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AMERICAN JOCKEYS IN GERMANY. According to Deutsche* Sport." which gives as its authority the- Nam y paper. "Etoile de IBst," the- war, to the- end of last year, has caused tin-loss to Prnnce of sne-third oi its total n her of horses, reducing the- I ie- supply to the- low level of the- year lspi. Owing to the present decline in Prance of horse- breeding iii general, and the 1 nasi quint reduced foaling*, the position must become worse be-fore tin- war ends, and it is estimated that it will take at least ten years from then to restore-the Preach horse- breeding industry to its former level, if. indeed, it ever again re-aches it. This "Deuterber Sport" adds, lias special reference to the thoroughbred industry, which without the- test of the race course mn-t fall to the ground. Bv way of encouraging native Jockeys, the Hanover Baring Club has passed a rub- that all Jockeys of alien birth who are not subject* of allied states will this siason have to carry live- pounds extra iu all races inclusive of handicaps, except when tbejr an- riding for the stabh-s which by agreement have the first call on their services. Presumably this is aimed at American jockeys, like- Archibald and ixoi-ii. The latter is of German descent, but bring born in tin gtate* is an alien. Archibald is first Jockey to Preiberr von Oppeubeim, and Korb holds a similar post in the- Hi-rreii von Weinbergs* estab lishin.iit. "Deutscher Sport" does not appreciate-the idea that if these jockeys rule for anv othe-r stables they will have- to put up an extra five pounds, and teem ingly our contemporary regard- it as a slur on German j,.ike.s. as it infers that tin-Americans are u tter riders. To he logical it cm tinues. the- same- thing should npplv w ■hen the American* an- riding for their own "first call" stables, the more e-spi-ciully as the] are- more likely to win on horses which they have- ridden at exe-r cis.- on various occasions than When they have the leg up 011 strange mounts. Evi-n if the Hanove-r racing authority only has tin idea of confining them to mounts lor their particular stables our contemporary u 1 ■■stions the justice of such an order, which it holds, will be a greater punish -Stent to owners of outside, stables than to the two crack American riders. Exactly. In protect-ing Jockey* of the central powers tin- Hanover club is penalizing German owners.— Loudon Sportsman I
