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BITTER CRITICISM OF REIFF New York Juno 9 A cable from London says Bitter condemnatory criticism is heard on all sides of the methods of Johnny Heiff who scut Craganour 1 bumping and pushing into Aboyeur in the Derby and made the great classic what one paper terms a nasty blot on the records of our national sportsman ¬ ship shipThe The inquiry by the stewards of the Jockey Club is still under way and there seems a strong likeli ¬ hood of Heiff being barred from the English tracks Sporting tracksSporting writers are clamorous for the disciplining of the jockey The Pall Mall Gazette saying Whether Heiff was to blame or not is a matter of vital importance to thousands of racegoers and to a greater extent to the prestige of the sport of kings If in the stewards opinion Heiff was physically unable to keep his mount straight and prevent the interference justice demands that publicity be given to the fact factSKirting SKirting Life inquires why HeifT who must be held accountable for the favorites weird behavior has gone free thus far and The Westminster Gazette says the jockeys conduct was of a character im ¬ possible to overlook overlookWhat What seems to hurt and wound the English pub ¬ lic is not so much the actual disqualification of the Bower Ismay horse but what made this necessarv Thousands upon thousands of pounds sterling all over the British Empire have been lost to book ¬ makers but the people with a line sporting spirit have only congratulation and praise for the stewards
