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NEW RACING OWNERS WAYS , ] * TOLD HIS AGENT TO BUT ENGLAND S BEST H j. REGARDLESS OF COST. — | L. Improved Outlook for Revival of Racing in Cali- | fornia — Joyner Lauds English Spirit of Hospitality. t I New York. November 17. — The entry of Mr. A. K t Macouiber into i he ranks of thoroughbred enthusiasts i J is welcome news to turf followers. With the exodus i e of many Americans to Euroi»o a few years ago. the - I ranks of prominent owners were considerably de- * ploted. Then came the war. back came tlie Ameri- . cans. ami. unless signs fail dismally, there will no: ; only lie stiumlati m in turf circles the coining season i but intluential and wealthy men will la-come more • i concerned in the thoroughbred. Mr. Macoinbcr is 5 t one whose entry into the sport will give the turf a i substantial boost. Racing is rapidly coming hack : into its own in this country. It is now bettei: v regulated tlian heretofore. The installation of the ? * mutuels in Kentucky and Maryland have done much I J to help in the way of public popularity, and. as 3 * every horseman must admit, have Iteen the means of. r • adding in some cases a hundredfold to the purses j and lint bought f added money to the stakes. AH j J of which will have a great bearing on the future. With such men as Mr. Macomber taking an active . part in turf affairs, others will surely follow, lie , will la-gin with ■ stable of sixteen horses, all of f I them bred in the purple and of Euriqieau origin. . •When Mr. Macomber gave me instructions to buy y horses fir him in England." said Walter B. Je.i-nings. "he as much as said, "So as far as you like, but get the best." Such instructions meant that h. .• 1 is going to surround himself with a stable that at t • least starts out with horses of exceptional quality. . • "ll on my arrival in England. " continued Mr. . 1 Jennings. "I at once went to J. P.. Jo-1 and toil 1 1 him my missi n. Jack Joyner. who knew more e i about the English blood than I did. gave me his ad- , 1 vice ill the matter of breeding and I picked out six i teen. Every one of them is a descendant or closely ■ 1 related to either a Derby or Oaks winner, and ■ 1 when they land here about November 21 I think yo:i u will see as good a lot of yearlings and two-year-olds s as has been imported. I am going to take them to o Mr. Hitchcocks place in Aiken. S. C. and get them u ready for business. In the lot are three two-year-olds, - ten yearling tillies and three colts. "Mr Moe-wlier at first decided to r.-"-c under th -noui e de course of a stable, but reconsidered and has s decided to enter all horses in his own name. I am n going to transfer my old colors, red and while a stri| es and white cap. to him and will register them n for life with the Jokey Club, because he is goiug to 0 take a great interest in the turf as a breeder and d Kuer. It was for this reason tiiat I selected so * 4. ny tillies from the yearling ranks. They will ! .• ■ i.ucii more useful for the future than colts. Every y horseman knows there are many disappointments in n buying untried horses and it may be some of those m I liave purchased will not turn out as well as appearances i - indicate, but I feel assured that I have gathered i- the Itost blood attainable in England at the u- present time. It is now only a question of development - and a bit of the good luck which enters so prodigiously J- into racing results." While on the subject of racing Mr. Jennings spoke ;e of the future of the s|Kirt in California. He was is the presiding judge al the meeting held at San m Francisco during the fair, which In- said was not t only successful from a racing standpoint, but financially a- also. "We had Oovernor Hiram Johnson there re for two days." said Mr. Jennings, •and he seemed il to enjoy tlie sport immensely, so much so that he ie congratulated the management and accepted a button creating him an honorary member of the association. " Ipou leaving the grounds he told his interviewers T," that he had enjoyed himself thoroughly, • that it was a representative gathering of the desired " element of California in attendance and that he !" wished the promoters every success, his specific " utterance as lie left the grounds l»eing 1 wisn 11 you well. "This does not mean. he continued Jennings, s- "that the governor iff. going to enter heart and soul ll* into the rejuvenation of racing in California, but I 1 tifinlv believe lli.it he would not bitterly op|Mise a •" resumption of the s|iort if it is well governed and " elevated to tin- standard it deserves iu the interest •J of the American horse and not commercialized. With rl1 an alliance of the better element of sportsmeu of f California I am «mvlin-cd that racing can lie resumed •- under logical restrictions on the coast ere "■*■ another vear ha* passe*.*" Jack joiner is profuse in his praise of the treatment t- he received during the seven years he has been ■ in Hog land. "I was treated royally from the moment "- 1 lauded there." he said, "and they gave me a « heartfelt invitation to return again when I left there io I wo weeks ago. Anyone who attends to his own u affairs ami lives up to be rubs of the Jockey Club • can gel along in Knglaud. 1 dont know whether 1 1 shall go liack again or not: much depends upon op I potuuitles presented here. At present I have nof °t given tl»e future a thought. 1 am simply resting •S and taking a sort of vacation. As regards my having T- arranged to take over a static of horses here "■ ;liere is no truth iu the sm.-y. Thougu offers uiny V come to nie f»r consideration later on. at present nt 1 have done nothing in the matter. There is time • * enough to consider the future after 1 have visited m uij brother iu Carolina and other friends in this is country." . , . In the o.mrse of conversation Joyner was at a loss ss 1o know just wliv " Americans who are buying horses ■ abroad hive not l«"Ugbt more tillies. He is of tin-opinion J* that the more tillies and mares imported the ♦• j i better for the home product of the future and the J* ouuVer the depleted ranks will l e filled up with " European Mood. He thinks the producing end of "f the -oort is more essential just bow than the racing * proper. He is not alone in his views. The deatli of Ieter He l.acy. who died in St. I nles Hospital "ii Saturday night, takes one back 2 to the davs of tweiitvodd years ago. when l e l.acy 1J •as the in ■! prominent man in poolroom circles. ? It was he who foegl.t the Dwyer brothers and Ihe "., ;ravesend track anions other institutions which " tried to prevent advance information from going a1 Every known device was used ..ut of the gates. , the calculations of the racing associa to in.-ei ar Cons even t- throwing hollow Wooden balls over er the ieii.es containing the letting on races and results It t.*.k an army of men to get the news .lot outsiders had to Ik- content with scraps ol m-W, "" - th" races. Some davs there were returns v- » concluding slap at the associa m. iionL lie i icv was the primary mover in the insertion " of i" paragraph into the amendment to " of SE state in UKmUW it a " th • on iiu ,on.iii""« n-titut penal offc use 1 ► « mat„ »■ k |- i„,ok . or wager - through any • , , b , p, ,"",:a""al 7u ion wli -I. has checked all chance 2 ::; ; ;. ZandIX* -M— ■*« «swgA 1 in ■» OLL- Km York state.
