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JAPANESE JOCKEY A DISAPPOINTMENT Some years since Mr von Szemere tried tho ex ¬ periment of Importing Japanese riders and training them as jockeys The idea seemed good as the laps are not given to bodily bulk save the few who be ¬ come professional wrestlers The essay does not appear to have been successful in the case if Akiishi who promised at one time to do credit lo the acumen of Mr von Szemere who argued ii favor of tho skill of the Japanese In imitation md their native frugal habits hi the ipiestloii of food Akaslii lias found that western civilization appreci ¬ ates the art professed by BrlllatSavarin and the excellent daily fare In the jockeys room at tlr establishment of Mr von Szemere has tickled his palate lie has thriven on the change of diet anl taken on so much tlesli that he cannot ride the iv iuired weight As a comjuiisation he has learned i to speak Hungarian like a native and expresses his j intention of remaining in the stables two or throe j years longer so as to perfect his education before re ¬ turning to the land of the rising sun where he will establish himself as trainer hrinsing with him nli tlie knowledge he has gleaned In the west lie may be found even yet as the trainer of the Tokio Derby for it is said that some exports have been made vT bloodstock of late for the Imperial stud and that Hatracing is held in great esteem in a country where to the European visitor at tin time of war with China the founder of the hippie race might well have been the famous horse of Troy London Sportsman
