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"SI" SL0CUM DIES OF HEART DISEASE Veteran Turfman Passes Away Quite Suddenly Jockey George Archibald to Remain Abroad. NEW YORK. N. Y., December 24. "Si" Sloenm, one of the old school of racing patrons, and owner! died here . yesterday suddenly, due to an attack of heart disease. While the deceased was generally known as "Si" Slocum, his name was Lee Jerome Mopum. and had been connected With, the turf for re than thirty-rears practically in every -known department, from clerk to owner. "Si" was a racing encyclopedia, his memory for events passed and pedigrees of horses being almost phenomenal. He could describe a race minutely, though it occurred thirty years prior. Star Class was the best of his most recent racing acquisitions. His age is spoken of as more than sixty, vet he was the youngest looking of the old school. He leaves a widow, who wis witli him when he died. Mrs. Archibald, mother of the American jockey George Archibald, who has been riding in Spain for some years, arrived here from Spain yesterday on J, ii, .Francc to spend the winter in her home in California. Her son, George, intended to come with her, but decided to remain abroad this winter having signed a contract to ride for the Martorell-Cimera stable. He is recovering rapidlv from an accident received a few weeks ago, in which, fortunately, no bones were broken. Mrs. Archibald also spoke of another American rider, Milton Henry who lias signed a contract to ride in France for Captain Jefferson Davis Colin, who has a strong s stable. - Thomas W. OBrien arrived from New Orleans yesterday. lie lias been at Jefferson Park since the opening and reports a most successful meeting. In speaking of the two-year-olds, Mr. OBrien said there were many more there than usual. "One of the trainers told me there were about 150 being schooled. They are being educated in bunches of fifteen or twenty," said Mr. OBrien, "and according to report some of them are quite promising " Mr. OBrien has not yet decided whether he will return to New Orleans or not. James Rowe will spend the holidays in Ohio with relatives. He has upward of forty coming two-year-olds belonging to H. P. Whitney. Thirty are in New Jersey, while the remainder are split up between New Orleans and Havana. "Several of the band iiave been sold," said Mr. Rowe "and, others will be pretty soon."
