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ENGLISHAUSTRALIANAMERICAN RACES An Intelligent Criticism hy Jockey Carslake of Material and Methods MethodsBrownie Brownie Carslake the Australian jockey who is now one of the best race riders in England and is under contract to Lord Derby was n good horse ¬ man before lie left Australia Recently there was printed in the London Sportsman his idea of Eng ¬ lish and Australian racing Tlie sport in Australia is operated under similar conditions to that in the United States and Canada and Carslakes estimate of Australian racing applies to that of North America AmericaHere Here is Carslakes opinion as he gave it itEverything Everything i so different in the two countries that it is impossible to give an opinion as to which is the hotter In Australia every race course is run from the spectacular point of view to draw the public like football or athletics or boxing in Eng ¬ land That is the reason why in Australia there are such huge attendances The longest straight track in tlie whole of Australia is threequarters of a mile That is at Flemington The whole of the races in Australia are run on circular tracks so that the public can sec the races Tlie crowd would not stand anything else Fancy the public in Australia being asked to see the Cesarewitch at Newmarket two miles and a quarter and only half a mile of the race to be seen witlfotit race glasses Everything on Australian race courses is studied not to bring out tlie best qualities of the horses but to give the best show to the public Here Australia beats England all ends up In England the public do not get anything like it You could not compare the two countries in this respect respectAs As for comparing racing itself in England with racing in Australia there is no comparison No Jockey who has ever ridden in England would ever want to leave England Racing in England is on a pinnacle and after riding in England it would be going downhill for a jockey to leave the country There is no race course in tlie whole of the world like Newmarket It is a severe course from the easiest fiveeighths to the severest two miles There is no horse who does not stay who will win any race there That is what stamps the mark oh any horse that wins at Newmarket It stands to reason that Newmarket makes a heavy call upon all the art that a jockey possesses the nursing of a two yearold the judgment of pace the different gra ¬ dients the knowledge of the mount under you whether to take the lead an eighth from home or wait to got your advantage till you are on the post These points and many others have to be con ¬ sidered The race thicks in Australia are not to be compared any one of them with the courses at Newmarket From the point of view of bringing out what is best in a horse English racing is out by itself
