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Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of Dec. 7, 1902. This date being Sunday there was no racing. i James Morgan, the American jockey who has been riding in Russia, is lying quite ill 1 in London. 1 2 Ed Corrigan has wired secretary Clark of s 3 the Crescent City Jcckey Club that he would 4 4 ship twelve horses horn tbe Churchill Downs t 5 track to New Orleans. 6 Clarence McDowell and paddock judge Hall arrived at New Orleans from Benning. Mr. 1 McDowell reported that the meeting at Ben- 2 r ning was the most successful one ever held at that track. The gate showed an increase of I 3 30,000 over last fail. 4 John S. McDonald, who has had charge of j 5 G numerous consignments of thoroughbreds from America to England and back, has just returned from the other side. He says that the 1 prospects of the American stables in England ; next year are particularly bright. When asked j if Tod Sloan had a chance to be reinstated by l 3 the English Jockey Club, McDonald said he thought that Sloan stood an equal chance with 4 Madden and Rickaby, who were recently set . 5 down and who arc :.ot in high favor just now with the English turf authnrhies. , Starter C. J. Fitz Gerald is rapidly educating the many green boys who are riding at the Fair Grounds. The curriculum includes the : j barrier and no recall system. "In a short while," said Fitz Gerald, "I expect to have the boys well in hand. New Orleans is differ- , ent from most race tracks. Many of the boys are beginners and have to be taught every- : thing. Once they learn to keep a horse straight, the rest is easy with the no recall system. The 1 starter has simply to make sure that the horses are in line facing the barrier and then press the button."
