLAND The following cable comes from London Several prominent members of the English Jockey Club are anxious that Harry Payne Whitney the American turfman and poloist should be elected a member This would be an unprecedented honor for no American has ever yet been admitted to this institution which apart from being the most ex ¬ clusive club in the world possesses autocratic powers Mr Whitney is undoubtedly the most popular American who has ever raced in this coun ¬ try where prejudice against American owners jock ¬ eys and trainers is bitter He spends at least 200 000 a year on his racing stables at Newmarket where his horses are trained by Andrew Joyncr In spite of his lavish outlay however he has met with no big successes on the English turf though several good handicaps have fallen to his share
